Variance in insulin throughout the month
@Jen wrote: How much does your insulin dose vary, especially for women? This is out of pure curiosity, since obviously everyone is different depending on diabetes type and insulin sensitivity and...
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@Tamra11 wrote: My insulin need goes up quite a bit, like 15%, for about a week before I start my period. Other than that any changes throughout the month are random, short lived, and very small. I...
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@mohe0001 wrote: I am guaranteed several units of basal shift throughout the month (2-4 units) even if my weight doesn't change. If my weight shifts over the course of the month, the basal change can...
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@mohe0001 wrote: 25 units overnight does sound like a big shift. Geeze. When I did that big, extensive test, some months ago, I found that I had to cut my morning basal by almost half, at night. Basal...
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@mohe0001 wrote: Did you see this post, Jen? Just noticed it for the first time today. Read full topic
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Variance in insulin throughout the month
@Jen wrote: I hadn't seen it, but I downloaded it to try it out. I'm skeptical that it'll be able to predict anything I can't already predict myself. My problem isn't the predictable stuff, it's the...
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Variance in insulin throughout the month
@mohe0001 wrote: Jesus! Your data looks similar to mine several months ago. Remember? Before I split the basal? I had insulin requirements that were X during the day and X/2 during the night, so there...
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@mohe0001 wrote: P.S. Just got a new transmitter today, so Ill download the app and see how good its predictions work for me (I'm not in as rough as spot as you are, right now, but I'm also not fine...
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@Jen wrote: I woke up at 5:45 and did not treat the low. The high is from my pump running out of insulin. The oscillating pattern of the long overnight low is me eating glucose tablets to try and...
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@mohe0001 wrote: I think I am kinda like you, but I am really inconsistent, from day to day, with eating patterns and exercise levels, so I've never been able to determine if the variability was due...
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Variance in insulin throughout the month
@Jen wrote: mohe0001: My problem was that, the system changed so often and so dramatically, that I couldn't collect enough data to figure out what to do before the system 'shifted' again and all my...
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@mohe0001 wrote: Yep, that's right. I remember. You are fast like a rabbit, and I am slow like a turtle. You make lots of changes all the time, compared to me. I might make one, minor basal...
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@Jen wrote: mohe0001: A few months ago, I hit 5.8, and there's no way that was gonna fly. As in 5.8 was An unacceptable A1c for you? Two months ago I was 6.1, which is by far the best A1c I've ever...
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@mohe0001 wrote: Too low an A1c to support my high level of stdev. That's the argument from the Doc. Doc thinks I'm giving myself brain damage. (Last night I checked at 3am and BG = 45 mg/dL= 2.5...
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@Jen wrote: I would think the lower the standard deviation the better. I'm sure @acidrock23 and @Terry4 would agree, they are both amazing and (I think) that's what they aim for over averages. I've...
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@mohe0001 wrote: Thanks for your data, Jen. Once I get my transmitter, I'll be able to figure out mine....and see how it compares. Yea, let me know your A1c, when you get it, and what the Doc thinks...
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@acidrock23 wrote: Re the StdDev questions posed, I forgot I have an actual source, which I received through Tu, "Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitoring A User's Guide to Effective Diabetes...
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@Jen wrote: @mohe0001, have you read Sugar Surfing? I'm just reading it now and this quote made me think of you: It's important to understand that many forces drive blood sugar levels up and down...
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@mohe0001 wrote: Cool, I have NOT read. Thanks for the recommendation, AR and Jen. Will read. @Jen, hows that software working out? I still haven't gotten my transmitter.... Read full topic
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@Little_e wrote: I'm still working on figuring this out and it's annoying. Just when I thought I had it, things changed even for the basals I'd set previously. Somewhere during the 2 weeks preceding...
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@Jen wrote: This is pretty much how I know hormones have kicked in. I go from days of "easy" control because my settings are all good to being high non-stop for 10 hours no matter what I do. Basals up...
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@Jen wrote: Oooorrr, I could be wrong and it was my site. I stayed high for a few hours after changing it, but then had two lows. Ended up not only putting all my settings back down but running a -20%...
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@Amanda211 wrote: The week prior I have to raise my basal by 30%, then the week of I have to reduce it 15% of normal. It took me quite a while to figure this out, but it's held pretty steady for...
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@mohe0001 wrote: I love this topic, but have found a lot of hostility, within the medical professionals, to the idea that bs data is anything other than a completely deterministic system. Someone...
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@Daisy_Mae wrote: have you tried a temp basal rate during these times? or perhaps setting your pump w/ a secondary "basal profile." this helps me a great deal. instead of going into your basal screen...
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