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- 5 hours, 34 minutes ago
  
  Antsy 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.
- 5 hours, 35 minutes ago
  
  Antsy 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
- 5 hours, 35 minutes ago
  
  Antsy 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.
- 5 hours, 35 minutes ago
  
  Antsy 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.
- 5 hours, 35 minutes ago
  
  Antsy 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.
- 5 hours, 36 minutes ago
  
  Antsy 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.
- 5 hours, 36 minutes ago
  
  Antsy likes your comment at
  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.
- 14 hours, 48 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.
- 14 hours, 49 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.
- 14 hours, 50 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.
- 14 hours, 50 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.
- 14 hours, 50 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  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.
- 14 hours, 50 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.
- 14 hours, 50 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.
- 16 hours, 5 minutes ago
  
  anj1832 likes your comment at
  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.
- 16 hours, 6 minutes ago
  
  anj1832 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.
- 1 day, 8 hours 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.
- 1 day, 8 hours 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
- 1 day, 8 hours ago
  
  Becky Hertz likes your comment at
  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.
- 1 day, 8 hours ago
  
  Becky Hertz 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.
- 1 day, 13 hours 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, 13 hours 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, 13 hours 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, 13 hours ago
  
  Robin Melen likes your comment at
  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, 13 hours 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.
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