Maria
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  • Geneseo, NY
  • United States
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Maria's Discussions

pump strategies for losing weight?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Brian (bsc) Feb 12, 2012. 5 Replies

Any type 1s on Victoza or another GLP-1 agonist?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Brian (bsc) Feb 12, 2012. 2 Replies

 

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Maria replied to Maria's discussion 'serious emergency someone stuck in NY with a broken pump!'
"Seriously. I wondered the same thing about a lawsuit. It just doesn't make any sense. My friends are used to paperwork, so if this was an insurmountable barrier, it must have been huge."
May 13
Maria replied to Maria's discussion 'serious emergency someone stuck in NY with a broken pump!'
"I think the other lesson is to make arrangements to have someone knowledgeable advocate for you if you can't. The wife handles all the medical stuff except for the diabetes. She didn't really know the language or procedures or what to ask…"
May 13
jrtpup replied to Maria's discussion 'serious emergency someone stuck in NY with a broken pump!'
"Thank goodness!!! PLEASE have her call medtronics again and get a pump overnighted! He can fill the reservoir with the pen. Yay!"
May 13
still_young_at_heart replied to Maria's discussion 'serious emergency someone stuck in NY with a broken pump!'
"I'm glad that things finally seemed to work out but that is one scary story."
May 13
Maria replied to Maria's discussion 'serious emergency someone stuck in NY with a broken pump!'
"Thank you everyone! The problem was solved when a friend drove 1.5 hours to deliver his own pen to them. I got some more info but it's still a bit confusing. I am getting the impression from what I was able to piece together that few doctors…"
May 13
Maria replied to Maria's discussion 'serious emergency someone stuck in NY with a broken pump!'
"That's what she should have done. The person his wife talked to at Medtronic didn't set that in motion because she suggested that the hospital give him a flexi-pen. That seemed reasonable but then the hospital was all in a conundrum about…"
May 13
Linda G replied to Maria's discussion 'serious emergency someone stuck in NY with a broken pump!'
"Holy Moley....so throw him out with the trash because paperwork is needed? Hold off on the insulin...and wait for nature to take its course? Unbelievable!!"
May 13
Sarah replied to Maria's discussion 'serious emergency someone stuck in NY with a broken pump!'
"what, this makes no sense. Any hospital will give a type 1 insulin if they're in their care for pete's sake...so, never heard of such a thing. there's no paperwork needed, if a type 1 comes in DKA, they don't ask who the Endo is…"
May 13

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How do you hope to benefit from TuDiabetes?
information, support
Date diagnosed
February 15, 2007
Most recent HbA1C %, date of result (optional)
8% then 6% then 5.4% then 6.8% (oops)
Type of treatment/devices you use
Pump, Diet and Exercise
What pump model do you use, if any?
Minimed paradigm
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At 7:43pm on June 25, 2011, Leanna said…
Hi there Maria:) How have you been?
At 1:45am on September 28, 2010, Shirin said…
Hi Maria! It is now over a year since we talked. I am eager to know how your diabetes is developing? I experienced a loss of a couple of kilos without increase in my HbA1C after starting Lantus 6, just recently increased to 8 IE. Supplementing with 2 IE novorapid per meal, all in all about 8 IE daily. Looks like I am at the same phase you were a year ago, wondering how long this will last.
At 8:00pm on May 19, 2010, Leanna said…
In case you don't remember we had talked last summer as we both went on the pump :)
At 7:56pm on May 19, 2010, Leanna said…
Hey there haven't talked to you for awhile! How are you doing? I'm doing good now! Had a little while that wasn't quite as good but I'm doing better again now!!
At 8:15am on December 18, 2009, Marps said…
omg i have wanted to be a biochemist since i was 15 but never could gather enough money to get into college- and then be able to support myself at the same time. I mean grants and scholarships are great, but what do you do with your husband at home? :( haha.

[shrugs] Oh well. :)
At 4:19pm on August 9, 2009, Leanna said…
Glad to hear its going good :) Please see my one blog post to see how I'm wearing mine. I love that way!!! Also I really am not minding the site changes as I find them to be mostly painless and very easy :) Let me know what you think of my pump case, you mentioned wearing it in a pocket when you have one which is why I found a diferent way because I don't nearly always have one :)
At 11:19am on August 9, 2009, Leanna said…
Hi! how's it going on the pump? It's going great for me!!!
At 6:56am on August 7, 2009, MelissaBL said…
I'm mostly a soprano, yes, but it has always been a hotly debated topic among those who work with me. I have had directors and teachers cast me in either direction and then argue over whether I'm a lyric mezzo or a lyric soprano...which I think has a lot to do with why I didn't go on to do an opera career. I love teaching high school voice though. They are so talented and so motivated. I sing for a few local churches as a soloist, too.

I'm so glad you're doing well with the pump so far. Those first few weeks with any new technology are always the hardest. To be honest, I don't remember much about my first years pumping, but I was in college with a hundred things on my mind and diabetes was unfortunately not the priority it should have been.
At 10:23am on August 3, 2009, MelissaBL said…
Hope your first week of pumping is going well! Congrats!
At 7:38am on August 3, 2009, Leanna said…
How is pumping going? We are fellow pumpers now!!! I just got started on mine!!!!!!!!!
 
 
 

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