i think it would be brilliant if they had a pump that asked you if you really wanted to do that particular bolus with that particular basal rate. sometimes it’s so frustrating to try and figure out what is best for basal’s and bolus’s.
Your endo and CDE should help you determine this.
I totally agree.
With the amount of data that is going into the pump from our readings, and the exact amount of insulin it is dosing, it should be able to figure out exactly what your Basal and Bolus should be. Its the only variable that is unaccounted for is ACCURATE carb counting. Otherwise the rest is simple math, and a few statistics.
I pondered the idea of creating a database that would do this for me, but I can’t find a way to download the information from my Animas pump and import it into Microsoft Access or similar. I am currently unwilling to input all the information by hand as I have good control right now.
My MiniMed 522 has a bolus wizard. It takes all of the variables into consideration. I’ve even had it tell me not to take a bolus.
don’t get me wrong i do well with my basal rates and stuff, but it’s sooo flipping annoying to have to manually type in exactly what basal vs. bolus ratios i need to do for carbs.