When you aren’t that hungry but you just injected insulin

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Nothing is worse than bolusing for food, then tasting it and having it be gross. Although once I ordered a chicken katsu bowl for delivery, and it arrived with a giant tempura shrimp in it, presumably a “free upgrade”. I’m allergic to shellfish, and I had already bolused before I opened it. 🤬

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u/WoooshToTheMax looping? custom! 18h ago

I'd call the place about that. Putting an allergen in a dish that didn't have it listed could kill someone

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u/FuckThisMolecule 17h ago

Oh I did! They were apologetic and refunded me and gave me a credit for a future meal. But finding an equivalent amount of carbs to eat within fifteen minutes was a challenge. 😅

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u/sparks4242 18h ago

I do NOT do spicy food, and one time I stopped at a Highway drive thru for a chicken burger (and bolus). We were already on the highway again when I opened it and realized it was a spicy chicken. I had to eat it!!! Totally not fun needing to eat a spicy chicken when you DONT DO SPICY AT ALL. Pardon my yelling, got excited.

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u/SumFuckah Avoiding Carbs Since '03 | T:Slim x2 & G7 | 🇨🇦 20h ago

That's when I drink some juice lol. Always easier to drink something than to eat when you're not feeling it

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u/maddog202089 19h ago

Where's the "i guess I'll just die" meme when you need it.

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u/bikinibottomrealest8 20h ago

Talk about it talk about it talk about it talk about it

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u/NuclearPuppers LADA, G7, Lantus/Novolog, InPen 20h ago

How did I immediately know to read that to the tune of Funkytown?

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u/nate_jung T1 Since 2018, Omnipod 5 & Dexcom G6 18h ago

We were celebrating a birthday, and my friend deviced we were going to order milkshakes for desert. We placed the order, I bolused, the waiter comes back about 8 minutes later saying that they are out of ice cream. 🫠

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u/SnooRevelations2837 13h ago

😆 Yes! I've had that happen at the house too... You can only truly appreciate that total aggravation if you take insulin, to others it's a minor inconvenience.

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u/YetMarkMark 19h ago

i swear to god this is the stupidest meme ive seen all week and the one that made me laugh the hardest

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u/HoneyDewMae 19h ago edited 17h ago

Its the worse when the most unbearable wave of nausea just SLAPS u outta no where……. Literally dealt with this 2 days ago

edit- haha sorry meant as in after u bolus then start getting nausea before i can eat😅

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u/sparks4242 18h ago

I haven’t had nausea from low sugar… does that come after the sweating?

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u/HoneyDewMae 18h ago

Oops my bad-😭 i meant when ur about to eat after taking insulin, ive gotten nauseous right as i start to eat.

For me i normally get nauseous when im high. But i have had a few times from crashing too long i do start feeling queasy😵‍💫

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u/HoneyDewMae 17h ago

Bro but the sweating and shakes are the absolute worst🥲 like dont talk to me dont touch me leave me alone until im stable again

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u/-Daetrax- [2024-11-05] 21h ago

I eat some of it and go "oh well, I can have a soda now". Much to my dentist's dismay I'll pour it into a thermo mug (with an ice cube the size of a muffin) and drink it over a couple of hours. Keep the spiking to a minimum.

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u/monstrinhotron 19h ago

Flash backs to bolusing in a tapas restaurant only for them to bring out each plate at 20 minute intervals. So instead of a big mix of things that everyone could tuck into it was 3 prawns between 7 adults every 20 mins. I just ended up eating all my emergency sweets and having a shit time. Fuck you tapas restaurant in Broadstairs England. You were nice people, but that's not how tapas is supposed to work!

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u/canthearu_ack 8h ago

Don't worry, back when I wasn't diabetic, I would still have been highly annoyed at the situation you described.

It may devolve to fist-i-cuffs depending on just how hangry trying to share 3 prawns between 7 adults becomes.

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u/raydude [2000] [T:Slim] [Dexcom] 18h ago

I don't know about you guys, but I'm always hungry.

For me, I have to make sure I bolus, even though I'm just having a "little" snack.

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u/NomosAlpha 18h ago

Jelly Babies are the answer - more often than not I can stomach them when I’m not hungry and sometimes they even get the appetite going.

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u/Firm_Pomegranate3926 15h ago

I’ve learned to wait until I actually start eating before bolusing, especially when ordering out. It’s not perfect, but it helps avoid situations like this.

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u/EnnieBenny 20h ago

Just bolus during or right after when you have a better idea. Maybe this is subconsciously a reason why I eat meals rather quickly, but I've never had issues from doing this. I think it's only really going to cause a bad initial spike if you're having very high carb meals without much fat or protein to slow down the absorption.

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u/NomosAlpha 18h ago

This is highly dependant on the person and their type of insulin. Even depends on if you’ve been physically active, if you’re trending up or down already etc. I need 15 minutes for Novorapid to start working or I’ll spike hard, no matter what I eat.

The only time I won’t pre-bolus is after a run.

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u/EnnieBenny 14h ago edited 14h ago

EVERYTHING on this sub is highly dependent on the person and their lifestyle choices. I would hope everybody in this sub is aware of that.

If you find yourself in forcefeed-or-go-unconscious situations, enough to make a meme about it no less, then it might not be such a bad idea to exercise some caution. I'm not suggesting doing this every time. There isn't a rigid set of protocols that we must always abide by regardless of the surrounding circumstances and you even admit this in your reply.

As diabetics we're constantly juggling moving variables at all times. There may be times where bolusing during or after eating certain meals that will actually end up with better results and downvoting this reply doesn't change that reality. I would HOPE I'm preaching to the choir here.

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u/Run-And_Gun 17h ago

Not great general advice. Some people can get away with it, but many(most?) people generally have to bolus 15-20 mins before they eat, otherwise they’ll spike and hang for hours. Insulin is not instant.

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u/EnnieBenny 14h ago edited 14h ago

Spike and hang for hours?

I would argue that having a meal's worth of active insulin in your system and then having to force feed yourself (heaven forbid you're unable to hold your food down during flu season) is a worse fate.

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u/Run-And_Gun 12h ago

If I have the flu and I'm not eating, I'm not bolusing a "meals worth of... insulin", either.

When you aren’t that hungry but you just injected insulin Meme & Humor