We almost always get 3 full days out of them. My son usually wears them on his legs (upper/outer thigh). We do not use anything special on them...
Here's one...but I haven't tried it. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sugar-free-strawberry-jiffy-jam/detail.aspx
I have worked with a pet sitting/dog walking service and she charged $15 per half hour (walking, feeding, scooping poop, etc.). We have...
Same here. We always bolus a minimum of 1 extra unit.
Heather, we are contemplating doing the same thing. Ryan has played football for the past 3 years with the pod. Although it worked out pretty...
When I first moved here 4 years ago. I was in the same boat. I spoke to the school nurse (there were no other D-kids on our school, but I...
I think we have 2 old style PDM's for back-up (bought the back-up in the beginning and now have the newer style PDM). We have never lost a...
Here's a website for babysitters just for kids w/ D. Not sure if there is anyone in your area, but it might be worth a try....
Yes, I saw that too. The LA Dodgers apparently donate quite a lot to JDRF. Todd Zeile's (former Dodger) daughter has T1 D, so maybe that's the...
Welcome to Pod world! Good Luck!
We use De-Solv-it. You can get it at a hardware store (I think we bought it at Ace or True Value). Super cheap, works great and it says that...
I agree about going high after a pod change. Ryan always runs high after one, so we always give anywhere from 1-1.5 Units of an extra bolus....
So do you just have the temp. crown on it now? I remember still having some pain, before the permanent crown was placed on it. The residual...
I agree! Children's Hospital is great and they have a quite large ped. endo.department. They also have satellite offices in some hospitals in...
We have not done a pump break, but I have been thinking about it also. We go on vacation to visit family for 2 weeks in July. There is a lot of...
We use camping head lamps (we already had them from years of boy scouts). They work great! But those glasses sound like a great idea too!
Yes. This is what we do, as well.
We recently ran out of the old ones (white bottle). So now we are using the new ones (gold bottle, code 16) and love them! No errors and they...
Thank you for taking the time to write your letter! Well said!
DS's favorite site is the upper (outer) thigh. For football, swimming, etc., he wears a pair of Under Armour shorts underneath(covering the pod)...
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