Insulin Pump Users

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The macula is the part of the back of the eye (in the retina) that is the
central part of vision. It is the critical area which lets you read. The
British Journal of a Opthalmology, 2000; 84: 871-6 reported that they have
identified risk factors for diabetic eye changes that could impair vision.

Significant risk factors are as follows for type 1
* elevated cholesterol
* age of onset of diabetes
* elevated Triglycerides

Significant risk factors are as follows for Type 2
* serum creatinine
* high blood pressure
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This is another YMMV thing. Orange Slices contain corn syrup, sucrose, corn
starch, natural flavor, red 3, red 40, yellow 6. I also use one lancet for 6
months and love inserting SofSets with the Soft-Serter. To each his own.
(~_^)
Jan

Well, I’m almost packed. Thank you for all the wonderful advice. I
might not have internet access while I’m gone. But I’ll be back!
It’s so great to have a place to come and chat!

-Arlene and Trixie

Hi,
I have a partial, 43 left out of 50, box of Skincote Prep Wipes. They just
won’t work for me, if I use them in this Florida humidity, I sweat the site
off in about 3 hours. If there is anyone out there who they work for, uses
them or has used them and likes them, and would like them please email me
privately, and I will send them to you. I hate to throw them away. I will
send them to the first person who asks for them and provides their snail
mail address. Please don’t ask unless you know they will work for you.
Thanks!

Gail, how do you READ the computer messages? Or do you hear them?

Laurie,
I have my computer customized for me. What that is, is that I have gone
into my puter and set the biggest font and then selected background and
letters color. This can be done through just a regular PC. Haven’t needed
anything special yet. With my severe hearing loss I can not hear the
"voiced" puters.
Gail

Arlene, this isn’t a medical opinion, but you might want to (just for
your own peace of mind) lower your basal rate while on the flight. Worst
that can happen is that you’ll arrive at your destination with
higher-than-usual blood sugar…but if it prevents a low, why not take
that chance?

I just finished a day of three take-off/landings and three time zones,
and checked my sugar every hour while in the air. I wouldn’t normally do
that, but it made me feel safer — and sure enough, the lows turned up
within plenty of time to attack them! You can always pack your purse
with extra snacks and glucose, and make all the other hungry passengers
jealous <g>

Good luck!

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Hi,
I’m leaving Sunday for a little vacation and I have to fly for the
first time with my pump. The main thing I’m worried about is the
extreme terror I have with getting on "a flying death trap" I suffer
from anxiety and severe closterphobia and a mild case of being afraid
of hieghts. I’ve only been on an airplane 2 times in my life and 1
since I was diabetic. It may sound a little pathetic and ridiculous,
but I suffer severe lows just from the nervousness of the car ride to
the airport…just knowing I’m getting on a plane! The people around
me on the plane are always wonderful…they hold my hand and tell me
everythings going to be fine…but I wimper and cry the entire trip
anyway. It’s horrible for my diabetes and now that I’m on the pump,
I don’t know how to handle this! The last plane trip I took, I was
injecting and I told the flight attendent that I was diabetic and
needed them to keep an eye on me because I suffer such severe lows
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Just checking in between vacations — going from the national romance
writers’ conference in D.C. to a family reunion in California — and so
far the pump is working wonders! This is the first conference I’ve been
to where it didn’t MATTER what or when I ate, and changing time zones was
no harder than changing the time on my watch.

A bunch of digest messages I wanted to follow up on (although reading the
answers is still another week away):

Jan, I¹m glad you¹re up and running again!

Gail, how do you READ the computer messages? Or do you hear them? Either
way, I bet there’s some cool technology involved.

Gary, thanks for posting that great article — it¹s fun to see something
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Hello All! I’m am new to Insulinpumpusers and I just wanted to let
you know a little about me. I’m a 21 year old Type I Diabetic
Diagnosed a few days after my 19th birthday. I’ve been on the
Disetronic H-Tron Plus for less than a month. I’m having some
trouble ajusting and I’d like to find other pump users in my area
that I could possibly meet in person. I’m from DEEP, DEEP South
Texas (7 miles from Mexico), more specifically the Rio Grande
Valley. I’m a member of the insulin pumpers web ring and I’m looking
for any form of support! Thanks, Arlene Brady

Insulin Pump a Hit With Specialists

New device popular with doctors who are diabetic, but patients stick
with needle

By Gary Gately
HealthSCOUT Reporter
SATURDAY, July 29 (HealthSCOUT) — Diabetics dependent on daily
insulin could replace their syringes with a pump the size of a pager,
but few patients do so, a new study found.

The device is most popular among diabetes specialists who have Type I
diabetes, the study says. More than half use the insulin pump,
compared with only about 10 percent of all U.S. Type I diabetes
patients.
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