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Glucose meter - small town

I was so disgusted with this town on Sunday, Jan-Hendrik went with his sister (it was het birthday) and 10 other friends to a guest farm to picnic for the day. Lot's of swimming and lots of sun. When he swim he normally take of his pump for that period. So lot's of periods without a pump - I knew his bs was going to be wacky that night. By 5pm they called me and told met that his glucose meter (medisence optium plus) won't work and it seemed as if his sugar is high (irritability - emotional). S… Continue

Added by Riette on December 29, 2008 at 8:59pm — 6 Comments

No No NO

HbA1c 9.7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been in the 9's for over a year now! What do we do wrong?? It's times like this when I realize I should have a new look to our perspective of diabetes and reevluate everything. Jan-Hendrik seems so oblivious to the fact that he should keep his Bg lower. If I does'nt nag him he just don't care! Eats what he likes whenever he likes, which can be ok if he just remember to bolus. By the time I nag him to test his again his Bg's are up - "Oh I forgot to bolus!" I… Continue

Added by Riette on December 11, 2008 at 12:43am — 2 Comments

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