[Diabetes-Talk] Question for pump users.

[d m gina]

Good for you,
When I started as a diabetic I thought for sure I wasn't going to get 
anything rite.
Now I just eat knowing what I eat is going to be ok.
Except today I am going to olive garden Dar Dars sketti house.
I will have soup sketti and a very small dessert.
This evening will be a smaller meal, then all will work out just fine.
Have to have a bread stick.
Celebrating alentines day a day early.
Snow is coming and cold is colder.
That is how I enjoy going out to dinner, and then adjusting after I get 
ready for the next meal.

Original message:
> I have been a diabetic since 1970, which is way before carb counting was
> even invented.  So, I just know how much insulin I need to cover what I am
> going to eat.  Honestly, I have never used a carb to insulin ratio, but my
> diabetic educator figured out what mine is from what I do take for  each
> meal.

>                                 Jamie


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Bridgit
> Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:10 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Question for pump users.

> And for me, while I have a carb/insulin ratio, it really depends on what I
> eat. The pump can't account for that, just whatever carb amount I plug in. I
> certainly can change it, but for me, it's been easier to just touch bolus.
> And trust me, I hate math, LOL!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jamie
> Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 12:57 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Jamie Gurganus <jamielgurganus at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Question for pump users.

> I do the same as Bridget. I just know how much insulin I need for what I
> eat, and I use the touch bolus to give the amount that I need. I have never
> let any of the pumps that I have used figure out how much insulin I need.


>      Jamie

> Sent from my iPhone

>> On Feb 12, 2019, at 11:37 AM, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>> Okay, my curiosity is getting the best of me here. My question is
>> based on one of your posts, Bridgit. You elaborated on the differing
>> insulin to carb ratios you had during the day. My question is this.
>> How do you make use of this on your pumps?
>> The only way I make use of this is by manually entering the number of
> carbs.
>> I take advantage of correction by manually entering bG readings and
>> letting the pump use its factors and insulin on board features to
>> determine how much insulin I need.
>> At the last conference I attended, granted the rep did not know the
>> 530 at all, but all of the Medtronic trainers I've recently met seem
>> to think that we'll all just go in and tell it to deliver a bolus of X
> amount of insulin.
>> So, can you manually enter carb values? Insulin on board, and insulin
>> to carb ratios are a couple of the main things I will not do without
>> on a
> pump.
>> On the Omnipod I have all possible ways of getting a bolus delivered.
>> I certainly did with the Cozmo and I managed it with the Animas as
>> well. Just wondering.
>> Thanks.
>> Veronica


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