On average, how many adjustment boluses would you estimate you manually give yourself in a day, excluding the times you are also bolusing for food?

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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Before I get to using the long acting insulin, I’d go to my backup pump then the MDI.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Yes I do and I keep long acting insulin in my supplies. But for periods of a day or two I usually just take small doses of my fast acting (Novolog) every two to four hours and do fine with that... Luckily I am 75 years old and get up to use bathroom several times through the night; also my insulin needs are low, about 25 to 30 units per day
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Yes for close, accuracy is a challenge and the dose may be off, just part of the process.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  I am blessed, in 30+ years of pumping I've only had one pump failure. A Minimed pump failed on a flight home.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Before I get to using the long acting insulin, I’d go to my backup pump then the MDI.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  I don’t know how much long acting insulin I would need if my pump stopped working. I would simply contact my doctor, asking for the long acting that I’ve have used and would ask him to help me figure out how much of it I would need on a daily basis. When that has happened recently, I would just give myself periodic shots of my regular fast acting to tide me over.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  I don't, but I also don't have any long acting insulin
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On average, how many adjustment boluses would you estimate you manually give yourself in a day, excluding the times you are also bolusing for food?

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10 Comments

KCR

When possible, I prefer a short brisk walk rather than a bolus to manage rising blood sugar ‘cos it’s faster.

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LizB

I chose 3-4. My BG rises as soon as I get out of bed so I always do a small bolus to curb that when I wake up. I don’t eat breakfast so sometimes I do a second one an hour or so later. I will sometimes do another 1-2 during the day if it seems like I’ve miscalculated my carbs and I’m higher than I’d like.

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Wanacure

If I were on the preferred pump that some people on this forum have mentioned with a good CGM, could I minimize bolusing (excluding meals) to just 1 or 2? I may find out this year.

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1. AnitaS
  
  I don’t know why you couldn’t, but it would partially depend on how strict you are about staying in a tight range.
  
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Sherolyn Newell

They didn’t really have a choice that fit me. I picked 1 to 2, but it’s really more like 1 every couple of days when I mess up carb counting.

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Janis Senungetuk

Other. Using Control-IQ 24/7 there are multiple small correction boluses during the day. Depending on what I’ve eaten I’ll add 3 to 4 in addition.

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Becky Hertz

Depends on the day. Sometimes 0, sometimes 3-5.

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Carolann Hunt

Loop makes hundreds of temp basal changes a day

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Beckett Nelson

I answered “other” as I’m not really sure. My pump takes care of it for me

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Uzma Naz

I was doing quite a lot. On Control IQ, the pump gives me 3 or 4 a day. Sometimes less, depending on. . . well, I’m not actually sure why, sometimes everything just works, mostly it doesn’t!

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