Stacy, Joan, Steve, Tina… (was a bunch of different messages)
Good Morning,
Stacy
You’ll do fine! Come back soon, let us know how it went…
Joan,
Thanks… (: ) pleased I could offer a chuckle. There were “other” images I had that would work, but that was the first of many… (I.e. a subconscious suggestion to XYZ (magically) once our body(ies) reached 70 for example. More Jim Carey images come to mind ala in a diabetic context)
Steve
Its not that ~wild a ride~, that’s merely one of the annoyances-nightmares of the pump game. (Btw, how come you had nothing in your bedside table??? Going from bed to kitchen, is a dangerous game when low… known several who ended up in the garage and couldn’t figure out how to get the OJ from the OJ box filled now with penny nails instead, etc., etc.). Heck, known several who knew they were low, meandered into the kitchen, and had a nice huge cup of SALT instead of sugar, they were too low by the time they got to the kitchen… so forth, and so on.
Once they’ve got the micro-management stuff figured out, it will give you a basic idea what your needs are should you ever remove from the pump!
<<The other reason was the four to five needles a day.
And myself I would far prefer the shots (given choice “P” or “S”) with zero hesitation rather than being hooked up 24-7. Infusion sets were NOT ~friendly~ shall we say?
<<”Is that a pump in your pocket or are you just happy to see me!!!”
Never met the lady and already like her ; )! Long as you detach before playing… that tubing can be…. ~problematic~ (severely mischievous look). god knows my cat always loved it though… (#&@)#&@)@@ freaking cat…)
<<I never even went down that hard with a night
Ahhhhhh our combat stories. Boston a favorite city to play that game in. Nobody flinched, nobody overreacted, just hand you the soda and kept going. No medics, nada. But being like a mile from one of the Joslin clinics at the time guess that was the reason…. : Z
Tina…
<<Being Diabetic, and trying to keep your BG levels in a good realm
Folks can call this semantics, but you are NOT a “bad” person regardless of what your sugars may or might not be! Sugars have NO good or bad attached to em. That’s us trying to find some sense of control… IMNSHO (in my not so humble opinion). Regardless, don’t be so hard on yourself. This crap happens.
What you are describing specifically (HIGH then a few days later lows) to me that sounds like overreaction one way or the other with the insulin’s, could be a lot of other things but we’ll see. If you’re getting smashed that hard on both ends (highs, lows, highs, lows in a pattern every couple days), how much are you altering your insulin, when a low or high happens? You might consider pulling back one single unit, or possibly two, when the lows come to visit. But regardless also remember its gonna take a couple days for your body to quit playing with you, and also those 2-3 days for patterns to show-up too.
Gotta treat the low obviously, just be careful how… High, they give us wiggle room to play with.
<<We don’t want to talk about the many small restrictions always included
SURE WE DO, can you think of any BETTER place Tina? Come on, spill dear lady…..
Jeff