Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Thinking about active insulin

On the Minimed 530 G, if I go to Basal Review, Standard Basal (11.35 u total), it looks like this:
1)00:00  0.850 U/H
2)05:30  0.200 U/H
3)14:30  0.450 U/H
4)20:00 0.600  U/H

If I pretend that Regular (which is the insulin that I pump) is equally active in the hour that I get it and the subsequent three hours, then the amount of basal insulin lowering my blood sugar in each hour is:

0000-0100) 0.6625
0100-0200) 0.7250
0200-0300) 0.7875
0300-0400) 0.8500
0400-0500) 0.8500
0500-0600) 0.7688
0600-0700) 0.6063
0700-0800) 0.4438
0800-0900) 0.2813
0900-1000) 0.2000
1000-1100) 0.2000
1100-1200) 0.2000
1200-1300) 0.2000
1300-1400) 0.2000
1400-1500) 0.2313
1500-1600) 0.2938
1600-1700) 0.2563
1700-1800) 0.4188
1800-1900) 0.4500
1900-2000) 0.4500
2000-2100) 0.4875
2100-2200) 0.5250
2200-2300) 0.5625
2300-0000) 0.6000

Which looks much more like a smooth rise from 2 in the afternoon until three in the morning, and a drop from five in the morning until about nine in the morning.

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