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- 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I’m sure I will not be the only one to say that every meal is different. Sometimes I’m starving, sometimes I lose track of the time, sometimes I forget to take insulin. There are restaurant meals and meals that other people prepare and lots of reasons for delay, like a phone call or a family emergency. I answered 15 minutes to this question, because that’s what I aim for—but life gets in the way.
- 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I know it is best to bolus 20" prior in general, but it is really hard to do on a regular basis. If I am > 130, I will wait, if < 80, I will eat right away.
- 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  It depends on my blood glucose how long I will wait.
- 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I said 15 but agree with Kilupx. Life gets in the way and nothing is straight forward when I comes to T1D.
- 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
  
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  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  Depends on multiple factors. Current BG, meal ingredients, home cooked or out. I usually do try to books 5-10 min before, but there are times I forget and bonus after I've started eating.
- 3 hours, 33 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  It definitely depends on what I’m about to eat. I’d say most of the time it’s right before I eat, but if it’s something sweet or a big meal then I wait about 15 min to eat sometimes longer.
- 3 hours, 33 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  It very much depends on where my blood glucose is, if it changing, meal time, meal content, how long it has been between meals and if I am at home or at a restaurant. Breakfast is a generally 15 minutes. The rest of the time it depends on the situation. I pens for delivery.
- 4 hours, 48 minutes ago
  
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  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  Depends on multiple factors. Current BG, meal ingredients, home cooked or out. I usually do try to books 5-10 min before, but there are times I forget and bonus after I've started eating.
- 4 hours, 48 minutes ago
  
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  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  It definitely depends on what I’m about to eat. I’d say most of the time it’s right before I eat, but if it’s something sweet or a big meal then I wait about 15 min to eat sometimes longer.
- 21 hours, 6 minutes ago
  
  Becky Hertz likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I’m sure I will not be the only one to say that every meal is different. Sometimes I’m starving, sometimes I lose track of the time, sometimes I forget to take insulin. There are restaurant meals and meals that other people prepare and lots of reasons for delay, like a phone call or a family emergency. I answered 15 minutes to this question, because that’s what I aim for—but life gets in the way.
- 21 hours, 7 minutes ago
  
  Becky Hertz likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  Usually 5 minutes before. Most of the time if I were to bolus the standard 20 minutes prior, the inslin kicks in before the food does
- 21 hours, 7 minutes ago
  
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  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  It depends on my BG and which way it’s moving. If it’s low or decreasing, I wait until I’m sitting down to eat. The higher it is, the earlier I take my bolus. At restaurants, I may take a partial bolus half an hour before, the wait until I can see the food on my plate before taking more.
- 21 hours, 8 minutes ago
  
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  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I said 15 but agree with Kilupx. Life gets in the way and nothing is straight forward when I comes to T1D.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  Patricia Dalrymple likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I’m sure I will not be the only one to say that every meal is different. Sometimes I’m starving, sometimes I lose track of the time, sometimes I forget to take insulin. There are restaurant meals and meals that other people prepare and lots of reasons for delay, like a phone call or a family emergency. I answered 15 minutes to this question, because that’s what I aim for—but life gets in the way.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  Robin Melen likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I’m sure I will not be the only one to say that every meal is different. Sometimes I’m starving, sometimes I lose track of the time, sometimes I forget to take insulin. There are restaurant meals and meals that other people prepare and lots of reasons for delay, like a phone call or a family emergency. I answered 15 minutes to this question, because that’s what I aim for—but life gets in the way.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  Robin Melen likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  Depends on meal and time of day. Mornings 20 minutes as I am home and can plan the meal. Lunch and dinner about 5 minutes as I have no control at work for timing same with arrival home from work for dinner. If we go out to eat I wait for the food to arrive as timing is not dependable.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
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  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I wait 20-25 min for cereal because it spikes but for most other meals I don’t pre dose. But I eat salad and veg first and carbs last in the meal so don’t tend to spike after most meals- I avoid bread . Seems to work
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  Robin Melen likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I should wait 10-15 min but always forget till I start eating.
- 1 day, 3 hours ago
  
  Kathy Hanavan likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I’m sure I will not be the only one to say that every meal is different. Sometimes I’m starving, sometimes I lose track of the time, sometimes I forget to take insulin. There are restaurant meals and meals that other people prepare and lots of reasons for delay, like a phone call or a family emergency. I answered 15 minutes to this question, because that’s what I aim for—but life gets in the way.
- 1 day, 5 hours ago
  
  Ahh Life likes your comment at
  When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
  I’m sure I will not be the only one to say that every meal is different. Sometimes I’m starving, sometimes I lose track of the time, sometimes I forget to take insulin. There are restaurant meals and meals that other people prepare and lots of reasons for delay, like a phone call or a family emergency. I answered 15 minutes to this question, because that’s what I aim for—but life gets in the way.
- 2 days ago
  
  Anneyun likes your comment at
  Do you use any of the following insulin pumps right now?
  I currently use the OmiPod 5. Love being tubeless!
- 3 days, 4 hours ago
  
  Ahh Life likes your comment at
  Have you ever applied for any T1D-related educational scholarships?
  @Ahh Life. I'm hoping that was a typo, sir, or you'd be older than Adam (from the Bible) was. 😉
- 3 days, 7 hours ago
  
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  Since your T1D diagnosis, have you ever been without health insurance? Please share any effects this had on your T1D management in the comments.
  Same for me, in Italy.
- 3 days, 21 hours ago
  
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  In the past week, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by diabetes (device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low)?
  I DID NOT HAVE ANY INSURANCE FOR FIRST 5 YEARS AFTER DIAGNOSIS GENERALLY IT WAS MORE EXPENSIVE BY ABOUT $200 PER MONTH JUST FOR INSULIN, SYRINGES AND NEEDLES. THE INSURANCE ALLOWED OUR FAMILY TO PURCHASE OUR FIRST HOUSE.
- 3 days, 22 hours ago
  
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  Since your T1D diagnosis, have you ever been without health insurance? Please share any effects this had on your T1D management in the comments.
  In late 1980s after a divorce, I had a few years without health insurance. The cost of insulin and syringes at that time was not expensive so I paid it myself. It was not a problem to not have coverage at that point but it would be today.
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Dr. Osagie Ebekozien Awarded ISPAD’s Prize for Innovation in Pediatric Diabetes Care

Sarah Howard, 3 years ago 1 1 min read

T1D Exchange is thrilled to announce that Osagie Ebekozien, MD, MPH, Vice President of Quality Improvement & Population Health at T1D Exchange, has been awarded the 2021 ISPAD Prize for Innovation in Pediatric Diabetes Care!

Every year, this award goes to a group or individual who has made a significant innovation in pediatric diabetes care. This prize recognizes innovations to improve health and quality of care for children and young people.

Through his work with T1D Exchange, Dr. Ebekozien’s skills and enthusiasm for using Quality Improvement and Population Health to drive innovation in pediatric diabetes care have had a positive impact on so many people with T1D.

Congratulations to Dr. Ebekozien for this well-deserved award, and thank you to everyone involved with the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative for all you do for the T1D community!

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Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Manager of Marketing at T1D Exchange.

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