# \#bolus **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tag/bolus/99.md [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) --- ## [Frustration with Omnipod Dash](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/frustration-with-omnipod-dash/14332)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/frustration-with-omnipod-dash/14332 "2024-01-06T01:17:11Z")
I have been using the Dash pumps for a couple of months now and am having more issues with post-meal spikes, bruises at the insertion sites, and not getting a full 3 days from too many of the pumps than I ever did with t… --- ## [What Diabetes app do you use?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-diabetes-app-do-you-use/13320)
**Author:** [@SBee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SBee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-diabetes-app-do-you-use/13320 "2022-11-16T13:36:12Z")
So I have just found out that the app that I’ve used as both my BSL diary and my food entries as well as a bolus calculator for the last decade, is about to become unavailable to me in Australia while the TGA (equal to t… --- ## [How to NOT spike (so much) after a meal?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-not-spike-so-much-after-a-meal/397)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-not-spike-so-much-after-a-meal/397 "2021-11-19T21:19:41Z")
So I gather some parents have kids who don't spike after they eat (at least not above 250) and I'm wondering how the heck that's possible? Every single meal (well, 8 out of 10) he eats, he goes up over 250...sometimes a… --- ## [Learning How To Bolus](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/learning-how-to-bolus/11563)
**Author:** [@Necroplasm](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Necroplasm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/learning-how-to-bolus/11563 "2021-08-25T12:25:01Z")
Hey diabuddies, been awhile since I’ve posted lately so I figured it’s time for an update! So upon high blood sugar readings two days in a row, and some fear on my part, I called my Endo for advice because I was uncerta… --- ## [Pizza line](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pizza-line/376)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pizza-line/376 "2020-03-19T21:15:12Z")
I ate a pizza today for lunch (it was only a medium pizza, 132 grams of carbs total). For reference, I set the "high" number on the Dexcom to 120, just to give a good visual of it. A good downward slope before I sta… --- ## [New app to control your bolus](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-app-to-control-your-bolus/7983)
**Author:** [@SandraUK](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SandraUK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-app-to-control-your-bolus/7983 "2019-07-26T14:53:12Z")
Dear all, I am new here and happy to share tips :slight\_smile: I am dealing with a type 1 diabetes since I am 15 and I have been under bolus/basal treatment for 3 years now. Fonctionnal insulinotherapy was really givi… --- ## [Do You TAG? If so, how?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-tag-if-so-how/474)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-tag-if-so-how/474 "2019-05-06T02:40:03Z")
TAG (Total Available Glucose) is a counting system that also counts protein and fat (in addition to carbs) in order to calculate bolus insulin. Do you TAG? Do you TAG every meal, or some meals? What is your formula? Ho… --- ## [Peaking after salads](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/peaking-after-salads/3069)
**Author:** [@Pates](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pates)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/peaking-after-salads/3069 "2018-03-02T20:15:13Z")
I have noticed I have trouble any time I eat salad. I think I’m choosing something healthy, and even if it includes some carbs like tortilla chips or croutons, and I take a normal dose of about 7-8 units novolog, my bloo… --- ## [Oops, I did a dumb thing](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/oops-i-did-a-dumb-thing/2424)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/oops-i-did-a-dumb-thing/2424 "2017-10-29T23:16:56Z")
Sooooo what would you do if you were fixing dinner, decided to “just bolus” a couple units (60 carbs), and you’d figure out the carb count at the end and just feed the insulin, but then…you realize you didn’t weigh any o… --- ## [Insulin Stacking](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-stacking/1533)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-stacking/1533 "2017-08-08T03:13:02Z")
MY endo ( who most of you know by now that i consider to be an imbecile) has told me that i should not bolus before 2 hours after i have finished eating my last meal, snack or whatever. so, if i am eating dinner, but sti… --- ## [Changes have made the difference](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changes-have-made-the-difference/1301)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changes-have-made-the-difference/1301 "2017-06-22T17:23:56Z")
We have recently started a new regimen (testing, testing, testing!) and we’ve found some success in our new regimen. We are now doing an extended bolus over 1 hour. We do 0 up front and 100% of the meal bolus over the … --- ## [Afrezza: dealing with the 4U minimum](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afrezza-dealing-with-the-4u-minimum/613)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afrezza-dealing-with-the-4u-minimum/613 "2017-05-23T02:56:47Z")
How do you deal with the 4U minimum? Do you plan meals in 4U increments? Do you combine bolus insulin every time you have a meal? For us, 4U = 200 mg/dl --- ## [Afrezza corrections](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afrezza-corrections/405)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afrezza-corrections/405 "2017-05-19T22:46:11Z")
See if you can spot the afrezza correction. \[image\] --- ## [Fiasp](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiasp/628)
**Author:** [@drpepper68](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/drpepper68)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fiasp/628 "2017-04-27T20:37:25Z")
Does anyone have access to get the new Fiasp? I want to try some real bad. It's only in Europe and Canada though. Can anyone hook me up?