Bump-and-nudge isn't a single move. It's an attitude applied across four control surfaces. Today you learn the toolkit.
Today's idea
Most people think they have one tool: insulin. People with pumps know they have two: insulin and basal. The Pro Tip series teaches that the kit is actually four.
The Pro Tip series puts it this way:
You have four tools to bend a blood sugar curve: a small bolus, a small carb, a temp basal change, or a bit of movement. Most situations can be handled with any of them. Knowing all four exist is more important than mastering any single one.
From Pro Tip 1007
In any given moment, you potentially have all four available: a small bolus to stop a rise, a small carb to stop a fall, a temp basal decrease to create a deficit without using food, a few minutes of movement to bend a high back down. Most situations can be handled with any one of these — or a combination of two. The skill is choosing which tool fits the moment, in conversation with your care team about what you have access to and how it's set up.
I have more than one tool. I'm allowed to choose.
Today, when you check your CGM, notice which of the four tools you actually have available to you in that moment — bolus, food, temp basal, or movement. Not all four are always available. But you usually have at least two.
Small Sip #1441 — Timing and Amount
Which of the four tools have I been using? Which have I been ignoring?