Missed Meal (s)

[mum2westiesGill]

What would you do injection wise if you missed a meal, mainly wanting to know about the lunch meal?

 

[Copepod]

I'd omit short acting insulin for a meal I didn't eat.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

I'd omit short acting insulin for a meal I didn't eat.

So does this mean you'd just do the next meal injection as normal ie same amount you'd normally inject for this meal?

 

[FM001]

I just wait till I'm ready to eat before bolusing again, don't often miss lunch but work commitments in the past have meant that I've skipped lunch and had a earlier tea than normal.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

I just wait till I'm ready to eat before bolusing again, don't often miss lunch but work commitments in the past have meant that I've skipped lunch and had a earlier tea than normal.

I missed my lunch today, didn't feel particularly hungry, been a busy girl......so i'm now having an early tea, so i guess i'll just do my bolus injection for this meal.

 

[RSVP]

Think I'd be tempted to do a test first just to see how things are going 🙂


Sarah

 

[Copepod]

So does this mean you'd just do the next meal injection as normal ie same amount you'd normally inject for this meal?

Before next meal, I'd check my blood sugar and give myself a dose appropriate to what I plan to eat (mainly carbohydrate content), reading (correction dose if needed) and what I plan to do physical activity wise in the next few hours eg clear out a store room, chop wood, cycle, run, kayak etc.

 

[Northerner]

I missed my lunch today, didn't feel particularly hungry, been a busy girl......so i'm now having an early tea, so i guess i'll just do my bolus injection for this meal.

I normally just omit my injection for the missed meal and then inject as normal for the next meal. I always test before eating/injecting so would know whether any adjustment needed adding in - sometimes your liver reacts to lack of food by outputting extra glucose and causing your levels to increase. In theory, your basal/slow insulin should cover you between meals and if you miss a meal (hence basal testing, where you miss a meal to check if you have the correct basal dose) 🙂

 

[FM001]

I missed my lunch today, didn't feel particularly hungry, been a busy girl......so i'm now having an early tea, so i guess i'll just do my bolus injection for this meal.

That's the beauty of MDI that you just eat when your hungry. It shouldn't be a problem if your basal insulin is set at the right dose, just remember to test before eating your tea in case you need to include a correction dose.