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Looks like the bolus amount was not sufficient. Personally, I never use the smaller amount as this would be equivalent to a small amount on a side plate. I would use the middle amount or occasionally the higher, but that is just me. I think Carbs and Cals is based on a 26cm plate, so you need to check your portion sizes match these. Is your ratio correct at that time of day when you eat other things? As EDUAD has said, maybe you need to add additional insulin for these meals if your ratios are normally correct.
 
No problem Gill, just write it down and try something new next time! I find often with takeaways the amount I eat will be similar, so the guesstimates get better over time. I tend to know I'll have at least 100g carbs, so I might bolus for 80g up front then the rest about 3 hours later, when I know what I've eaten and the rice has taken time to digest. Any sooner and I'd have a hypo. It's still not perfect though.

As a new pumper, I've been reading Gary Scheiner's book and he explains why you get high BG hours after a fatty meal- sometyhing about the liver processing the fat and so it can't store the glucose that it normally would. He suggests a 150% TBR for 8 hours after such a meal. I tried this last week with a burger and chips pub meal. It was quite scary but I took the plunge and did it and the results were surprisingly good! Have any other pumpers tried this?
 
Gill just out of interest, what was your estimate of the carbs in the meal?
 
AJLang said:
Gill I have to agree with both Mike and Kaylz. You know that I love you and view you as a dear friend but a) you must count for all of the carbs in any meal b) allow for splitting your boluses for takeaways. This is tough love but if you don't get things under control you risk serious complications. Please take care. Big hugs to Billy.
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Hi @AJLang thank you for your reply and I view you as a dear friend too. Re counting for all of the carbs in my meals I'm sure I can do that if I want to try & get things right ~ re splitting boluses for takeaways I could keep that as an option to try
 
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