If your blood glucose is rising slowly, which of the following ranges includes the glucose level at which you typically give a correction bolus in this situation?

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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Only "illness" that makes it really difficult to control my blood sugar is getting steroid injections into my cervical spine or fingers. I leave my basal rate on my pump at 250% and need much higher bolus doses and many "extra" doses if my blood sugar remains really high. I tell the MD's that it turns my insulin into tap water and try to avoid it, experience with having gotten these injections over the past few years has helped, but having blood sugars of 400-500 despite much higher basal and bolus dosing is so frustrating!
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  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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If your blood glucose is rising slowly, which of the following ranges includes the glucose level at which you typically give a correction bolus in this situation?

If your blood glucose is rising rapidly for no clear reason, which of the following ranges includes the glucose level at which you would most likely give a correction bolus in this situation?

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ConnieT1D62

My Tandem CQI corrects per algorithm. I seldom go over 160 to 180 mg/dl unless I forget to bolus for carb intake, or experience a rebound after an episode of hypoglycemia. With CQI I stay pretty much in range.

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1. ConnieT1D62
  
  I dyslexed – I meant CIQ for Control IQ, not CQI.
  
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2. Beth Baskett
  
  Lucky you. I’m on it and sometimes it looks like a roller coaster.
  
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Larry Martin

It would depend on the amount of active insulin left. I use a pump so it would not even let me correct if the remaining insulin would take care of the high.

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Sahran Holiday

Depends on how active I am. If active or about to be leave it alone. If sedentary a small correction. Overnight leave it if under 150. My responses are rather unpredictable so candy always handy.

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Don P

unanswerable question, sorry …. tooooo many other factors have to be considered.

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Patricia Dalrymple

I said 120-139 but I agree with others that

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1. Patricia Dalrymple
  
  Ugh! Need an edit function!!! …that it depends. But: we are all scared by educators right from diagnosis that highs can lead to blindness, amputations, coma, death, so no way am I going to leave it high for any length of time. I am not on CGM (yet), but on pump.
  
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2. ConnieT1D62
  
  I agree we need an edit function!!!
  
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Carol Cunningham

I take into account the arrow(s) position and what I have used to treat the low. Normal I would treat around 120.

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Mary Dexter

So many factors play into this. Am I planning to vacuum? Am I about to get in my car or use knives? Am I about to go onstage in a comedy, or accompany on piano someone who is competing at contest? Am I about to go to bed? How long has it been since the last meal? Was my last dose from new insulin or the last dose in the pen? Sometimes the number is 140, sometimes 175, other times it’s over 250. Too soon and I soon am low.

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Marsha Miller

This depends on so many factors.

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Becky Hertz

As others have responded, it depends on multiple factors in that snapshot of time. Could be my site isn’t absorbing well so a correction without a site change would be futile, am I going to do something physical, how much insulin is on board, have I already given a correction, did I miscalculate carbs, is the moon rising over Miami?

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dave hedeen

corrections depends whether yard work or meal is planned soon

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LizB

If it’s been at least 90 minutes after a meal I will correct if it creeps up past 120. If I have no IOB I will correct even lower than that. I often have issues with rising BG after I insert a new infusion set and I will correct more aggressively. There are so many factors other than just the number on the meter/sensor.

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Janis Senungetuk

As others have stated, there are many factors to consider. I’m about to eat some lunch right now. My bg level is 130 with the CGM arrow level. Control IQ will suggest a small correction amt. in addition to what’s needed to cover the lunch carbs. If I’m above 140 bg 90 minutes before dinner I’ll take a correction bolus.

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Ahh Life

Other. I could have picked any number in this range. Even Control IQ has its lumpy imperfections. Double arrows up? Sure. Single arrow up? Maybe, but usually. No arrow? No need usually, but I might roll the dice.

I would also like to question the phrase “BG is rising slowly.” My digestion + the faulty gastroparesis digestive nerve cause sharp rises and falls with the word “slowly” almost gone from my vocabulary. The GP condition is best compared to a faulty light switch—on/off, on/off, on/off. Drives you batty.

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Molly Jones

It would depend on how long my BG was staying or rising in these levels and any other variables.
If there were no causes to make my BG rise but it stayed above 160 for more than an hour I would give a correction.
Currently with Control-IQ it is 180 and variables cannot be put in to remedy unwanted boluses.

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Jeff Perzan

Being on a closed loop system (Medtronic 780 with G3 sensor), the system adjusts automatically to rising BG levels. It doesn’t me permit me to give a correction bolus manually.

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Joan McGinnis

Depends on many things, how long since i ate and the last bolus, what activity is planned for the next hour or two, and I can check to be sure I gave the last bolus as I thought, but I would correct if 2-3 hrs, if over 160-170. Control IQ gives option of correction then suggests correction if long enough to warrant it at about 175 I think.

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Cheryl Seibert

My BGs change rapidly and suddenly, so I do correction boluses at 140-149. I have a High Alert set at that range on my pump. I also have a Rise Alert set at 2 mg/dL instead of 3 mg/dL to catch rising BGs.

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