A while back, I received a question about someone with diabetes who had blood glucose levels that were bouncing all over, from the 60s to the 500s. It seems that he/she was not receiving any basal insulin, and is getting insulin based only on blood glucose levels:
* 70-150 -no insulin
* 160-250- 4 units
* 280-350 - 8 units, etc
* above 450, call the doctor.
That ensures two things: if the blood sugar is normal, and no insulin given, the next reading will be high. And that the doctor...
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