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Thread: How long can you wait after bolusing before eating?

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04-12-2008, 11:01 AM

Eddy

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Kansas, US

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Re how long to wait after mealtime bolus before eating:

Quote:

Originally Posted by xMenace

I've gone as high as 50 minutes once

Dude. That would put me in a coma if I tried it with a full-meal bolus. Novolog/Novorapid is on peak, and human insulin is nearly 50% spent... in me, at least.

Well, I guess that gets back to the original point: What can work for one might kill another.

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Eddy

DXed 2007/04 = advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3
post-DX A1c = 5.4% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
c-peptide = 0.0% @ 2008/07
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = 4U human N @ 0630, 7U human N @ 1130, 7U human N @ 1630, 17U detemir @ 2030
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N

not a low-CHO eater... not even close!
last updated 2008/08/26 - playing with daytime basal again!