Question for those who pump

[Jason99]

@Dave44

that doesn’t sound like a very good manual, does it? No need to apologize, either. BTW, to use your word, basal is always considered kind of a “drip” of insulin. Boluses can be either immediate, or doled out over time but are still considered a bolus, such as the “pizza” bolus.

I downloaded the PDF, I couldn’t find anything regarding the basal rate delivery method. Our site came up in the search and Lorraine explained it:

Does the pod give the basal bolus all at once or throughout the hour?

My 5 yr old has been on the pod since Dec 2010 and I always assumed that when the basal rate was delivered it was given all at once at the top of the hour ie… 0.10 unit at 12am. Is this true or is the basal rate slowly infused over the hour? I have this question because I have read comments throughout different discussions from people stating that they would never use a “traditional pump” w/ tubing because of d/c for showers etc, their blood sugars go up in 5-10 min which makes me now assume tha…