Insulet mylife OmniPod, Manual

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Understanding and Delivering Bolus Doses
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Carb Presets
Carb presets are favorite food items, snacks, or meals that you eat
frequently. After you enter these items, you can quickly select
one when entering carb amounts during the suggested bolus
calculator process.
Create 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 for this carb preset: ( Favorites , Snacks ,
or Meals) , then press Select .
5. Choose [add new] , then press New .
6. To use the mylife OmniPod System’s default naming system,
simply press Next . The default naming system automatically
assigns program names in numerical order, such as carb pre-
set 1, carb preset 2, carb preset 3.
Or, to give a different name to the program:
a. Press the
Up/Down Controller buttons to enter the char-
acters that spell the name you want. An up and down
arrow symbol on the screen indicates the character that
can be changed.
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 consisting 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 4-18 on
the next page).
d. Press Next .
7. Enter the grams of carbohydrate in the meal, then press Next .
8. For American food label enter the fiber. For European food
label do not enter the fiber, because it is already counted off
the carbohydrate. Press
Next .
9. If you want, enter the grams of fat and protein in the meal,
and the total calories. Press Next after each entry.
These additional units are not required. If you prefer not
to enter them, simply press Next repeatedly to skip
through the screens.