Scary morning for us
02-13-2013, 02:36 PM
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Dear Meghan, sorry to hear about you falling down and hitting your head. I am sending you Prayers all the way from Windsor, ON, Canada and hope that you have a speedy recovery.
02-13-2013, 11:41 PM
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Glad to hear she is ok. Not sure what she uses but she should be on an insulin pump as opposed to injections. It will go a LONG way towards stabilizing blood sugars and her A-1C. Talk to her endocrinologist about it.
02-14-2013, 08:01 AM
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The first year is the hardest. You are still in the honey moon phase. It gets easier to deal with (most of the time) after that. Just treat them like they are normal and I am sure your son will be just as happy as every other kid. Another thing is there is no groove, even when you have it figured out, it will change. Just roll with the punches.
02-14-2013, 02:39 PM
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Personally untill they get the pumps to do real time monitoring we will stay with injections. Since we have changed doctors her numbers have gotten much better. Her first doctor was new out of school forien and had no freaking clue. New doctor has been around for years. First visit he says you need much more lantus.
So yeah we have to do more work, and pay closer attention to her numbers, but she has been doing great. This episode has us all stumped as to why she went so low. So it's going to be getting up in the middle of the night and checking her again, that we have not done for a few years.
02-14-2013, 11:32 PM
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We have not done the pump for two reasons. Two people we known have died from them. Both pumps failed and injected insulin non stop.
Personally untill they get the pumps to do real time monitoring we will stay with injections. Since we have changed doctors her numbers have gotten much better. Her first doctor was new out of school forien and had no freaking clue. New doctor has been around for years. First visit he says you need much more lantus.
So yeah we have to do more work, and pay closer attention to her numbers, but she has been doing great. This episode has us all stumped as to why she went so low. So it's going to be getting up in the middle of the night and checking her again, that we have not done for a few years.
Personally untill they get the pumps to do real time monitoring we will stay with injections. Since we have changed doctors her numbers have gotten much better. Her first doctor was new out of school forien and had no freaking clue. New doctor has been around for years. First visit he says you need much more lantus.
So yeah we have to do more work, and pay closer attention to her numbers, but she has been doing great. This episode has us all stumped as to why she went so low. So it's going to be getting up in the middle of the night and checking her again, that we have not done for a few years.
A family member has been on a Medtronic pump for 4 years now with no real problems to speak of. Set up is key to success. Their A-1C has been 6.8 to 7.0 for over three years now. Medtronic sells a pump that can be used in conjunction with a continuous glucose monitor. It will actually sound an alarm if your sugar drops and you don't realize it.
Most family Docs aren't as well versed on Diabetes as an Endocrinologist so if she is only seeing the family doc maybe you could get her a consult with the specialist. I know that part of the pump thing is that nobody wants it attached to them and I certainly do understand your concern after the loss of your friends but they do work wonders in computing how much insulin to take before meals. Lantus is a steady release 24 hour insulin but a diabetics body sometimes needs a different basil rate at different times of the day. Lantus just cannot be fine tuned to do this. Maybe that is why she got hit hard while she was sleeping. Sorry to ramble on but I know how scary ultra low sugars can be. Here is a link to the full time glucose monitor. Best of luck to your family dealing with this.
http://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/pro...cosemonitoring
If you don't want the pump in conjunction with the monitor here is a monitor only. But I can assure you that this pump is the way to go. And if it did run away on it's own, at least the continuous monitoring would make you aware of it.
http://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/products/guardiancgm
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02-15-2013, 10:40 AM
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A family member has been on a Medtronic pump for 4 years now with no real problems to speak of. Set up is key to success. Their A-1C has been 6.8 to 7.0 for over three years now. Medtronic sells a pump that can be used in conjunction with a continuous glucose monitor. It will actually sound an alarm if your sugar drops and you don't realize it.
Most family Docs aren't as well versed on Diabetes as an Endocrinologist so if she is only seeing the family doc maybe you could get her a consult with the specialist. I know that part of the pump thing is that nobody wants it attached to them and I certainly do understand your concern after the loss of your friends but they do work wonders in computing how much insulin to take before meals. Lantus is a steady release 24 hour insulin but a diabetics body sometimes needs a different basil rate at different times of the day. Lantus just cannot be fine tuned to do this. Maybe that is why she got hit hard while she was sleeping. Sorry to ramble on but I know how scary ultra low sugars can be. Here is a link to the full time glucose monitor. Best of luck to your family dealing with this.
http://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/pro...cosemonitoring
If you don't want the pump in conjunction with the monitor here is a monitor only. But I can assure you that this pump is the way to go. And if it did run away on it's own, at least the continuous monitoring would make you aware of it.
http://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/products/guardiancgm
Most family Docs aren't as well versed on Diabetes as an Endocrinologist so if she is only seeing the family doc maybe you could get her a consult with the specialist. I know that part of the pump thing is that nobody wants it attached to them and I certainly do understand your concern after the loss of your friends but they do work wonders in computing how much insulin to take before meals. Lantus is a steady release 24 hour insulin but a diabetics body sometimes needs a different basil rate at different times of the day. Lantus just cannot be fine tuned to do this. Maybe that is why she got hit hard while she was sleeping. Sorry to ramble on but I know how scary ultra low sugars can be. Here is a link to the full time glucose monitor. Best of luck to your family dealing with this.
http://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/pro...cosemonitoring
If you don't want the pump in conjunction with the monitor here is a monitor only. But I can assure you that this pump is the way to go. And if it did run away on it's own, at least the continuous monitoring would make you aware of it.
http://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/products/guardiancgm
