# Extended bolus with Omnipod **URL:** \ **Category:** Type 1 & LADA\ **Tags:** omnipod\ **Created:** [November 14, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/extended-bolus-with-omnipod/8668 "2019-11-14T13:48:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/extended-bolus-with-omnipod/8668/5 "2019-11-14T15:34:42Z")
> [@MisterMints](#): > > Can anyone explain to me in relatively simple terms, and preferably with graphs, what an extended bolus does and looks like with Omnipod? > [@MisterMints](#): > > Its this bit I can’t get my head around. It feels as though the extension is more like a temporary increased basal for those 2 hours, rather than more of a split like on MDI. This thread has some explanations on it, starting here. Basically, all pumps do their extended the same way. They just use different names. They are all the exact same. And yes, if you want to think of an extended as an increase in basal, it is the all the same to your body. It is not the same as doing two shots. You could do two boluses instead if you wanted to. All kinds of ways to do it. The problem with doing the second bolus is just if you forget. Anyway, check out this thread and then let me know if you have questions. Happy to answer for you. > [@How much wait time after insulin dose?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-much-wait-time-after-insulin-dose/8519/29): > > I need to see the specific question. I don’t want to try to pick it out from a bunch of responses, because sometimes the original question can get muddled up that way. So much of this is just a difference in the terminology from one pump to the other. All pumps offer the same options. All pumps have the same way of delivering the 3 kinds, which depending on the pump you are using, can have different names. But they all do the same thing for bolus. These 3. [image] Another image, same thing… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/extended-bolus-with-omnipod/8668)._