[poodlebone]

I think the most I have ever taken at once was 15 units of Humalog for a large restaurant pasta meal. I find that once I hit a certain number of carbs my usual ratios no longer apply. If I would normally need 1:22 for dinner and ate 66g of carbs for 3 units, it would work. If I have a carb fest and eat 220 grams of carbs I would need more than the 10 units my ratio calls for.

[jenb]

The most I've done is 8 units of Novolog. It was at a dinner party and I did 5 shots (small doses) over about 5 1/2 hours. Did have to add a 1 unit bolus at 4:00 a.m. - all the fat from dinner kicked in at about the time my liver finally got over the wine component .

Jen

[andypoo]

Originally Posted by e||ement

ooops. sorry if my response came off that way, that's not at all how i intended it. i am fairly new to D and realize that my insulin needs are not the same as someone who has managed D for many years and many decades. and i also realize that will change.

my apologies if that offended you; however, all i meant by it was that in my own little D world, 3 units is a lot...

Apology accepted!, I apologize also for jumping to that conclusion,I guess I can get a little cranky at my old age,lol!
I get sensitive to this topic sometimes and I should know better than to get upset. Please,again, I'm sorry for flying off like that. and by all means keep posting and saying exactly how you feel about things,I responded sooner than I should've.

Originally Posted by rak1978

Andypoo,
If you're referring to my posts, I am TRUELY sorry if I offended you or anyone else for that matter! I guess the downfall of posting, e-mailing, writing, etc... is that you can't hear someone's tone. My reply to Delph was in jest. I thought he was making a light hearted conversation. Maybe I was wrong. Sorry! I do not at all or would not criticize anyone for taking a large bolus if that's what their body required. I was just shocked because FOR ME, those numbers would put me under for sure. I am a fairly new diabetic, so I still have a pretty low insulin/carb ratio. I'm also new to the forum, so this is the first I've heard of people taking such large numbers. When I said that I wouldn't do that, it's because I would be too afraid to. I don't have the experience to know my limits yet. It was not to criticize someone who has and does know their limits.
If that's what you need to take, then by all means, take it!
We're all just trying to find a balance for our own bodies.
I think the comparing of numbers is just out of interest, not competition! Why would we compete for who had the highest or lowest bolus? No need. We're all struggling with the same disease. It's just conversation.
Sorry again if I offended you!

Rachel

Again, I apologise also for being so testy. I don't want to scare anyone off of here because this is a great place to be. I have said things on here also that I didn't realize that I hurt someone's feelings,and certainly was the furthest thing from my mind to hurt anyone. thank you for making me realise that there are very kindhearted people on this forum.

[diabeticdoc]

One other danger to be aware of when bolusing so many units at one time (this happened to me). Soon after I was diagnosed, I was at my mom's place eating dinner. Dessert came up- cheesecake, raspberry topping, ice cream, etc, etc... So I bolus enough to cover and dive right in. Then, 15 minutes later my mom is like "oh and since you have diabetes now I made this whole thing low carb and with splenda and etc, etc". Yikes! I had to go grab some OJ and chug enough to make up the difference. You can imagine what would happen with 40 or 50 units if you all of the sudden found out that what you thought you ate wasn't really what you ate.

[thesaber2000]

i think the most i have taken is 12 i think, i ate 2 huge plate FULLS of pasta. this was back when i was just diagnosed.
id probally have to take alot more now.

the one thing i worry about is that if i do somthing like that i cant take my insulin right away, cause it will work faster than i would asorb the carbs, so i usally take my insulin 15 mins after i eat. depending of course how much i eat and what my bg is when i eat

[acstokes]

Once I bolused 25 units of Humolog. My ratio is 6:1 so that equates to about 150 carbs at one meal.

[CarlyD]

I've found I can't take more than 25u before crashing (1:7), which usually includes a correction and cake I can't take more than that no matter how much I eat.

[UpNorth]

I can't remember exactly how many units i've taken in one go. But 20-30 units for one meal has happened more than once and one unit normally covers 10g of carbs for me. You do the maths I'm definitely no low carber... A normal lunch for me at work means about 10 units and that is after lowering my dose with a couple of units due to my physical job.

[Delphinus]

As a bit of a follow up.

I have yet to bolus more then seven units of rapids.

See, I eat a lot, but as some other people do here, I am constantly grazing.

I have to eat every two hours. I am always hungry, and have been my whole life, pre-dx as well of course, and have never had weight issues. A bit of a battle of the bulge, about it.

[mjshaw]

The most that I can remember in my relatively short d-life was 30 units. This was when my I:C ratio was 1:15. Since I have had to drop that ratio to 1:10 I have had to bolus 20 units. Both times were for three cups of brown rice, one time with hamburger, the other time with ground turkey and a little spaghetti sauce. My pump is set up for max bolus of 15 units, so I had to do 15 and then turn around and do 5. I stayed on target the entire time, and the food did not spike me. Yeah!

[networkguy]

Just to give perspective...I use an average of 50-70u/day on pump, and about 40% basal/60% bolus. That said, the highest I bolused while on MDI was 40u lol. I had been out all day and hadnt eaten much, and everyone wanted to go to the buffet. I struggled with how to handle it, and said "screw it" and shot up. My goal was to end up under 250 in 6 hours and correct after that, and thats all lol. I ended up dropping to about 65 5 hours later. Glass of OJ and I was set.

[howdysf]

wow, you guys are hardcore.. the most I've ever done is probably about 18 units (at one time)... though, probably a few times I've bolused about 14, then an hour or two later, done another 6 or so...

[networkguy]

Originally Posted by howdysf

wow, you guys are hardcore.. the most I've ever done is probably about 18 units (at one time)... though, probably a few times I've bolused about 14, then an hour or two later, done another 6 or so...

Well, us vets have alot of years of resistance built up lol (43 in my case). I see alot of type 1's who take like 4u or something for a bowl of pasta and makes me think 1? nah. 2? prolly. But what do I know. hehe

[KentT]

My insulin needs are very modest. A high bolus for me is 9 units. Usually accompanied by a crash and rebound in pre-pump days. Nowadays insulin boluses are 3-6 units tops and spread out due to my cranky partially paralysed stomach muscles over 4 hours. Gastroparesis and spina bifida are common with me.

[KCP]

The most ive ever given was 25 units.. now a days that would crash me something chronic!

Now, the most ive given was 6 units and my BS were at 31.1