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When I read my blog, I sometimes feel like it must seem like a bit of a whinge.<\/p>\n

Type 1 diabetes can be mindblowingly frustrating as no two days are the same and much of the theory regarding what you should do does not cope with the edge cases when the normal rules do not apply (yes I do appreciate the 1600 rule for correcting highs, but that has not really come up all that often).<\/p>\n

When it does work, the feeling is amazing and not just because you are not high or low.\u00a0 I had that last Wednesday.\u00a0 Using my Insulin on Board Calculator and my Carb calculator, I had treated a low and was seeing how things panned out.<\/p>\n

My basal rate had dropped back to basal rate 1 and my treatment of the hypo was obviously spot on as can be seen from my read out: \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I took my 10:34pm reading and fed it into my Insulin On Board Calculator.\u00a0 I was feeling good and by chance happened to look at my meter again just as the time was up on my Insulin on Board calculator.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The two values was spot on.\u00a0 We have a saying in the type 1 community of “an unicorn” – that’s when you’re blood glucose meter reads precisely 100mg\/dl because it’s really rare.<\/p>\n

That moment last Wednesday when everything lined up felt like my unicorn, despite an unpromising start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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