Parent challenge.

[jendean]

I wonder how many of us have gone through the motions that thier kids do.
I have a challenge.
For parents with pumpers, grab a site, cut the tubing off, (or keep it for the added hassle, and attach your cel phone to it)
wear the site for 3 days.
I kept a site in for an hour once, in my arm. It was irritating.
Parents with injections, go to your family practice and ask for some normal saline, and start doing injections at dinner time. And then post back here and say if it changed any of the way you think about things.
I'll be the first.
I am going to insert a site right now
JenD:cwds:

[Nancy in VA]

We had to each wear the pump for 3 days before Emma went on it in September. My husband complained a little but I think his site actually grabbed his belly hair. It wasn't too bad for me except trying to sleep with it clipped on my pajamas and I turned over on it several times.

[TripleThreat]

ive had diabetes for years and me and sam are on the same regiment i think it is a great idea for parents to try a 3 day challenge i also think you should include the eating regiment i have also had trading places days when sam had to prepare meals remind for snacks,exercise, finger pokes and do all injections (i do this to check his independence in caring for his diabetes not as a punishment) he loves that day. i could do without the simple meal plans eg breakfast eggo's jam for fruit lunch soup or something else from a can supper he orders fast food everytime lol but he also gets the budget for that week and goes shopping with me only does it one to 2 days

[hrermgr]

Before we decided on the pump for T, I did wear a site for 2 days, I think. I put it in my waist area--probably too close to my pant waist--and it was irritating. Not bad but I could feel it.

My DH is type 1, too, and been pumping for 4 years. He knows exactly how T feels! In fact, they change sites together!

[carlysmom]

In the weeks after the family came to terms with Carly's dx, the kids began asking me questions about everything. They seemed to be so upset that Carly would be facing such a big challenge and still tell me that they don't know if they could do what she does (they tell her too:)). As the months passed some of that understanding faded away and to help them remember I had one of them count out all the syringes we used for that month...he quickly became teary eyed and said, "Man, mom how does she do it?". The only answer I could give him was "she does it to live a normal healthy life." My other boy actually asked me to give him a shot so he knew how it felt, no insulin of course. My littlest guy asks to have his blood sugar checked all the time, it is nice to see his numbers every so often anyway just to be safe.

[Sari]

i don't want to accept this challenge. It already breaks my heart having Ross go thru any of this. If I knew exactly how he felt, I would probably kill myself. He is such a happy boy that I have to go on that to keep me going.

[thebestnest5]

I did this before Liv started pumping and so did DH. DH wore a saline trial with Animas for a full three days to work and still carried his cell phone, too.:cwds:. He bolused for meals; and Liv watched him. He said that he was comfortable and didn't notice it as much as he thought he might. He said that he could see that a pump would be more convenient.

I have tested myself all day for several days with Livia...especially when I was pregnant...wow...I couldn't eat a McDonald's breakfast without higher numbers. But, a 9pm hot fudge sundae from Dairy Queen didn't make my BG go over 94;).

When Liv first started shots; I let her give me a saline injection for every meal and so did DH. Even my five year old gave DH and I shots of saline...this took the scariness out of syringes. We tested when she did and we all tested at night. Even her siblings tried it. This helped Liv's acceptance level, I believe.

[Momof4gr8kids]

We did that during our pump trial. You still have no clue what the insulin feels like though. Insulin stings, specially lantus. I think most parents know that it hurts, and I also think if a parent isn't well balanced this could make it even harder to do their child's care.