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Setting Basal

My 13 year old daughter (diabetic since 18 months) started on a
Minimed 508 in October. We are having lots of problems getting things
regulated, especially in the AM. I read somewhere that to properly
set the basal rate, you can fast for a meal, and do readings every
hour. We mentioned this to our diabetic pump educator, and she said
she had never heard of such a thing. Is this a good way to go to set
the basal properly? Anybody have any insight on this?

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One Response to “Setting Basal”

  1. Olin Ok Says:
    September 20th, 2005 at 5:55 am

    The book ‘Pumping Insulin’ by John Walsh, covers this topic in detail.
    I recommend this book highly.

    I am surprised that a CDE is not familiar with this; pretty standard
    stuff in the pump world.

    David

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