#236 Defining Diabetes: Bolus
Scott Benner
Defining Diabetes: Bolus
Scott and Jenny Smith, CDE define the terms at the center of your type 1 diabetes care
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Scott Benner 0:00
I always like to give consideration to the things that we take for granted. For instance, some of the words that we use on the podcast, I get notes from you guys all the time. My favorite one very recently was I didn't know until I was listening to the podcast for months that I was doing MDI. I mean, I knew I was injecting insulin, but I didn't know it was called multiple daily injections, and that people shortened that to MDI. So I thought, you know what, that probably happens to more people than I realized. And so today is the first of our new mini episodes, they're just going to be a few minutes long. They'll happen on Fridays, and they're going to be with me and Jenny Smith as we define diabetes. I think I want to call this defining diabetes with Scott and Jenny. That data that then there'll be like music and there's no music. I have no money for music. Anyway, just imagine like game show music in your head. And then I'll say the thing so I'll give you a second. You get the game show music running. Right? Like card sharks or something like that. You got to go and ready. Hi, everybody. Its defining diabetes with Scott and Jenny. I'm gonna use this weird I'm not talking like that. Anyway, this one's Bolus, okay, that's where we're gonna start Bolus. That seems like a good reasonable place to start to believe it or not. There are people listen to this podcast and send me notes and say, I don't know what Bolus means. So you will in a second, hey, by the way, it means more than you think. Defining diabetes is made possible by Dexcom on the pod and dancing for diabetes. After Jenny and I define Bolus today there'll be a little information about those companies. Stick around for 30 seconds and check it out. Please remember that nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast should be considered advice medical or otherwise the Always consult a physician before becoming bold with insulin or making any changes to your medical plan. Jenny let's define Bolus you go for
Jennifer Smith, CDE 1:47
I go first of Bolus is the easy way to define it. Bolus is a one time right now dose of insulin that's given for two reasons. One, either to cover food or to correct and bring a high blood sugar down, though it's a whether you inject it or you do it with your pump. It is an amount of insulin that you give right now it's not something that lingers like a basal insulin would.
Scott Benner 2:24
And it's also outside of diabetes, a real medical word that would be used that's nothing to do with insulin. And it just means to infuse liquid right and or something like that. Isn't that the the actual Hold on a second lunch this Jenny? mission, I'm gonna look it up on the internet. A small rounded mass of a substance especially of chewed food. That's weird at the moment of swallowing a type of large pill use in a veterinarian medicine. I think Here we go. Here's the one for us a single dose of a drug or other medicinal preparation given all at once,
Jennifer Smith, CDE 2:58
all at once. And part of the reason that Bolus came in to use with diabetes is because of the initial known definition is that it's that small mass of like food that you chew up and that goes down your throat. It's called a bolus. Really so when you when you take insulin for food, it's almost like your Bolus Bolus thing because your bowl of thing a single dose of a drug insulin, they cover an amount of food a bolus of food.
Scott Benner 3:28
You're so smart.
You don't want to miss the diabetes pro tip series that Jenny and I did recently. It begins back in Episode 210. with diabetes pro tip newly diagnosed starting over after that it's Episode 211 all about MDI Episode 212. All About insulin. In Episode 217. We talked about Pre-Bolus going into 18 Temp Basal in 219 insulin pumping into 24. Or mastering your CGM into 25 bumping and nudging into 26 the perfect Bolus and into 31. We talked about variables. That series is ongoing. Do not miss it and it's designed to be listened to in order even if you're not doing MDI. Check out the MDI episode started newly diagnosed and starting over listen through. I guarantee you're gonna love them. Defining diabetes on the Juicebox Podcast is brought to you by Dexcom on the pod and dancing for diabetes. There are links in the show notes at Juicebox podcast.com to all the wonderful sponsors. But if you want to find out more about getting a free no obligation demo valmy pod you can go to my on the pod.com forward slash juice box to get started on the Dexcom g six continuous glucose monitor dexcom.com forward slash juice box and to learn about the good that's being done at dancing for diabetes good at dancing the number for diabetes.com Thanks for checking out defining diabetes come back every Friday. And I break down a new word or phrase that is impacting your life with type one diabetes.
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