Low blood pressure
August 18, 2001
Hi, IÕve been on before, not for a long time, though. The conference greatl=
y helped me get started with my pump. Type 1 for 43 years. Just had my 50t=
h birthday!
Started pumping April 26, this year.
The 508 has been great. I have only used the QuickSet and the QuickSerter a=
nd have found them to be more than I ever expected. I have never put the ne=
edle 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 c=
an 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. B=
ut 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 thi=
s disease. I
had also just started counting carbs rather than using the exchange meal pl=
an. Anyway, I continue to learn more and canÕt see why I would ever return t=
o 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 u=
s 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 excellent=
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 feel=
ing. I have been getting this low BP more and more often. I was on a medica=
tion 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 memor=
y 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 bett=
er.
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 pro=
blem?
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