Comments on: Unexplained highs

By: Judith Church

Judith Church — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:25:02 +0000

Yeh, I’ve gotten fed up with trying to figure out every little thing.
You know that SOME diabetics do weigh everything they eat so as to
calculate carbs correctly. Since Type 1 diabetics are "brittle", even
that little dance shuffle you did with your honey for a few minutes in
the kitchen counts as exercise. That’s pretty hard to calculate.
At least I think so. I’ve never, in 44 years, calculated so close.
Really, would it do that much good. It sure would be frustrating. I
found switching to 4 injections/day last Fall and counting carbs rather
than exchanges was so time consuming and frustrating! I am aware that
kinks in our lives, and our pumps, happen. We can only hope to continue
to be educated so that we guesstimate our carbs and exercise fairly
accurately. PS The pump rules!

By: Judith Church

Judith Church — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:09:41 +0000

> Browngarrett wrote:

By: sabine170

sabine170 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:07:30 +0000

I used Soft Sets before. I changed my site this morning, but do not think
anything was wrong with it. I am beginning to suspect a food. I recently
bought some grapes, large and sweet, I have been bolusing for the carbs,
but think they may be one of those foods that I have to bolus higher for. I
think it will just be easier to stop eating them than to figure out the ratio.
Gail

By: Madge Valentine

Madge Valentine — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:23:10 +0000

Our pump trainer told us the angle itself wasn’t so important, but getting
it at the same angle every time was. In other words if you sometimes insert
it at a 30 degree angle, then a 45, then a 75 your absorption could differ
causing either highs or lows. She also said when she switched sets she did
have to make some slight adjustments. Perhaps if you just switched sets that
might be the case for you too. Did you other set go in at a deeper angle
than what you are putting the Silhouette in at?

That’s one of the reasons I picked at set that goes straight in at 90
degrees, I didn’t trust myself to be able to get a set in at the same angle
each time. : )

Julia

By: Randolph Fawn

Randolph Fawn — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:56:21 +0000

I had an unexplained 583 last night - instead of testing for ketones right
away, I washed my hands and retested - 187. I had just gotten a home perm
and perhaps the neutralizer skewed the results for the first one. I always
retest when I get an unexplained high and it’s often different. (~_^)

By: sabine170

sabine170 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:29:07 +0000

Yes Chrissy it does make sense. So you don’t put any more tape than what
comes on the inserter needle?
Gail

By: patience_15

patience_15 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:07:12 +0000

<< I have used soft sets ever since they came out. Recently changed to Sil.
and I love them. My site would get sore after two days, but I can leave the
Sil in three and no redness or soreness. But I am wondering if they may
cause the highs. I have had this happen twice since using them.
Gail

Gail,
I have been using the Silhouttes for about 2yrs and love them. I do have
unexplained highs sometimes but as Jan stated for me anyway Im usually high
for a bit after a set change. I do all the priming Im supposed to and still
this happens sometimes. I like the Silhouttes because you dont have to use
any extra tape and the place where it attaches w/the round sticky thing is
small. (Does that make sence?). Chrissy

By: patience_15

patience_15 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:59:31 +0000

<< Garret, general rule of thumb: if you have ONE unexplained high, it
probably
has nothing to do with the set. MORE than one in a row, or a high that you
can’t correct, it probably is the set or the site. Every diabetic will
occasionally have an unexplained high, pumper or not.
>>

I totally agree. I had an unexplained high last Sat. My BG was so high that
it would not read on my meter. I took a bolus and it came down slowly. The
first readable reading was 400 something, close to 500. I had to take
another bolus before it came down to where it should be. I had to leave work
that day and go to bed. I did keep a close eye on my BGs even tho I went to
bed. I did have a set change that day but there wasnt anything wrong w/the
set as it functioned fine after that. As I said I totally agree w/the above
response. Sometimes youll get a high for no apparant reason. I use the

Silhouettes and love them. Chrissy

By: sabine170

sabine170 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:50:44 +0000

I have used soft sets ever since they came out. Recently changed to Sil.
and I love them. My site would get sore after two days, but I can leave the
Sil in three and no redness or soreness. But I am wondering if they may
cause the highs. I have had this happen twice since using them.
Gail

By: sabine170

sabine170 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:43:04 +0000

I have been having highs for a couple days. They are unexplained. What
angle are the Sil. to go in? I wonder if I am going to shallow.
Gail