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When you bolus before a meal, how long do you wait until you eat?
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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.
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
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.
Like kilupx, it varies anywhere between eating right away and waiting 15-20 minutes.
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.
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
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.
I should wait 10-15 min but always forget till I start eating.
It depends on my blood sugar. If I’m low I’ll eat before I bolus. If I’m high I’ll bolus and watch my CGM until I’m ~100.
It depends on my blood glucose how long I will wait.
I said 15 but agree with Kilupx. Life gets in the way and nothing is straight forward when I comes to T1D.
I eat immediately after blousing as it takes me forever to eat and digest meals.
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.
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.
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.
It really depends. I tend to eat about 15 minutes after I bolus at breakfast. At dinner time it is usually less as I never am sure when I am going to eat, whether because I am at a restaurant or whether I don’t know when other family members are ready to eat or when the food will be finished cooking at dinner time. I also base my bolus on my blood sugar. If I am riding 80 or below, I tend to bolus right when ready to eat, or slightly after I start eating if my sugar is below 70.
Generally 20 minutes but if it’s a faster acting dish (ice cream?) will dose and give up to 40 minutes. Ironically for the same results on shots had to inject my bolus 30 minutes in advance compared to pumping.
I chose “other” because I try to bolus 15 – 20 mins. before a meal, but often forget to do so. So, I sometimes bolus all of the times listed that are shorter than this.