[Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???

Thu Oct 20 19:38:31 UTC 2011

Bridget
Your story sounds like mine, though I have had diabetes for 34 years now,
trying all those things you mentioned. The pain of the inserts was the main
issue. I am considered severe because the diabetes is difficult to
manage....drinking water makes my blood sugar rise to give you an example.

Yes, we all need a different path.

Denada on the invite
Denise

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter
<bpollpeter at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Denise,
>
> Diabetes has certain criteria that is across the board, but this disease
> is very much an individual case type of disease. Different treatments
> affect different people in various ways. And what works for some,
> doesn't work for others.
>
> Having no function of the pancreas isn't necessarily "severe" diabetes,
> but it's type 1, and of course this means you will be insulin
> independent. I've been type 1 for 27 years and on an insulin pump for
> almost eight years now; about the same amount of time I've been blind.
>
> As most of us, I've been on the gambit of insulin treatments. Before my
> pump, I was on Lantis, and before that, I used NPH and a fast-acting
> insulin. Some people, like me, love the pump and have had the best
> regulation ever. The pump, though, isn't for everyone. How you describe
> your insulin routine, though, is essentially how one uses an insulin
> pump.
>
> I'm not sensitive to bruising or pain with my pump, and I'm not
> experiencing nueropathy either. If you experience this, a pump may not
> be the best device, or you haven't used a pump that works for you. I
> rarely, in eight years, have experienced issues with the tubing or
> mechanics of my pump. And even when on other insulin routines, I
> experienced lows and insulin reactions. In fact, since a child, I tend
> to have lows and respond very quickly to insulin. This is one of the
> reasons I like the pump because I can have certain rates that adjust
> throughout the day. So during peak times when I tend to be low, my pump
> has lower rates set.
>
> Anyway, there are many ways to treat diabetes with insulin. We all have
> to find what works best for us. Ultimately, it's about managing diabetes
> the best we can.
>
> Welcome.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M
> Robinson
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:11 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???
>
>
> Just a quick note on pump using...They are painful to use and cause
> brusing...at least on me and I have asked on others...so if you have a
> tendency to be sensitive, well...you know. Yes the convenience is nice
> to just pump insulin in at any time, but it needs to be working well all
> the time and it does not.
>
> If you have lots of neropathy, the pain of it might not bother you as
> much, but here are some issues. The tubing, gets clogged or bubbles are
> in the tube and it won't deliver the insulin well and thus your blood
> sugar goes sky high. At night you can get severe lows...I have been down
> to 30s and 40s, this happens during the day too even if I am a bit late
> on eating--I experience more severe lows with the pump and many many too
> many highs because of the delivery system issues. I had to go off it
> because of these issues BUT, what I did learn is how to control my blood
> sugar even better with needle injections...ok, I take about 7-10 shots a
> day. I use lantus, long acting insulin in morning and small amount at
> night to get me through the night to keep my blood sugar in check and
> humlog for my fast acting...just lots of little shots throughout the day
> to go with what I eat. My A1C is 6.5...I am considered a severe
> diabetic...absolutely no function in the pancreas since I was 16.
>
> I actually load my needle for the whole day. I am a 15 cc unit user for
> 1 day--I can't eat much, so it is easy to keep track. I know exactly how
> much 2 cc units of delivery is so injection is easy and that is about
> how much food I eat at a time, due to stomach cancer issues and almost
> no stomach now. So it is easy to do delivery and I have the best A1C I
> have ever had. So if you know how much you take for the day, load that
> needle and it is easy to keep track of what is going on. At first you
> have to be VERY deligent in checking blood sugar to go with how much
> insulin you gave, but you get very good it this. Anyway...some side
> notes--Oh yes, just joined you all...HI Denise Robinson
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:28 AM, William and Bernadette Jacobs <
> bandbjacobs at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Greetings Veronica!
> >
> > So glad to hear from you!  Thank you also for your perception/comment
> > here! Great contribution to this!!  We've all got something here in
> > that no matter what Prodigy might or might not be guilty of, there are
>
> > a whole lot of hands in this charade:  Prodigy, solo, Roch, all the
> > other meter/pump  makers out there, all under the rule of the
> > "almighty" FDA???  And unfortunately, we still don't have a pump that
> > we were promised from any of them.  Yet, they don't seem to give a rip
>
> > because they aren't the consumers waiting for it. We're the ones
> > chomping at the bit for it.  I, myself am not a pumper but I'm not
> > sure I wouldn't be if there wasn't something out there worth my time
> > and energy.
> >
> > At this point Gang, I'd really like to take this time to thank you
> > again. I've learned so much from all of you; pumpers/non-pumpers
> > alike.  I have really enjoyed the comradory here from everyone!  Guess
>
> > that's why I consider us family here!
> >
> > Have a great day gang!
> >
> > Bern
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica Elsea" <
> > veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com**>
> > To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] VoiceRx is Prodigy
> >
> >
> >  Well, I have no connection to Prodigy or anyone else, but from the
> >> conversations I had in August with Prodigy, other pump companies who
> >> were also held up, and the FDA representative, at this point I do
> >> believe that the FDA backlog is playing a part in the delay. There
> >> are several stages in which the FDA comes into play, some very early
> >> on in the pre-marketing approval. And given that nothing new is
> >> appearing anywhere right now, I'm willing to cut them some slack
> >> until I learn something different. But I'm not in the inner circle,
> >> just waiting like the rest of you. <grin.>
> >>
> >> Veronica
> >> We Woof You A Merry Christmas! Diabetes Melodious! And more! Music
> >> CDs that will impact and entertain you forever!
> >> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.**com <http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com>
> >> Veronica Elsea, Owner Laurel Creek Music Designs
> >> Santa Cruz, California
> >> 877-607-6407
> >>
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