High BG after 4 hours of eating

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@AudreyB

I love pizza and that is the food I was eating while trying to figure out how to manage my bolus.

Pizza IMO is about the worst food to use in trying to figure out your insulin to carb ratio. It is known for having a long, late rise in one’s BG. I suggest you do your calculations with more “normal” foods. And leave pizza as a very infrequent special treat that you can expect will cause your BG to go crazy.

I’ve given up pizza entirely, as even a single piece will cause my BG to go over 200, no matter how I try to adjust the timing of my bolus. If you like it well enough to go through the hassles of trying to figure it out, I’d save that for later after you’ve more experience. I would think it would be less frustrating to get a handle on how insulin works with foods that aren’t quite so unique in the BG curve.

Pizza is tough … but Sam @Sam19 says ( from an older thread )

Restaurant Food

This is where afrezza shines. I spent a week this summer on the river in San Antonio eating all the random tex mex I could handle, didn’t even try to count carbs… Just tooted the whistle and went on my merry way. Think I got up to 170 once when I ate a bunch of pizza. I’m not sure it’s superior when you actually know how many carbs you’re eating— but when you’re eating out or otherwise on the go it is a vastly superior method.