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You Should Experience Insulin And Injections Before Pumping
by Richard157February 10, 2009 12:06 AM
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roshy |
roshy replied February 10, 2009 12:21 AM
well when i was diagnosed they team offered me the pump, but i was 16 and the idea of beingg attached to the pump 24 7 didnt seem to attractive to me at the time!!
Richard157 replied February 10, 2009 12:57 AM Roshy, you need to be very disciplined and organized with insulin and record keeping before starting to pump. Pumping would do you very little good otherwise. Are you thoroughly aquainted with carb counting? You have to be in order to pump.
roshy replied February 10, 2009 1:26 AM im very familiar with the carb counting!! ive attended a few seminars and am well able to do it!! and the times i did try it it did actually work!!
Richard157 replied February 10, 2009 3:17 AM Roshy, I cannot tell you how you can become responsible for your diabetes control and be good at it. You have to find the incentive within yourself. I know that if I did not do my very best to take care of myself while I was in college I would not have graduated. I would probably have had terrible problems with my eyes and kidneys. I don't think I would be alive today. I have never had the problem you have now. I have always done my very best. I never missed a doctor's appointment except once when I was in a car wreck on the way to his office. I hope you will begin taking care of yourself ASAP so you can live a long, healthy life without terrible complications. Don't even think about pumping until you get your act together and get good control with injections.
roshy replied February 10, 2009 3:22 AM ah richard of course wer still friends!!
rbergman replied February 10, 2009 3:28 AM As I told another member in a private message, I too am in the same boat as you Roshy, denial, laziness whatever you want to call it, my first wake-up call came recently because my daughter was diagnosed with diabetes, I'm no role model if I am not taking care of my diabetes but expect her to do it when she is only 7! I do not wish this sort of wake-up call upon anyone, and hate that my daughter has this disease we as adults struggle with daily, but its time I did the right thing by her and for myself.....find your motivation, its out there just find it!
roshy replied February 10, 2009 3:34 AM my dad has been type one since he was seven and is a model diabetic!! he has always been there asking how i am coping and i just cant face the truth, im not coping at all!! i dont want to have to cope!! but i am an adult now and im the only one who is going to pay for my concequences!! i just dont understand that although iknow how serious it is why cant i just do what im supposed to do and get on with it!!
roger replied February 14, 2009 1:08 AM i was the same way for about the same time 4 years what woke me up? my eye dr telling me he would do what ever he could to help me keep my site for as long as he could but to face the fact that some day i will be blind.that is when i got the pump i have had 7 lazzor surg in each eye and have had two royd inj in each eye and go back on the 26 to have the roydinj agan. you need to find that something that will wake you up .you are young and have a long life ahead of you if you dont take care now what will be left for all the days you have ahead of you do we all have to come over there and kick your a--?
roshy replied February 14, 2009 1:37 PM Last edited 9 months ago thanks for sharing that with me rog!! i think a good arse kicking is what i need alrite!! im fed up of worring all the time!! i have an aunt who is type one and having terrible trouble with her eyes at the mo and she is only 40!!
roger replied February 14, 2009 5:36 PM it is to late for the past cant change it any ways. think about now not year from now now what can you do to fix things take care of your self if you dont it mite be a 400 lb nurce looking to give you a spong bath fo the second time to day .think about that then go check your bg !
roger replied February 14, 2009 5:37 PM good thing you put only 40!! some of us are that and some!!
roshy replied February 14, 2009 6:20 PM Last edited 9 months ago yeah!! life is too good just to throw it away!! ah but things are gona change once i hit 21!!! no more excuses!! i have to change and i will!!! looking through the net ive seen everyone who has diabetes and they just get on with it!! i dont know why i just cant do the same!! im just lazy and love my chocolate!! but its not worth it!!! i would rather have my eye sight and kidneys and the rest!! I think you just have to decide to change and thats it. full stop!!
roger replied February 14, 2009 11:56 PM dont get me wrong i am not 100% good i love pasta potatos and rice and eat way to much of it and thoes candy bars get me every time . but i know what i can hav and when and if i over do it i pay . head akes, dizzy,blurred vision feet dont want to work .we allpay for not doing what we should so keep in mind no one hear is doing 100% 100% of the time so dont be so hard on your self. one slap side the head per day is all you need .and we all can do the rest for you.
roshy replied February 15, 2009 1:46 PM you see, theres the big difference!! i dont feel any different after eating a large quantity of carbs or sugar!!! therefore i eat and eat and EAT!! but im gona feel it when i have no eyes or legs in 5 or 10 years time!!!
roger replied February 15, 2009 4:33 PM do you have a plan ? where are you going to start?what are you going to do when you whant somthing you should not have? what are youy going to do when you do give in to that want. it will happen .need to adj and over come it and move on learn from it . my bad i need to do this too just started over my self sliped for awile but trying to get back it happens take it slow and look for help .that is what brought me hear.have lots of help at home with my wife but need thoes who live it for that i do it or did it |
rbergman |
rbergman replied February 10, 2009 1:07 AM
We were told that if our daughter becomes insulin dependent she would first have to learn to inject on an orange, then on herself, she would continue to self inject until it was at a proper dosage that she maintained good BG levels, only then would a pump come into play and not for at least 3 months into insulin therapy maybe even 6 months. This is for Type 2 diabetes though I cannot say for Type 1 if it would have been the same but I'm assuming it would have been.
Richard157 replied February 15, 2009 3:21 PM Yes Robin it would definitely be the same for both. I would heve been totally confused with pumping if I had not had previous experience with injections and carb counting. I have also been told by several pumpers and my endo that having poor conyrol before pumping makes it more difficult to adjust to pumping. I had an A1c of 5.6 before pumping so that made adjustment much easier for me. After 20 months of pumping my A1c is still 5.6. |
Mike Shaw |
Mike Shaw replied July 1, 2009 8:06 PM
That was very well said. Being newly diagnosed is very overwhelming upon itself. |
I have heard of a few instances of diabetics starting pumping immediately after being told to use insulin but I don't think it is a good idea. It works much better if the diabetic becomes very accustomed to insulin, injections, testing, carb counting and all the rest BEFORE pumping. Having to learn all about pumping at the same time you are learning about insulin and injections and carb counting can be overwhelming. I can imagine someone like that throwing in the towel under those circumstances. Someone who has at least reasonably good control and knows the ins and outs of diabetes management with basal/bolus insulin can adjust to pumping much more easily. Pump training and learning to program and operate the pump day after day can be enough to learn in itself. If you pile learning about insulin and carb counting from scratch on top of that it can be too much. I hope I have stated myself clearly.