I hope this question makes sense....I hope I can articulate it. Our overnight basal needs keep dropping (meaning we go low between 2-5 am if we do...
I thought it was supposed to take 20 minutes or so for Novolog to start working. However, that is obviously not the case. Each morning my son...
I used to get excited about dramatic basal decreases/increases. Now I just shrug my shoulders and adjust. The past 2 months he has needed 0.225...
We've been using the Vibe since last August and something interesting we've noticed is that even with the G4 integrated, the two devices never...
We are getting bleeders every time we do a Dex insertion now. The last 3 weeks we have used 6 sensors (3 good, 3 bad bleeders). I have moved...
If you open a vial of insulin, draw some out with a sterile needle to fill a pump cartridge and then put it immediately back in the fridge, why is...
We have started surfing, partially. Sometimes it gets too micro for me. We have been really fine tuning our D management lately to keep a tighter...
So, the last time this happened we ended up in the endos office. It's now our third episode and it usually lasts 3-5 days. My son will have an...
Went to the playground for about 2 hours today. Used Dex and DS had a couple 60's from all the activity (confirmed with fingerpricks). Overall...
We've been pumping since July. Am I imagining things or has anyone else noticed significant differences in insulin absorption with different...
My sons pancreas has been bringing him into the 70-90 range in this new phase we are in during the overnight hours. Our endo wants us to leave him...
Headed to endo! Even they agreed numbers are wacked out and we can't figure out why. Now, carbs are not even affecting him at all.......so he's...
Reading the instruction sheet that came with our Novolog vial tonight....."If you use Novolog in an insulin pump, you should change your insertion...
After doing research and talking with those in the medical field, we are going to start supplementing with 2,000 IU of Vitamin d3 for our children...
We changed our son's pump site and had great, functioning in-range control for about 18 hours. Then, all of a sudden overnight he rose to 250 by...
Stocking up our emergency D kit with some icing gels.....I noticed the Betty Crocker brand you have to snip off the end before using. Might be...
Well, this is fun. Tonight while changing a site (because DS has been high the past 12 hours so troubleshooting) the motor on the pump failed to...
Its been over a week, there has been no recent illness, (or symptoms that we know of) viruses, any major life changes, etc. and we keep fighting...
So, finger stick with clean hands at lunch was 201. One large slice of greasy, cheesy NY style pizza consumed at pizzeria along with a couple...
Well, we saw our first 500 glucose since diagnosis. I had to go out of town for work overnight and changed DS's pump site the morning I left. DH...
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