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It’s really strange….
When I decreased my basal by .05 units for 4 hours — from 8:00 pm to midnight — I saw my overall blood sugar increase slowly. It came to a “head” on Thursday, when I had a teacher workshop to sit in all day, so I put the basal rate back.
But I was still seeing the low postprandial blood sugars after meals. I plug the last 2 week and last 1 week TDD in a spreadsheet and watch it carefully, and today, I hit a carb ratio of 12 according to the Rule of 500. So, after a couple of days of stable blood sugars I decided to drop the bolus rate from 1:11 to 1:12.
So apparently, my bolus rate is decreasing with increased exercise and decreased weight, but it isn’t affecting the basal rate much. And that does mean that my TDD is also decreasing.

The other guys were okay, but face it, when you have gotten used to a system, it’s hard to be comfortable with a new one.

Here’s the deal.

I used to run a mailing list at http://www.click-l.com Well, with the number of spammers running around, you get labeled one, or at least treated like when when you run a mailing list. Sad but true. Anyway, one of the ways the server farms have been trying to combat the spammers, is they are limiting the number of emails that go out during a specific time period.

I was not told what was going on, just all of a sudden most of the mail was being returned and I had to deal with it.

I tried the new guys and they had to pull the same thing.

Oh, I should give credit where credit IS due. The server I use is at http://www.techark.com and Monte does a super job. Very little wait time on any requests, and he usually gets it on the first try, especially when answering questions.

The other guys, are http://www.webhostfreaks.com — they have a potential of being a great service, but don’t have 24/7 service yet, which is a problem. They also have a site at http://www.phpfreaks.com which is super if you want to learn php.

Long story but I’m moving the weblog back to my original server… Expect some service interruption.

I changed my basal’s anyway. I went through a basal test, realized my activity level was WAY down watching the clock, and even had a few minor spikes. I find doing basal tests very stressful, which probably invalidates them.

So I have dropped my basal from 8:00 – 12:00 by .05 unit ANYWAY and have seen some improvement in my morning fasting level. That means I’ve reduced my basal by only .20 units anyway… My philosophy is very slow and cautious changes.

I’ve also set up a second exercise basal rate.

So now I have 3 basals. One for not exercising in the morning. One for exercising at 6:00-7:00 and one for exercising for 8:00 – 9:00. That’s working out a WHOLE lot better.

I’ve lost 20 pounds now, with the help of iShape. It’s a really neat program, and I’ve been very happy with it. I can change my membership on the 16th, and I’m going to go with a full year.

I woke up this morning at 101. It’s just TOO close to 100 to make me happy. Plus I had to treat a low last evening with candy before I went to bed …

SO,

I’ve added a new basal time period (I tried this before the 1 week work shop and ended up going back to the old basal rate) from 8:00 pm to 12:00 midnight, and I have backed down the basal from 1.00 to 0.05. That means I’ll be decreasing my TDD by a whole .20 unit

I’m going to give it a few days, see how it goes and then try to do a basal test.

I just don’t want to risk waking up TOO low in the morning.