FatMax'sMom
Member Since 2016
Can I still do a curve if I forgot to test before eating/first shot? I checked it ten minutes after...DOH!
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Tuxedo Mom
Member Since 2014
If you checked within 10 minutes of eating it should be okay to do the curve. Food usually takes about 20 minutes to start affecting the glucose levels.
Elizabeth and Bertie
Member Since 2010
Yep, that 10 minutes shouldn't make a huge amount of difference. The likelihood is that the food wouldn't have affected the blood glucose too much at that point...
Ongoingly though, you'd want to test prior to giving insulin, just so that you know it's safe to do so.
Eliz
Ongoingly though, you'd want to test prior to giving insulin, just so that you know it's safe to do so.
Eliz
Elizabeth and Bertie
Member Since 2010
Oh, cross-posted with Mary Ann! 
...She's often faster than me, ha-ha! 
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...She's often faster than me, ha-ha! .
Tuxedo Mom
Member Since 2014
Oh, cross-posted with Mary Ann!
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Yes but you gave important information I missed...always test BEFORE giving insulin!!
Thanks for adding this Elizabeth!
FatMax'sMom
Member Since 2016
Thank you so much! I know that you are supposed to test before eating..it just slipped my mind! Thank you for your quick responses!
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