User Guide

Delivering a Bolus of Insulin 5
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5 Delivering a Bolus of Insulin
6. Optional: Set up a reminder to check your blood glucose:
a. Tap CREATE BG REMINDER.
b. Tap the Check BG in eld and enter the time for the reminder.
c. Tap SAVE.
Note: e CREATE BG REMINDER button appears only if the "Check BG
aer Bolus" reminder setting is turned on. To turn this setting on or o, see
"Check BG aer Bolus reminders" on page 110.
7. Tap START to begin the bolus.
e Home screen tracks the delivery of an immediate or extended bolus (see
"Tracking the Progress of a Bolus" on page 64).
Manually-calculated Bolus
A manually-calculated bolus is a bolus
that you calculate yourself. If the Bolus
Calculator is set to 'o' or is temporarily
disabled, you must enter a manually-
calculated bolus.
A bolus cannot be greater than your
Maximum Bolus setting (see "Maximum
Bolus" on page 117).
To deliver a manually-calculated bolus:
1. On the Home screen, tap the Bolus
button ( ).
e Bolus screen appears.
Note: A dierent screen appears if
the Bolus Calculator is active (see page
58).
2. Enter the bolus amount using one of
the following methods:
• Tap the Total Bolus eld and enter
the bolus amount. en tap the checkmark.
• Tap SELECT FROM PRESETS and select the desired preset from the list.
is option is only available if the Bolus Calculator is turned o. To create
or edit a bolus preset, see "Bolus Presets" on page 87.