[Diabetes-Talk] Question for pump users.

[d m gina]

What was nice as they came asking if I wanted the lunchen bowl or the 
dinner plate.
Yes I chose the bowl.
Just rite for me.
I loved every bite.
It is hard for an Italian to give up spaghetti, so I won't do it.
Cut back fine but not give it up.

Original message:
> Whether using a carb/insulin ratio or not, or even if not using insulin at
> all, you should have a certain carb allotment per meal. The nice thing about
> taking an insulin bolus at meals if that if you decide to eat more, you can
> just bolus more to counter-balance the carbs, whereas when you don't meal
> bolus, you're stuck with the set carb amount unless you want high glucose
> levels. Bread, pasta and desserts are loaded with carbs, which will spike
> glucose levels. We should eat more protein and lower carb veggies in a meal
> than carbs. Carbs with a higher glycemic index will raise glucose levels
> more like, like bread, potatoes, pasta, desserts, oats/grains, etc. It's
> good to be aware of all this and what a carb is and how they work in the
> body.

> Bridgit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina
> via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 11:47 AM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Question for pump users.

> 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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