Ran into the following problem yesterday. Changed my son's site Motzai
Shabbos (Saturday night). His basal rates indicate a daily basal of 13
units. He boluses 1 unit for every 20 carbs. So on an average day he will
probably bolus 10 - 12 units. When I changed his site I filled the reservoir
with about 120 units so after the prime the pump reported 95 units. Had an
occlusion error about noon. We changed the infusion set only and the site
(not the reservoir). Had another occlusion error about 12:37 AM. Again we
only changed the set and the site but after priming the reservoir only had
20 units left. So now the question: How much insulin should one keep in the
reservoir? Is there a good formula i.e. ((Daily basal + estimated boluses)x#
of days)+prime? Should one put in 50 extra units which might go to waste?
Any thoughts?

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