Read this, not the other "low blood pressure"
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