Insulin Pump Users

(I would think the following would apply to DMers, too)

(7/7/01)

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — School nurses are praising a new state law that
allows certain students to carry and administer their own medications.

The law, which took effect July 1, will allow students with conditions such as
asthma or severe allergies to apply treatment immediately, nurses say.

Asthmatics can keep their inhalers close by, and students that react severely
to bee stings, peanuts and other allergens can carry an Epi Pen — a syringe
filled with one dose of epinephrine.

The drug cabinets in some school offices often are filled with these medicines
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> I am a camp counselor at a diabetes camp in Pa, has your daughter ever
been

Hi Chera,

Do you live in PA or just work at the camp there? We lived there for a
little over 3 years, about 30 minutes from Center City Philadelphia. We
really loved it up there and miss it. Of course they closed the Navy base
and I think the Recruiting District there, but we still have many friends up
that way and go back and visit from time to time.

Julia

Doreen,

I just changed my infusion set for the first time at home so I thought I’d
share with you what I have found so far while trying out various infusion
sets. As I said earlier the first set I used was a Disetronic Ultraflex, and
that was fairly easy and pain free to use. I think the tapered cannula makes
it go in easier.

Today I tried a regular Minined Sof-set, and that thing was just awful!!!!
No matter how I tried I just could not get the set in, it would always hang
on the cannula. Finally I gave up and pitched the Sof-set and tried a
Disetronic Rapid.

The Rapid was also extremely simple and easy to insert, and I would say no
worse than giving an insulin injection. It has a metal needle, but thus far
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Hello All,
My daughter started pumping last Tuesday.We [ok- my
husband ] gets up at 3:00 am to blood test. She is still way high
[300-400 ]despite several basil rate changes.Now she’s at .8 through
the night and a combo of .6, .7, .8 during the day.She is on a ratio
of 1:10 for breakfast, 1:13 for lunch and 1;15 for dinner.She weighs
a little over 90 lbs. The diabetes ed has agreed to let her try some
light activity during the day, bike riding, short walks etc and has
included a pm snack w/a 1:15 ratio.
I understand this all takes time but I want this child
back in camp next week.Am I being unrealistic ? A week of hanging out
with Mom has taken it’s toll on both of us.We don’t need any more
mother,daughter bonding time.Especially with me being the bad guy, "
No snacks, I need another blood test, etc."
She IS going to diabetes camp in two weeks-sleep
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Chrissy,
Please tell me if you receive this message.
Jan (~_^)

Julia, another possibility is that everything’s okay and it’s just that
particular site. Sometimes I’ll have sites where a bolus of more than
2.5 or 3 will sting slightly, so if I’m gonna give a 5 or something I’ll
just do it in two bursts.

But I don’t think it’s necessarily a sign of infection — after I change
those sites where it stung, there’s never any
redness/irritation/lumps/etc. My assumption is that the canula is just
too close to a nerve for comfort.

That’s completely guesswork on my part, but it’s never seemed like a big
worry! For what that’s worth…

Laurie, pumping 13 months

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Hi,
My name is Kathy and I am having alot of infections at the site where
my tubing is inserted. It is in my stomach. I have gone the routes that
I’m supposed to do,cleansing with antibacterial soap and ivprep. For
some reason things are not going well for me at this time. Could someone
give me suggestion as to how I can stop this ? I already am on 500 mg.
of antibiotic called keflex. I am becoming very upset with all of this
because I can not seem to get this cleared up. Thanks .

Kathy B.

Good evening everyone,

Well I am actually hooked up to a pump now, although it only has saline in
it, no insulin. I get to go through the motions this week of actually having
one.

I survived the first hurdle of putting the insertion set in, which silly as
it may seem, was a bit intimidating first. The trainer told us to pick the
one which looked the scariest to use and try that first. Theory being if we
could do that one the others would be easy. : ) It was really not bad at
all.

So far, so good. One thing I have noticed though is when I give a bolus it
is rather uncomfortable and sort of stings. Is this normal? My average
actual bolus is 3 to 4 units, which I am replicating on the pump. Could I
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Hi,
I would really like to talk to pumpers who are very physically active.
I am an amateur bodybuilder and when I do legs my infusion comes out.
The tape is worthless when I start to sweat. I called MiniMed last
night after changing yet another infusion and talked to them about
this problem. They are sending me tape and adhesive samples to try.
Has anyone had a similar expierence and how did you solve it? I wiped
the site with the IV prep before I applied the tape. I have to see how
that works. Any input is greatly appreciated.

Take care,

Charlie

Dear Group,
I know that I used to use a combination of Humalog insulin, Nph (dreadful
problems with peaking) and the great Ultralente, which as far as I can tell
is a useful thing for me to keep in the fridge in case of an emergency. It
doesn’t have a peak like other slow release insulins, but just acts as a
basal rate, it was the closest thing to the pump that I could get until pump
stuff got sorted out in the UK. (it’s also known as Z humulin) It might be
worth asking Endos about if you are considering a backup insulin….
Cheers
Nicola