RE: [IPp] combo bolus for pizza
Oh, Pop Tarts are horrible! You've got to do a combo for them or
they're killer on the blood sugars. For high post prandial am
glucose, try the super bolus. We do something similar in that Emma
has an unnaturally high basal for the hour preceding breakfast to help
tame the pp highs. Works for us. I change it in the summer though,
and she rarely eats early enough these days to need the 1:10 ratio vs.
the regular 1:17 ratio. Summer is nice ; )
Catherine, mom to:
Madeline - 10 Austin - 9
Emma - 6 (dx @ age 3, pumping Cozmo)
Abigail - 4 Genevieve & Gracie - 3
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[mailto:email @ redacted] On Behalf Of Jana
Hayes
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:49 PM
To: pop-digest
Subject: [IPp] combo bolus for pizza
Forgive me for not remembering who mentioned it, but someone recently
mentioned something about Pizza Hut and using the combo bolus feature
on the Cozmo pump. My daughter is 12 and has been pumping with the
Cozmo pump since February 2005. What we've found that works perfectly
for her is to use the combo bolus with a 50/50 ratio for a two hour
period. We also always request a thin crust cheese pizza whenever we
go there for the lunch buffet. She usually has about 4 medium sized
slices (we count them 20 carbs each) and 1 breadstick. She ends up
bolusing for 80 - 90 carbs depending on whether she eats the
breadstick or not. The 50/50 over two hours has always worked really
well for her.
What I really need to do is start trying the combo bolus for
breakfast. We're having a terrible time with her being high 2 hours
after breakfast. (which right now during the summer is right before
lunch also.) Of course, she only eats poptarts and/or cereal for
breakfast. Sometimes a poptart and cereal depending on how hungry she
is! She's been a bottomless pit lately since we've been more active
during the summer and she's going through puberty. She's at diabetes
camp this week, and I am hoping that she's learned a lot of wonderful
things. The pump has been absolutely AWESOME for our family!!!
She never uses the combo bolus with ice cream, though. I buy those
Great Value brand ice cream cups at Wal-mart. That way she feels like
she can have ice cream anytime, but I know that she's not having too
awfully much and she can count the carbs easily. My kids seem
satisfied with those little cups and my husband and I don't feel too
awfully guilty when we partake either! ha!
Jana
Mom to Marina, age 12, dx'd 8/2003, pumping Cozmo since 2/2005 .
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