Just wanted to say "Aw, CRAP!" today

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Permalink Reply by Karen Doering on April 24, 2009 at 4:57pm

diabetes is constant tweaking, especially for a growing child.

Every day is different and it is not an exact science.

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Permalink Reply by Cobi Campbell on April 30, 2009 at 1:43pm

Yes, today's science lesson is "how much can a toddler eat before their stomach explodes?" Taylor has been low all day despite a 47g snack and a 40g lunch so I guess I just get to keep testing her and feeding her until she comes back up... Nerve-wracking to let her nap right now but she'll be unmanageably tired if I don't. I'm going to sneak in and test her in a few minutes and hope she doesn't wake up. She usually doesn't when I test her in the middle of the night. My cat-herding skills are being tested today...

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Permalink Reply by Cobi Campbell on April 30, 2009 at 2:07pm

Phew...just tested her and she's finally above 100. Hopefully she'll stay that way...

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Permalink Reply by elaine peterson on April 30, 2009 at 2:19pm

Cobi....I was diagnosed at 50 and I actually considered myself fortunate from the start. Just the thought of what it would have been like to deal with this all my life or have dealt with one of my daughters......

As the girls in the south say, "Bless your heart." You are fantastic, your precious daughter is special, and she is so lucky to have such a loving mother. You are doing a great job.

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Permalink Reply by elaine peterson on April 30, 2009 at 2:23pm

PS Regarding CRAP....Catastrophic Ruthless Attack on the Pancreas, when a member coined that phrase a while back, Bernard wrote a mock press release stating the concern that the media get confused with CRAP (T1) vs #2 (T2.) Thought you might appreciate a laugh.

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Permalink Reply by Cobi Campbell on April 30, 2009 at 2:45pm

ROFLMAO! Love the mock press release concept! My dad has Type 2 as well...a little different kind of crap.

Thanks for the encouragement. Most days I do okay and it almost feels normal. But then there are the roller coaster days like today... Oh well, Mommas just do what they gotta do...

Have a great day!

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Permalink Reply by elaine peterson on April 30, 2009 at 2:52pm

It is what it is....
No clue what ROFLMAO means....is it something about throwing up in your mouth?
Hope your day is going well, too.

Permalink Reply by Cobi Campbell on April 30, 2009 at 2:58pm

Didn't see a "reply to this" button below yours so I'm replying here. ROFLMAO means Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off. Sorry!

Permalink Reply by elaine peterson on April 30, 2009 at 3:23pm

I will use that!

Permalink Reply by Cobi Campbell on June 12, 2009 at 6:54pm

Hallelujah! Hopefully things will get better now. We saw the endo today and she's officially off NPH. Her numbers have always been a bit variable but the past three weeks it's been just WHACKED. So at today's appointment I strongly expressed my concern that we do not have tight enough control and they switched her to Lantus and Novolog only. More shots but she's pretty compliant so I'm not worried. Her numbers have been all over the place lately and her A1C was 8.5 again today. They expected it to be better since the last A1C was with 1 month undiagnosed time. I've been rigid and compulsive about carb counting and adhering to the scales. Not working. Glad the endo recognized the need for a change.

Could have started with a port so that I wouldn't have had to poke her so many times. Don't know why I didn't take that option. Dumb. But we have a nurse appt. in 3 weeks and I plan to get it then. Want to transition to pump sooner than later and this seems like a good way to get her used to having a "site" for 2-3 days at a time!

Anywhooo...that's enough rambling for now. Thanks for reading!

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Permalink Reply by Karen Doering on June 12, 2009 at 7:49pm

You are not dumb, DIABETES IS DUMB!!!!

Lantus is such a better option. One thought though, while I was on Lantus it did not last 24 hours for me, so I had to up my evening humalog at dinner, but eventually that did not work either, so I ended up splitting my Lantus and taking every 12 hours.

Something to think about if numbers go way low over night, and shoot sky high after dinner, if taking Lantus at bedtime that is.

Things will improve.

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Permalink Reply by Cobi Campbell on June 12, 2009 at 10:06pm

I'm hopeful that they will improve. We're going to try giving it in the morning this time to avoid the lows at night (she was on it when first diagnosed but honeymoon took over and she starting diving overnight). It'll be an adjustment period but I'm just done with NPH and how unpredictable it can be. We talked today about how we might have to try different times and possibly splitting so we're going to give it a go and see what happens!

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