Posted 12:36 P.M.

I started this reply this morning - then wireless mouse decided to go search for some cheese (aka it stopped working).  Got as cheap as possible- a mouse with a USB connection along with wire connection. I'm back in the drivers seat again and able to reply.  I've got to learn how to use the keyboard when/if this happens again - I was cut off from the world - acccchhhhh!!! LOL

Believe it or not - the person with the carb ratio of 1:5 is young - only 17 - and she does NOT have a weight problem.  I'm thinking hormones are acting up here - but hard to say. All I know - it's freaking her out.

The other thing that can cause greater use of insulin in diabetics - is other health factors that may be occurring. 

Interesting info about blood testing on the forearm Doris - will be blogging about it in a minute - just waiting to get out of hypo mode here - due to OVERDOSING of insulin based and my IDIOT BRAIN - not doing things right after reading your bit about the difference between the two readings of my finger tips and forearm.  Duhhhh!!!!!

Hi Anna,

Please just remember that using any place other than your fingers is less than accurate due to proximity to the heart.  Actually, I think you can use your ear lobes - they taught us that at the Joslin.  It doesn't hurt and you can reuse the hole.  It's just a bit tough if like me you wear hoop earnings.  But it's very comfortable and you get a good size drop of blood.

My finger tips have plenty of tough skin too.  But as I say about most things, they will do what I tell them to do!

My ratios are still 1:15 and 1:70/75.  I don't believe the majority of people need to have ratios of 1:5.  In my experience, there is usually something else wrong if they are that insulin insensitive (at least type 1s). 

I have found they can often be ODing on both long acting and rapid acting and never see a low.  The liver just spits out glucose in buckets.  They tend to have higher and higher blood sugar and plenty of weight gain too.  You'd be amazed what happens if they first start dropping the long-acting and then adjust the rapid acting.  Blood sugar gets a whole lot better.  It's the reverse of you what you might initially think but consider this - we know that overinsulinemia causes insulin resistance - doesn't matter where the insulin comes from.  So we can cause ourselves to be insulin resistant very easily.  Not good for the heart either.  Studies are popping up all over the place about this topic.

Doris