User's Manual

Understanding and Delivering Bolus Doses
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b. Press the middle soft key (the right arrow) to move the
underscore to the next character.
c. Enter each character one at a time. For example, if you
frequently eat a breakfast of plain low-fat yogurt with
blueberries, sweetener, and cinnamon, you might enter
B, l, u, e, [space], Y, o, g, u, r, t (Figure 4-16).
d. Press Next.
7. Enter the grams of carbohydrate in the meal, then press Next.
8. If you want, enter the grams of fiber, fat, and protein in the
meal, and the total calories. Press Next after each entry.
9. Press Save to add the preset to the category.
Change or edit a carb preset
1. On the Home screen, use the Up/Down Controller buttons
to choose Settings; then press Select.
2. Choose Presets, then press Select.
3. Choose Carb presets, then press Select.
4. Choose the category of the preset you want to change, then
press Select (Figure 4-17).
Figure 4-16 Figure 4-17
These additional units are not required. If you prefer not
to enter them, simply press Next repeatedly to step
through the screens.
If you do include grams of fiber in step 8 above, the
suggested bolus calculator uses carbs minus fiber. Alter-
natively, in step 7, you can enter the total of carbs minus
fiber yourself. Your healthcare provider can best advise
you how to make this entry.