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

Bridgit Pollpeter bpollpeter at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 20 20:34:20 UTC 2011 

Water really raises your glucose levels? I've never heard of that
before. How does that work?

I have a friend who scars easily, and they are having troubles finding
injection sites because of all the scar tissue developing, making the
skin tough and not easy to pierce.

I've not developed any problems like this, at least not yet. I also
moisturize daily all over, which probably helps with any potential
calluses and scarring.

It's interesting how it really varies from person to person. For
instance, I never had many dietary restrictions because one, especially
when younger, I tended to be underweight, and two, I respond rather
quick to insulin plus being active, I usually am suppose to consume more
calories anyway. I test a lot. Before meals and two hours after eating
and multiple times during the day. Right now, I'm up to  8 to 12 times
per day that I test. It's a pain in the butt, and fingers, smile, but it
really helps me catch lows as well as maintain a target range with
glucose levels.

I have another friend who requires massive amounts of insulin in a day-
like 300 units a day of Novolog. Funny how these things work.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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"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 2:39 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Wow!!! Guess everyone is awake now???


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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