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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      Only "illness" that makes it really difficult to control my blood sugar is getting steroid injections into my cervical spine or fingers. I leave my basal rate on my pump at 250% and need much higher bolus doses and many "extra" doses if my blood sugar remains really high. I tell the MD's that it turns my insulin into tap water and try to avoid it, experience with having gotten these injections over the past few years has helped, but having blood sugars of 400-500 despite much higher basal and bolus dosing is so frustrating!
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
    • 4 hours, 25 minutes ago
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
    • 4 hours, 25 minutes ago
      AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
    • 4 hours, 25 minutes ago
      AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
    • 4 hours, 25 minutes ago
      AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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      When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
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    16 Comments

    1. Greg Felton

      I responded ā€œalwaysā€ but if my BG is low before the meal I do not pre-bolus.

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    2. connie ker

      It all depends on the numbers going into the meal. If on the lower side, I wait to bolus until half way through the meal. If on the higher side, I bolus and wait for the numbers to come down before eating. What a balancing act!!!!!

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    3. Ronald Troyer

      It’s hard to pre-bolus when my blood sugar is low but it’s also easy to forget taking it later. I compromise by extending my bolus a half hour and taking a percentage of the bolus even when my blood sugar is low. That’s a benefit of having an omnipod.

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      1. Christina Trudo

        Other systems can do this too

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    4. Nicholas Argento

      Pre dosing is very helpful for rapid analog insulins- Humalog, Novolog, Novorapid (Novolog in some other countries than US), even Lyumjev or Fiasp. A study showed much better post meal control with the same dose given 20 minutes before compared to right before or 20 minutes after. This was shown in the following study: Cobry et al, Diab Tech Therap 2010;12: 173-177
      —— Its too bad that they don’t allow images in this system now, I could have posted a slide showing it.

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      1. Daniel Bestvater

        I try to always pre-bolus 15minutes – 1hour ahead depending on BG.
        Rapid insulin really isn’t very rapid!!

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    5. Sahran Holiday

      What’s a prebolus? I bolus whenever my glucose is above 120mg/dl and always before I eat unless it’s very low. Then I check after I’ve eaten.

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    6. William Bennett

      Well, not quite always, but I try to (sometimes I don’t know there are going to be carbs, e.g.) Certainly a lot more often than just “often.” “Almost always”!

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    7. William Bennett

      It’s interesting that new CGM patients aren’t always told that this is one of the primary things you can/should do with it. I had a T1 friend who’d been using a Dexcom for a month or so and had never heard of it. I think it was less of a thing back when CGMs weren’t so widely used because it just wasn’t practical. Back then I was always told “don’t bolus until you’re about to eat!” But with a CGM you can bolus, then keep an eye on your track until it starts steadily descending, showing that your insulin is starting to work, and then dig in. That’s a lot harder to emulate with just finger sticks, and obviously a bit dangerous if you don’t have a dynamic track of what’s going on in real time.

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    8. Janis Senungetuk

      Sometimes. If the meal I’m about to eat is heavy carb, pasta or rice, I try to pre-bolus 20 to 15 minutes before eating and also extend the amt. by 2 hrs. If it’s restaurant food and I’m not exactly sure of the carbs I’ll bolus when the food is set in front of me.

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    9. Becky Hertz

      Depends where my bg level is prior to eating. If I’m in range or high I’ll try to books at least 5 minutes ahead if not more.

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    10. Sherolyn Newell

      Unless I am eating pure carbs, it tends to take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes for my BG to go up. Unless my BG is at least 120, I can’t bolus early or I will go below 70 before the carbs kick in.

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    11. ConnieT1D62

      Often and sometimes – more often than sometimes or not at all. Depends on what I am doing, what I am about to eat, and what BG level is per Dexcom tracking.

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    12. Amy Jo

      I had never heard of pre-bolusing until I wanted to start a family. It has drastically changed my control – before I wanted to have kids, my A1c was 7-7.5%. Now, thanks to prebolusing, I’ve been able to keep my A1c 5.1-6%, depending on where I am in my pregnancy/preconception journey. During pregnancy, I pre-bolus anywhere from 15-45 minutes, depending on what I am eating, how high my BG is etc. Very challenging but so worth it to avoid that post-prandial spike!

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    13. Chip Brookes

      I try for 10 minutes, but it is frequently less. Sometimes I bolus right at the start of a meal, and that is mostly due to inattention.

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    14. Molly Jones

      I chose often because of the amount of time it takes me to eat. I am always the last one at the table with half a plate unfinished when everyone else is finished.

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