Comments on: MiniMed Soft Sets

By: daphne400

daphne400 — Sat, 03 May 2003 21:20:30 +0000

Heeellllooooo my dear:
yes, your diabetes educator should be a CDE - Certified Diabetes Educator.
I’m working toward getting there… have to finish the graduate school first,
so another 1 1/2 years!!! The training and testing are very stringent, have
to renew the certification every 5 years, sssssssooooooo that’s the deal,
later : )) Joan

By: elmo_15

elmo_15 — Fri, 02 May 2003 17:14:59 +0000

Thanks JOanie, you’re a real help. whats a CDE? ……….Diabetes
Educator? I ordered the book already from Amazon.com I find I learn
every day, the best tips come from those of us who are living through this
thing. The big thing to remember is that the pump is only a tool we need to
learn how to make it work best for us. Many thanks again, JOanie.
fp

By: daphne400

daphne400 — Fri, 02 May 2003 12:49:47 +0000

Hi fp:
your CDE should be telling you this, but what is your target range for
keeping your bg in what area? It would take you a week of getting up during
the night, or try doing it on a long weekend…to wake yourself up to get
your bg s during the night, then you’ll know when your sugars start to rise.
Its usually a good idea to increase your basals a couple of hours before the
rise starts so that this way you have a better idea of what you’re doing.
So, if you go to bed at 11 p and bedtime bg is done then, get up 2 or 3 a and
get a bg then. Makes the eyeballs very tired when I did it, but you get more
information for yourself and know how your body is running. You’re lucky you
don’t have to deal with the wonderful "period", which really makes us crazy,
right?, so count your blessings. Get the pumping book frank told you
about….I’m sending for it soon. Learning a whole lot each and every day.
Anyway, you might try raising your night time basals by 10 % and give it 3 -
4 days do see how your body adjusts. The diestronic doesn’t have a square

wave bolus like the minimed does, but you can set a temporary night time
basal that lasts for 12 hours. Check the manuals that came with the pump,
there’s information on setting temporary basals, start with the low end of 10
% and give it a couple of days….homework calls, later::::))))))JOan

By: elmo_15

elmo_15 — Fri, 02 May 2003 00:59:38 +0000

Thanks Joanie, the thing that really bugs me is all the other fasting
readings during the day are bang on where they should be except at 6 am.
my basals are: 12 midnite to 2 am =1.4; 2 am till 5 am =1.8; 6 am till 11
am =1.4; 11 am till 8 pm =1.2; 8 pm till midnite =1.4………I’ve been
considering raising the2 am to 5 am to 2.0. Any advise??
fp

By: daphne400

daphne400 — Thu, 01 May 2003 20:34:26 +0000

Hi footprints:
Many of us get the"dawn phenomenon" where our bodies decide to dump a bit
more glucose into the system during the wee hours of the morning… but, its
far more complicated than that. You should be working with your diabetes
educator/pump trainer to get you levels fine tuned. It means doing your
fingersticks about 7 times per day…fasting, then before breakfast, 2 hours
after, then lunch, etc. and doing your carbohydrate counting so that you
know how many grams of CHO will raise your glucose just so much. The goal is
to get your basal levels adjusted so that you don’t have to bolus as much and
keep your glucose levels within the targeted range set by your CDE &
endocrinologist. You may have to increase your nighttime basals a bit more
than your daytime. That’s why its a good thing to get to know your CDE and
vice versa so that you work together as a team. There is the 1500 rule. ask
him/her about it and how to calculate your best basal levels….back to
homework, Joan:))

By: elmo_15

elmo_15 — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 07:58:13 +0000

Whats the addy for the Diabetic Mall??
fp

By: elmo_15

elmo_15 — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:35:11 +0000

Thanks Frank I’ll try to get that. You mentioned you have increased your
basal in the early morning hours to prevent dawn syn. what increase did u
use? I’m currently @ 1.8 starting @ 3 am till 6 am. and most times still
higher than I’d like to be at 6:30 or so.
fp

By: antoinette_5

antoinette_5 — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 19:40:33 +0000

The book I use is called Pumping Insulin by John Walsh, I think it is
available through Barnes and Noble, The Diabetic Mall, Or any online book
store.

By: elmo_15

elmo_15 — Sat, 26 Apr 2003 06:49:08 +0000

The Pumping Book……?? where do you get that??
fp

By: elmo_15

elmo_15 — Fri, 25 Apr 2003 22:41:27 +0000

Weren’t you instructed how to use by your Rep.??
fp