Thanks for the encouragement, Richard.
I’ve had some challenges around meal insulin dosing. My Thursday graph above shows how I had to add a lot of correction insulin after eating. So, on Friday I added all that correction insulin to my meal dose but my automated insulin dosing system had a “max bolus” setting of eight units and my system gave me only eight units upfront and the rest with higher temp basals. That didn’t work out too well.
That spike topped out at 202 and I was above 140 for two hours and forty minutes. So today I got another opportunity to try this meal again. I elevated the max bolus setting to 15 units and was able to deliver 12 units upfront. That greatly increased dose plus a forty minute walk did the trick. My pre-steroid shot typical meal dose is around 5-6 units.
Today I took my insulin at 11:19 a.m. and ate at 11:50 a.m. and walked from 1:20 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. I seem to have a handle on what my increased insulin dose and timing needs are to keep things reined in. This steroid shot is definitely increasing my insulin needs. I hope to cut back on my doses as soon as I can but will let my body decided when that’s going to happen. I think I have benefitted a lot by cutting back my meals the last two days from two to one. I’m looking forward to eating again this evening, however.