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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1223775" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Don't be sorry! That feeling sounds ever so familiar <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So, I looked up how it works, cos I wasn't sure but: If you take your blood sugar and you are 14 but have 5units IOB and you tell the PDM you arent eating it will suggest a correction bolus with the aim of bringing you back to your target blood sugar using your correction factor (so let's pretend it does that calculation and decides you need 8 units to get back to target blood sugar) the PDM will take off any IOB from a suggested correction (so it will do correction of 8 needed, less the 5 IOB and suggest you do a bolus of 3).</p><p></p><p>With the omnipod IOB is subtracted from the bolus suggestion for any correction bolus. So you don't need to worry about IOB for correcting. But obviously, still check that the correction the PDM is recommending actually looks sensible and safe to you!</p><p></p><p>But, if you are doing a new carb bolus (so you've eaten dinner and you have IOB and then you decide you want a pudding) it doesn't subtract the IOB from that new carb bolus - you will have to do that little bit of maths and maybe think about reducing the bolus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1223775, member: 32394"] Don't be sorry! That feeling sounds ever so familiar :) So, I looked up how it works, cos I wasn't sure but: If you take your blood sugar and you are 14 but have 5units IOB and you tell the PDM you arent eating it will suggest a correction bolus with the aim of bringing you back to your target blood sugar using your correction factor (so let's pretend it does that calculation and decides you need 8 units to get back to target blood sugar) the PDM will take off any IOB from a suggested correction (so it will do correction of 8 needed, less the 5 IOB and suggest you do a bolus of 3). With the omnipod IOB is subtracted from the bolus suggestion for any correction bolus. So you don't need to worry about IOB for correcting. But obviously, still check that the correction the PDM is recommending actually looks sensible and safe to you! But, if you are doing a new carb bolus (so you've eaten dinner and you have IOB and then you decide you want a pudding) it doesn't subtract the IOB from that new carb bolus - you will have to do that little bit of maths and maybe think about reducing the bolus. [/QUOTE]
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