BP-this should be easire to read
August 18, 2001
Hi, IÕve been on before, not for a long time, though. The
conference greatly helped me get started with my pump. Type 1 for 43
years. Just had my 50th birthday!
Started pumping April 26, this year.
The 508 has been great. I have only used the QuickSet and the
QuickSerter and have found them to be more than I ever expected. I
have never put the needle in
myself. The inserter is handy and easy to use. So I feel no guilt
using it all the time. In Toronto, Canada we only have 3 hours of
training, but we can call the
trainer to get her help during regular working hours. IÕm still
having some trouble with basal/boluses, but it really is a time for
trial and error. But I do love
it. IÕve shown all my friends how easy it is to operate and
control. I went on 4 shots a day last August and just hated it. I
felt so trapped with this disease.
I had also just started counting carbs rather than using the exchange
meal plan. Anyway, I continue to learn more and canÕt see why I
would ever return to 4 shots a
day!
I think its important for diabetics to go with the flow, as some else
said in reply to a member who is now considering the pump. It is the
most convenient way to
deal with this disease, and, as humans, we like convenience. Would
any of us say NO to an islet or stem cell transplant that would
ÒcureÓ our diabetes just because
August 18, 2001
Hi, IÕve been on before, not for a long time, though. The conference great=
ly helped me get started with my pump. Type 1 for 43 years. Just had my 50=
th birthday!
Started pumping April 26, this year.
The 508 has been great. I have only used the QuickSet and the QuickSerter =
and have found them to be more than I ever expected. I have never put the n=
eedle in
myself. The inserter is handy and easy to use. So I feel no guilt using i=
t all the time. In Toronto, Canada we only have 3 hours of training, but we=
can call the
trainer to get her help during regular working hours. IÕm still having som=
e trouble with basal/boluses, but it really is a time for trial and error. =
But I do love
it. IÕve shown all my friends how easy it is to operate and control. I we=
nt on 4 shots a day last August and just hated it. I felt so trapped with t=
his disease.
I had also just started counting carbs rather than using the exchange meal =
plan. Anyway, I continue to learn more and canÕt see why I would ever retur=
n to 4 shots a
day!
I think its important for diabetics to go with the flow, as some else said =
in reply to a member who is now considering the pump. It is the most conven=
ient way to
deal with this disease, and, as humans, we like convenience. Would any of =
us say NO to an islet or stem cell transplant that would ÒcureÓ our diabetes=
just because
we had to do some homework or read a book or two? The middle ages are past=
, and we should all try to keep up with the present and hope for an excellen=
t future. I
think pump users are these kind of people.
On another topic altogether… Does anyone have good information or a web =
site where I can find information on low blood pressure? I find lots about =
hypertension,
but my problem is VERY low blood pressure, sometimes 66/44. Not a good fee=
ling. I have been getting this low BP more and more often. I was on a medi=
cation that
should have helped raise the BP, but it stopped working, and made me crazy.=
I am finding it difficult to function as well as I know I can, and my memo=
ry is bad. On
bad days when my BP is low, I feel like fainting as I brush my teeth, I sit=
down, feel a little better, continue doing the personal hygiene thing, but =
must continue
sitting down again and again, sometimes for hours. My balance has been bet=
ter.
I know this conference is for pumping, but I hope that someone might be abl=
e to give me a little information on this type of thing. A lot of you are a=
round my age
and/or have Type 1 for about the same length of time. Have you had this pr=
oblem?
I am going for testing tomorrow at the Hypertension Unit at one of our teac=
hing hospitals, and hope that they have lots of experience with Hypotension,=
too.
Audra