We're very much still in the experimenting stage but any foods that seem to give less than ideal readings I'll try the extended bolus on to see if I can improve them. It's going to be a long process I expect.
The types of food we eat and I expect will need extended bolusing are paella, risotto, take away fish and chips, pasta and pizza. I also think pastry like cornish pasties or pies may need an extended bolus and I'm yet to see what porridge does.
Last night we had take away fish and chips as I wasn't feeling well and hubby organised the supper. I'm hoping someone might suggest what combination to try next time as we didn't get an ideal result. Here are the readings taken:
7pm: 5.4 mmol - Fish & Chips, no sugar drink. 66g total carbs. 30% 70% split over 3 hours.
8pm: 8.8 mmol
9pm: 7.3 mmol
10pm: 4.0 mmol
10:30pm: 3.7 mmol - treated with 1x 4g glucose sweet
3am: 14.5 mmol - bolus correction
7:30am 5.8 mmol
I don't think the glucose at 10:30pm caused the high at 3am, one glucose usually raises her BG by 2-3 mmol. I feel the 30% initially was probably about right, perhaps it could go to 35%, but maybe the remainder needs to be extended over a longer period of time. What do you other pumpers think?