Accu Chek Aviva Expert Bolus Advisor - and eating out

Accu Chek Aviva Expert Bolus Advisor - and eating out

Is there anybody on here who uses this meter & how do you go on when eating out?

When eating out I personally find it much easier to
- order
- test
- eat meal
- then inject afterwords once I know how many carbs I've had rather than testing etc at the time of the meal arriving

the problem is that the meter only gives bolus advice once the carbs are entered.

Googum said:
Enter the DATA after your meal if your injecting after the meal

You will get bolus advice, but it will probably be incorrect as you need to take a BG reading first, and that reading will likely be higher after eating than before.

In these circumstances, I estimate the number of carbs that I am likely to inject, get the bolus advice, and then inject later once I know whether my estimate was in range. If I had less carbs, then I'll reduce the QA dose and if I had more, I'll increase it.

Like Warwick, I try to estimate the number of carbs, and just inject after.

I personally always finish the food on my plate, so would test, inject then eat.............trying to get the insulin in first is better.

Having a guess at the carbs then splitting it also helps if you find you cant manage it all, or it wasn't an accurate carb guess....

Obviously everyone has different carb guessing abilities but after a while you should know how to guess quite accurately, the carbs and cals book/app is good for that purpose also, you will soon get to know how many carbs are in an average portion of chips, or a burger, or potatoes etc.....

Lets test your ability now...

What was the last meal you had eating out........?