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Jessica
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- Pullman, WA
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Those were the days! I hope my experience doesn't happen to you (congrats on the baby BTW!), but at the end of things I was driving 1 1/2 hours to my endo every 2 weeks, the perinatologist every 2 weeks, the OB weekly, and having almost weekly son...
I've had diabetes for around 16 years (dx1993) and a pump since 1999 (10 years now!). I tried syringes, medi-jector (ouch!), pens, and finally the pump. I've had the MM507C, and I'm on my second MM Paradigm, the 522. I still don't have continuous ...
Maybe talk to your doctor or CDE about increasing your basal rates.
Maybe your Bolus for dinner was too little insulin, or your Basal needs to be adjusted.
I would leave the pump at home and just bring a syringe of insulin. I would worry that if I left the pump in the car and it was warm outside what it would do to the insulin. (I live in the south.) I would leave the insulin in the locker that is lo...
Hi there. This may not answer your question completely but I thought it might help. During the summer months we go out on our boat for 1 to 2 nights at a time on weekends. Playing in the water w/my kids out in the sun can cause a dilema for wearin...
I agree with the previous replies, I'm on my third MM pump and I've always used a Pump Representative. It's much easier.
They should seriously warn us...no, really warn us...not just the "May cause laxative effect" label...and sometimes there's no label! It may be a rite of passage for the young diabetic...I'm not sure. My experience was on a DECA trip far, far from...
Okay, I've had this question for awhile, and I usually find discussions on how to bolus (or not) before taking a pump off for swimming. That is not my issue. I understand what to do insulin-wise while swimming.
My question for you is, what do you...
Blood sugar low eat
Froot Loops at the computer
Fifteen years so far
Wow, this is the only first person account that I have read (started looking tonight!) of how the Omnipod is going and it's definitely food for thought! Glad it works...for the most part!
Profile Information
- Hometown (where you come from):
- Clarkston
- Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Date diagnosed
- February 24, 1993
- Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
- 7
- What glucose meter do you use?
- One Touch
- Type of treatment you use
- Pump
- What pump model do you use, if any?
- Medtronic Paradigm
- How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
- Heard about the group on another Diabetes site.
- What do you do for a living?
- Education/Health Care
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 3:25pm on August 21, 2009,
Toni Crebbin said…
- Hello Jessica, and welcome to tudiabetes, from a fellow Washingtonian.
- At 6:11am on August 6, 2009,
MelissaBL said…
- Hey. Thanks for the blog comment. I guess I do need to write some more positive firsthand accounts of podding because I really do love it. I guess I tend to blog only when I have to vent. Makes for a very cranky blog. LOL
The admin team has been talking about the A1c issues you mention - why we post it, how people feel about it, etc. For me, when I joined, mine was 7.1. I credit the community with seeing it drop over the last year - suggestions about bolusing, diet, support, etc. We are hoping to someday implement some kind of a community A1c tracker that would show the effect of social networking over time on our A1c's, but like you said, it's embarrassing to reveal that sometimes! If you want a good eyes-popping-out-of-your-head example, read my blog post titled "A-1-jeez.". I spent a decade with it over 12 (with my most embarrassing being a 15.4).
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- At 6:40am on August 5, 2009,
MelissaBL said…
- Welcome to TuDiabetes, Jessica. I've been here just over a year and am surprised how quickly it became "home." Glad to have you as a member. I totally used to have that pump - well, it was a 715 (not sure what yours is), but it was that color!
- At 7:55pm on August 4, 2009,
Linda Gauvin-Miller said…
Welcome to the rabble Jessica. Take a peek at some of the groups when you get a chance!
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