User Manual

48 Chapter 4
Determining your pump settings
Your healthcare professional will use your daily blood glucose journal records to program your pump. It is very
important to keep good records during the first weeks after you start on pump therapy. Not only must you record
your blood glucose readings, but it will be important to eat regularly scheduled meals and to keep your activity as
consistent as possible.
Until you and your healthcare professional determine the pump settings that will work best for you, it is important
to eat meals for which it is easy to count the carbohydrates. After your correct basal rate is determined, you will be
able to experiment with varied food choices and amounts.
After you and your healthcare professional are satisfied with your initial pump settings, you may begin to
experiment with different food choices, meal times and exercise schedules.
Using your daily journal
To use the daily journal that came with your pump, follow these easy steps:
1. Write the day and date in the spaces provided on the top of the page.
2. Find the time of the entry you are making. Test your blood glucose and enter the value in the space labeled
“blood glucose.”
3. If you are eating at this time, write the grams of carbohydrates in the space labeled “carbohydrates.“
4. If you are taking a correction and/or meal bolus, record it in the space labeled “meal bolus” and/or
“correction bolus.” Even if you have added these together to take one bolus, write the separate amounts in
the corresponding spaces.
5. Record your basal rate in the space labeled “basal rate.” If you have more than one rate, be sure to record the
rate in the space corresponding to the correct time for each rate.
6. When you exercise, write the minutes in the space labeled “exercise.” If you test your urine ketones, write the
result in the space labeled “urine ketones.” Each time you test your ketones, write the result even if it is
negative.
7. Record the time you change your infusion set in the space labeled “set change.” This notation will help you to
evaluate any changes in your blood glucose readings due to changing your infusion set.