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62 Years Of Type 1.......CHAPTER 7
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62 Years Of Type 1.......CHAPTER 4
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62 Years of Diabetes........CHAPTER 2
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Stephanie's Groups
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Animas Insulin Pump Users
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US - Southeast Diabetes
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Pumping Our Insulin
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Omnipod Users
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parents of kids with T...
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Been there. There are way too many ignorant people who won't even try to understand. We've been diagnosed for over 8 years. When he was younger and we were looking for daycare one center said I should not be putting him in daycare and that I shoul...
I read somewhere you can get over 300 uses of the lancet before it gets too dull to draw blood--haven't tested that, but I think it's fair to say I'm not exactly religious about changing it
HAHA!! i think i am the ONLY one in our house that changes the lancet drum in our 'poker'!!
i do it once a day, since it has 5 'needles' in a drum. (we use the aviva accu-chek with the pen 'poker').
we test about 8-10 times a day, so i figure 1/2 ...
You can have ketones even if you "know why" the sugar is high. I have developed ketones from missing basal insulin for a couple hours when I know that the reason was that my pod came loose. I've developed them from underestimating the carbs on a s...
Hi Tanya and welcome to TuDiabetes.
I'm sorry about your daughter's diagnosis, but so glad you found us all here. It is comforting to know what others do as a practical matter. Checking for ketones and changing lancets are both important things to...
I think you have to go with what your experience is. Most people here have stated they know they don't have to worry unless they have had highs repeatedly. But that is because they have experience in testing and getting no results. I will say that...
Hi Stephanie,
We test for ketones after two high (250+) numbers in a row. My son is 11 and pumps. He has had trace/small ketones before and it seems like once they come it makes everything so much more stressful for me. He gripes more about having...
She has only had trace ketones, no matter how high the BS, even if it takes a few hours to come down. We always give more insulin, increased temp basal and water when high. We put the increased temp basal on if there is no movement in two hours.
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 10:29am on October 20, 2008,
Gina said… - Hi Stephanie, thanks for your message. It is too bad that it did not work out with the OmniPod! What you told me, I read from some people on a discussion here. Like you said, maybe it will be better in the future, we'll see. Best,
- At 5:56pm on October 19, 2008,
Gina said…
- Hi Stephanie, so how does Michael like the OmniPod? Take care,
- At 1:23pm on March 26, 2008,
Nana Kennedy said… - OK......I'll be your friend!
- At 2:23pm on March 14, 2008,
Claudine said… - Well it was worth the try to go with something new. I wouldn't give up on new technology. I just don't think they have worked the kinks out with the Omni yet that was one of the reasons we didn't go with it. It also was too bulky for Alex's frame. They needed to make it smaller.
- At 6:14pm on March 13, 2008,
Claudine said…
- Alex like's the Animas pump. We really haven't loaded it with the food stuff yet like how many carbs for her fav's so that she just has to click the button. They were behind on getting the software approved and we just got it recently, but haven't uploaded it to the pump yet. Lazy on our part. I have heard good and bad about both. I would ask them for a trial of both and go from there. Alex just hated push the buttons on the Cozmo. They were too hard. The Animas is easier and faster. It doesn't have some of the bells and whistles of the Cozmo, but we really haven't missed them much either.
- At 3:46pm on March 13, 2008,
Kathy said… - Thank You so Much!! You know us mothers take that A1C like a report card on our kids health.. When I fail I feel like I fail him....
Kathy Ellis
- At 5:22pm on March 11, 2008,
Kathy said…
- Our endo Apt was today.. We had a much better A1C this time around 7.8 Not that bad 9.0 So much better...
Excited,
Kathy
- At 1:00pm on March 8, 2008,
Kathy said…
- Howdy Neighbor!,
Glad u joined.. Your sons A1C is great any tips? Were kinda having a tough time setting basils..
Thanks,
Kathy
- At 8:42am on March 3, 2008,
Stephanie said…
- My son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 18 months. He is now a very active 9 year old who lives and breathes baseball. We were on daily injections up until 4 years ago when we decided it was time to become a pumper. We haven't looked back since. The best decision we ever made in this life with Diabetes was to get him pumping. Our most recent adventure was switching from his first pump, the Deltec Cozmo, to the OmniPod. It's been a love hate relationship with it but we are making it work.
- At 8:25am on March 3, 2008,
Claudine said…
- Welcome Steph! Glad you finally joined. :)
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My son Michael was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 18 months. He is now a very active 9 year old who lives and breathes baseball. We were on daily injections up until 4 years ago when we decided it was time to become a pumper. We haven't looked back since. The best decision we ever made in this life with Diabetes was to get him pumping. Our most recent adventure was switching from his first pump, the Deltec Cozmo, to the OmniPod. Unfortunately it didn't work out for us and we are back on the Cozmo and loving it.
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