Type 1 sugar levels and control based on job description survey

I would like to do a survey based on Type 1 diabetics to see the difference (or if there is one) between working Type 1s and stay at home Type 1s.

Please just answer these few questions with Yes or No....
1. Are you able to keep your sugar levels between 5 and 10.....add 7 if you are consistently between 5 and 7.
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2. Do you use a pump?

3. What do you do for a living.......add F for fulltime and P for parttime.

4. Are you unemployed.

Thanx so much for participating.

Respects,
Cathy

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Permalink Reply by DrewG on October 3, 2011 at 2:18pm
1. Last A1C: 7.5.

2. No, currently using Novolog and Lantus but am currently debating switching to the Medtronic pump.

3. I am a writer, working 2 part time jobs. One is for the Patch network of blogs, the other is for the Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance. Site and Facebook if you're interested!

4. No.
Permalink Reply by alwaystempted on October 3, 2011 at 2:50pm
1. Not quite but I'm getting closer as I continue with the pump.
2. Yes. (started this year)
3. Full time engineer. Part time I work as a server in a restaurant.
4. No.
Permalink Reply by BC on October 5, 2011 at 11:03am
1. 7
2. Yes
3. Paralegal - F
4. No
Permalink Reply by Emily Coles on October 6, 2011 at 9:13am
1. nope :(
2. yes
3. program manager and dance teacher F+
4. no

Cathy, are you actually going to run statistical analyses? Could be really interesting!
Permalink Reply by lotsofshots on October 9, 2011 at 7:20am
1. No
2. No
3. Administration of Patient Assistance Program in Mental Health Clinic
4. No
Permalink Reply by agnathanstamp on October 9, 2011 at 7:27am
1. Yes able to keep between 5-7 about 95% of the day
2. 4 injections daily 
3. Full time farmer, a highly active 5 am - 11 pm occupation 
Permalink Reply by Cathy on October 15, 2011 at 11:30am
That's amazing, any tips?do you use the pump?
Permalink Reply by Amanda on October 9, 2011 at 7:44am
1. i average about 90-130 everyday
2. yes-minimed
3. fulltime pastry chef, part time server...60 hours a week total
4. no
Permalink Reply by Cathy on November 28, 2011 at 12:48pm

Thanks for all your input. This is purely a survey for my own curiosity, wondering if the pump may help me control my sugars... I really think I am a brittle diabetic, and need to see an internist. From this survey it seems the pump seemed to make a HUGE difference in controlling sugars, regardless of what type of work or shifts. I just came from my Diabetic nurse (whose opinion and experience I value highly, although it seems advice seems more broad, or based from books, than on actually real life of Diabetics. She said her experience didn't show any difference, if you had good control before, you would with the pump too. She also stated that, in Canada anyways, to be eligible for funding for the pump, you must follow certain guidelines, and keep good log records consistently,(logging is my downfall)...so maybe it is just because you have no choice but to log and moniter properly that makes the difference. She states the pump isn't much different than, taking multiple injections, just a tool for those whose stick to the regime as they should, so I willl check out the next Pump seminar and try to log more often....it is just hard with my schedule...just have to do it regardles.

Permalink Reply by T1Forever on November 28, 2011 at 1:59pm

You are so young. Go for the pump. You can live a lot longer with one.

Permalink Reply by still_young_at_heart on November 28, 2011 at 2:55pm

A pump may have only minor (or no) advantages over MDI if you have relatively flat basals but if your basals aren't relatively flat the ability to change basal rates is a very big advantage.

Maurie

Permalink Reply by T1Forever on November 28, 2011 at 1:52pm

1. Are you able to keep your sugar levels between 5 and 10.....add 7 if you are consistently between 5 and 7.
My normal A1C is 5.1 to 5.6. My daily averages are about 90-100, depending on the day
2. Do you use a pump?
YES! But I didn't always. Will be D for 50 years in December, so the pump is new in those terms. I also use a CGM as I have very (read too) tight control.
3. What do you do for a living.......add F for fulltime and P for parttime.
I am in the finance industry and ma now a manager of a training department. Have bee a trainer for 16 years, It is not lawn work, but standing in front of a crowd and teaching makes me work hard to stay level.
4. Are you unemployed.
I have been. I stayed home to nuture a child for ten years, but that is my only "off" time.

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