I absolutely hate having a low blood sugar. I have been looking for a way to avoid it ...
Here is a method I have been having some success with
I'm on a pump so it makes it really easy for me to do this
I have a blood sugar of 300 . My pump calculates I need 4 units to bring my blood sugars down to 100....
My basal rate is 1.0 u/hr
I want to bring my blood sugar down in 3 hours.
I know that if I give the bolus insulin of 4 units all at once, I won't stop at 100, I will go low...under 70 or even 60
So I want to come down with an increased temporary drip over 3 hours.
In order for this to work, I have discovered that I canreduce the amount of total delivery by 25 percent by just increasing my basal delivery for a few hours.
Here is what I program into my pump
Temporary basal for 3 hours
Rate of increase by percentage
175% for the 3 hours.
Check my blood sugars at 1.5 hours and 3 hours and 4.5 hours.
Results are steady and more level and I never go low. At least I haven't yet.
I would love a chart to calculate all of this for me. Maybe I can get my husband to make me a spreadsheet that spits out the answer. That is a conversation for another day....
