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This is Day 2 of a 5 day intensive mastering your diabetes program that I participated in at the Diabetes Research Institute. Please read DRI-Mastering your diabetes, Day 1 first.
Every morning before we started our class we had to check in and go for our vitals, which included blood pressure and pul...
Gina, way to go, you're doing great and it's helping us around the world to learn some of what you're learning. I used to forget bolus at breakfast when I was new to the pump. Set an alarm on my pump to help remember for weekday breakfasts! Now I usually don't have a problem unless I'm low and delaying a meal bolus, then sometims I forget when b/s goes back in normal range. I've also learned that to control a post-breakfast spike in b/s, I bolus earlier before the meal. If I am high or normal and going up b4 breakfast, I bolus 20-30 minutes before eating. Too much delay leads to a low, so have to be careful with this approach! I tried quicker insulin, but it wasn't covered by my insurance (insurance only covers use Humulin or Humalog).
Fred,
I now try as much as I can to bolus 15 minutes before I am eating. It has been working wonderfully! I set alarms on the pump before but they honestly annoy me so much. Plus I am wearing a CGM and when I walk into a room sometimes it sounds like I am walking time bomb LOL Imagine all those beep bo bops I will definitely turn some heads LOL
Anyway, i am glad you like my posts! I have three more coming! stay tuned!!!