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Scott E
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- Jericho, NY
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Well, I'm new to this whole online social networking thing, so it may take me awhile to get the hang of what I'm supposed to do here!
About me ... I was diagnosed with Type 1 back when I was in first grade. I suppose I went through the usual trends (from once-daily Regular + NPH injection with mealtime urine glucose tests to Humalog/Lantus with several BG tests, and for the last 2 years, a MiniMed pump with pin-cushion fingertips).
I've got a wonderful wife who helps me and supports me with everything diabetes-related. In fact, while we were dating, our parents met each other in the hospital after I had one of those overnight low blood sugar incidents (thankfully, that hasn't happened in at least 5 years). My son, born on Valentine's Day 2007, gives me the added motivation to keep myself healthy so I can be around for him as much as possible.
I love ice hockey, both watching and playing, but unfortunately I haven't played in a couple of years. I can't quite figure out how to fit my pump into the uniform; and besides, with my son and my daily commute into NYC, I just haven't got the time.
About me ... I was diagnosed with Type 1 back when I was in first grade. I suppose I went through the usual trends (from once-daily Regular + NPH injection with mealtime urine glucose tests to Humalog/Lantus with several BG tests, and for the last 2 years, a MiniMed pump with pin-cushion fingertips).
I've got a wonderful wife who helps me and supports me with everything diabetes-related. In fact, while we were dating, our parents met each other in the hospital after I had one of those overnight low blood sugar incidents (thankfully, that hasn't happened in at least 5 years). My son, born on Valentine's Day 2007, gives me the added motivation to keep myself healthy so I can be around for him as much as possible.
I love ice hockey, both watching and playing, but unfortunately I haven't played in a couple of years. I can't quite figure out how to fit my pump into the uniform; and besides, with my son and my daily commute into NYC, I just haven't got the time.
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- Hometown (where you come from):
- New Jersey
- Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Date diagnosed
- April 1, 1981
- Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
- 6.3 (August 5, 2008)
- What glucose meter do you use?
- OneTouch UltraMini
- Type of treatment you use
- Pump
- What pump model do you use, if any?
- Minimed Paradigm 515
- How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
- Searching for ways to donate unused/unneded diabetes supplies
- What do you do for a living?
- Engineer
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you can also donate them on several different websites just google donate test supplies :)
Giving yourself insulin shots is the easiest thing in the world. I think putting in contact lenses is more difficult and more painful than insulin injections (and I've done both -- thousands upon thousands of times).
I will admit that I don't do ...
Call me a pessimist, but I like the "DON'T" tips better than the "DO"'s. If I want your support or sympathy, I'll ask for it. Otherwise, I can handle it on my own -- and if I screw up, I'll be the first to know and the first to learn from it.
Num...
You are most welcome :)
there's a sports harness that I use from MM it looks like a bookbag in a way. I did the balance beam, uneven bars, you name it. I'm not sure how it would work for contact sports as I don't do those. :)
I don't play hockey, but prior to pregnancy I did gymnastics.
I clipped it between my shoulder blades or on the small of my back on the waistline. Would that work for you?
Does anyone have any updated experiences to add for placement of a pump while playing hockey?
My son has alway taken his pump off for hockey. He was diagnosed at age 10 as a type 1 which has not stopped him from playing competitive but affected h...
I'll wait until my insurance company offers to subsidize the cost of the iPhone as a "medical necessity". Only then will I be happy.
I think I'll be waiting an awfully long time.
I wish for....
1) a backlit screen and an LED to light up the spot where the strip goes in. This way, I don't need to turn the lights on to test in the middle of the night, I know how much blood I've got, and I don't put strips in backwards and u...
An interesting concept, but it all depends on who's paying the doctors. I doubt it would work in the US. In the US, under this model, I could see plenty of less affluent patients targeting a 7.1% A1C, or worse, because they just can't afford (mone...
You know you're a diabetic when you get a paper cut on your finger, and immediately whip out your meter. Might as well make good use of the blood!
A couple of days ago, we had pizza brought in for lunch at work. While waiting in line to get my share, I pulled my pump from my belt clip and proceeded to press some buttons.
"Doin' the Dual Wave, huh?" said a colleague a couple of spots ahead o...
It happens to me, but I thought it was for a different reason. When my sugar goes really low, really fast, I break out into a sweat. After I've treated it and my sugar is back to normal, I usually wrap myself in a blanket because I'm cold and shiv...
Lauren,
I believe that you are right on all counts, though when it comes to the third one, prayers, people will keep trying that approach. Just in case... (just my belief, and I am FAR from being a religious person!)
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Hi Scott! Just stopping by to see how you're doing..... take care...linda.Happy Birthday MySpace Comments
Yes, life of a parent of a child with diabetes is not easy, but I think it is much harder on the person with diabetes. At this point it just became a second nature, if you will...
Hope to find cure one day, and be done with it forever.
Then I can move on to my other child's medical challenge, lol! I have a son with deadly nut allergies, but that took a back burner to diabetes.
Thought I would read your page after reading your post about feeling like crapola. Your history is soooo similar to mine, just thought I would post that and hope that you are feeling a bit better.
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