How long before a meal do you inject?

Rich3 · July 8, 2011, 9:41pm

20 minutes before every meal. If I injected after I ate my BG levels would be 200 or so.

Julia4 · July 8, 2011, 10:07pm

I was told to inject 15 minutes before you take a bite of your food, but I inject as soon as I’m ready to eat and have my food ready.

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