How to bolus for pizza - advice needed!!

hi

I had pizza this week too and the same happened, so will be watching your post for the same advice!

Good luck x

I also tried pizza yesterday and had the same problem, so i'm bumping this up so we can all get a good answer

We've had pizza once since my 9 year old daughter has been on the pump. We didn't get ideal readings but they were okay and gave us a starting point. Remember everyone is different so you may not experience the same effect but here are her readings for information, maybe it will be helpful:

7pm - BG reading of 5.0 mmol/L. Pizza with a glass of fresh orange juice. Insulin split 35% 65%. The 35% was delivered immediately, the remaining 65% being delivered over 3 hours.

8pm - BG reading 6.8 mmol/L

9pm - BG reading 8.4 mmol/L

10pm - BG reading 6.5 mmol/L

11pm - BG reading 8.8 mmol/L - BG correction

1.30am - BG reading 12.0 mmol/L - BG correction plus +10% temp basal set for 4 hours

3am - BG reading 9.0 mmol/L - BG correction

5am - BG reading 8.0 mmol/L - BG correction

7.30am - BG reading 4.7 mmol/L

Rest of the day her readings were back to normal.

I know from past experience that pasta and pizza send her reading up high long after she's eaten, like 6+ hours until about 10 hours later. Next time we try pizza I'll do a similar extended bolus but after about 3-4 hours I'll set another temporary basal to last maybe 5-6 hours at about +20%.