Ask an adult with Type 1

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  • scaputo8500
  on Oct. 23, 2008 at 8:04 AM

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  Wow, I don't know anyone else with Type 1

  
  And, I forgot to mention...a very good friend, whom I have dinner with at least twice a week, has a 8 year old who was diagnosed this past summer.  They all grew up in the same area, except our next door neighbor. She rents from my parents and lived up north before she moved here. I am totaly surrounded. It's VERY UNUSAL. FYI, I live in Baker, Fl. 25 miles north of Fort Walton Beach/Destin.....maybe that virus runs wild in this warm area????

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  • mcovey
  on Oct. 26, 2008 at 11:02 PM

• what kind of pump do you have? -- my son is 11 and he was diaagnosed in April -4 years ago -- he went on the pump after 6 months - but it is still hard for him to remember all of thos little carbs have to be counted too. and still has highs often. he is now in Middle school and we are tryingto let him pick his own foods and count his carbs on his own -- the other day he ate a whole cinnamon roll knowing he should have only had 1/2 , and was way over his carbs for that meal. He is alowed 40 -60 carbs -- he ended up with 90 carbs and his blood sugar was up in 300's alreadywe had a hard time getting it down.  I guess we all cheat some times, but I wish he would chet when it's alot lower!!!  my son has a Pardigm 722 and he gets his tubing caught all the time also. he doesn't like the short tubing .

  

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  • elwalters77
  on Oct. 27, 2008 at 9:28 PM

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  what kind of pump do you have? -- my son is 11 and he was diaagnosed in April -4 years ago -- he went on the pump after 6 months - but it is still hard for him to remember all of thos little carbs have to be counted too. and still has highs often. he is now in Middle school and we are tryingto let him pick his own foods and count his carbs on his own -- the other day he ate a whole cinnamon roll knowing he should have only had 1/2 , and was way over his carbs for that meal. He is alowed 40 -60 carbs -- he ended up with 90 carbs and his blood sugar was up in 300's alreadywe had a hard time getting it down.  I guess we all cheat some times, but I wish he would chet when it's alot lower!!!  my son has a Pardigm 722 and he gets his tubing caught all the time also. he doesn't like the short tubing .

  I have an Animas IR 1250.  It has a "bolus wizard" - all I do is put in the amount of carbs I am going to eat and what my blood sugar was before a meal and the pump tells me how much insulin to take. 

  I also test after meals and do a correction bolus if I need to.  That is helpful if I didn't estimate the carb counts correctly.  I love it because I don't have to eat the same amount of carbs at the same times each day.  I can eat a salad w/very few carbs for lunch one day and have pizza the next. 

  He might benefit from meeting with a dietician again to be sure he is counting carbs correctly.  We can all use a little reminder once in a while. 

  I do have the tubing slip out of my waist band sometimes and it can get caught on door handles and drawer pulls.  I'm finding that happening less now that I'm wearing maternity clothes, LOL! 
  

   

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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  • AMG4
  on Feb. 16, 2009 at 1:19 PM

• I have a question for you!  My daughter is now 8.  Diagnosed at 5.  She is now on a pump.  But she is having some trouble academically.  When your levels are high do you have a hard time with reading or math?  Is it harder to concentrate?  I can see it is hard for her when she is low.  But I have noticed her writing letters and numbers backwards etc.  I am not sure if it is the higher GLs in the mornings or I need to check her for sight problems!! 

  AMG4 

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  • elwalters77
  on Feb. 16, 2009 at 1:57 PM

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  I have a question for you!  My daughter is now 8.  Diagnosed at 5.  She is now on a pump.  But she is having some trouble academically.  When your levels are high do you have a hard time with reading or math?  Is it harder to concentrate?  I can see it is hard for her when she is low.  But I have noticed her writing letters and numbers backwards etc.  I am not sure if it is the higher GLs in the mornings or I need to check her for sight problems!! 

  AMG4 

  I have a very difficult time concentrating, understanding and responding when my blood sugar is low.  Highs don't affect me as much, but I certainly feel best when I'm within range.  Perhaps you should have her eyes checked and have her screened for dyslexia?  Just a thought.  Good luck!
  

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  • momma_fish
  on May. 27, 2009 at 5:18 PM

• I know this is probably actually a pretty common question but could you tell me what highs and lows feel like?  I know from reading about the shakes and whatnot but my hubby was the only one around during my sons only real 'crash' where he was kind of unconscious and hubby said it looked so horrible.

  My MIL's cousin has T2 and says it feels like dying or something but I know he's a bit of a drama queen in other aspects so I didn't know.  Maybe I don't want to know...

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  • flavixen14
  on Oct. 9, 2009 at 1:18 PM

• I have two children with diabetes. One seems to be more worse off then the other. He is having more lows then that anything any advice I already get the max on stripes.

  

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