Bad pod site or what?

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@John58

Any ideas why my 3 unit bolus for a 2 am snack worked out so poorly?

I usually find I need to double or even triple my insulin during the night, whether I’m compensating for overtreating or trying to bring down a high.

There’s a discussion here:

Are you insulin-resistant and slow to respond at night?

We have known for a long time that we (my T1D son) were slow to respond at night: from 45 minutes our response time to turning the corner goes up to 60-75 minutes. Over the past few months, we have also figured out that our CF (correction factor) doubles at night: we use twice as much bolus insulin to drop the same amount. It is not good for us because we are typically cautious at night with corrections: this CF doubling often causes us to be needlessly careful. We always thought that both of …

@John58

Is there a way to diagnose whether the site or the pod is causing the poor insulin absorption?

Inject instead. If that works, you’ve got a dud site.