Comments for Insulin Pump Users

Comment on bg meters/Consumer Reports by jerrold16

jerrold16 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:38:41 +0000

I really like the Complete. It is bigger and slightly slower than most, but
it is extremely accurate. You can store 1,000 readings, do trends, averages,
log on your carb amounts, view graphs, etc. Want to know your average for
the breakfast bg’s for the last 30 days? Or the last 14? Get an Accuchek
Complete!

Patrick

Comment on bg meters/Consumer Reports by Randolph Fawn

Randolph Fawn — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:13:06 +0000

> I guess my Precision QID (military pharmacy) doesn’t rank so well eh??
> Faith

I was given a Precision QID pen and wondered the same thing. Have heard LOTS
of bad stuff about the DEX. Also, the Accu-Chek Complete was developed
especially for pumpers and that wasn’t on the list. I still like it. ;(~_^)

Jan °Ü°

Comment on bg meters/Consumer Reports by Cathy Oleta

Cathy Oleta — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:00:07 +0000

I guess my Precision QID (military pharmacy) doesn’t rank so well eh??
Faith

Laurie Schnebly wrote:

Comment 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!

Comment on hi all by Judith Church

Judith Church — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:17:22 +0000

I’m too late, but get your Dr. to prescribe Tylenol 3 for any pain you
might have over the next 2-3 days. The Tylenol should take care of any
pain, and it should slowly go away over a few days. ‘Course you won’t
notice it if you take the Tylenol as prescribed so that it doesn’t
fizzle out. I hope you can take it! My dentist and doctor have
prescribed it for me and I have had no side effects that were apparent.
I’m curious to know, since your treatment was today, what your dentist
said about the freezing. My dentist, and I love him, hasn’t even made
it an issue, and it never has become one.

Suzanna wrote:

Comment on Unexplained highs by Judith Church

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

> Browngarrett wrote:

Comment on Unexplained highs 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

Comment on Unexplained highs 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

Comment on Unexplained highs 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. (~_^)

Comment on Unexplained highs 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