For the longest time, I have been hoping to find a better way to assess whether my son needs an overnight temp basal. I am hoping that...
Anyone selling My Sentry? I am delirious from lack of sleep, but I don't have the money to buy one direct from Medtronic. I thought that perhaps...
Our doctor was asking us to upload once a month. He is a very nice guy, but given the amount of effort we put into managing Matt's diabetes, I...
APP IDEA: I would be forever grateful if someone could create a smart watch app that would monitor your daily activity and, in turn, recommend a...
Matt recently got the new Medtronic pump, and the tester that communicates with it is the Bayer Contour USB. Once this week, it registered at...
Matt (age 13) just started with the new Medtronic pump (with cgm) this week. So far, so good. He is really liking it. I like it because it gives...
I am curious as to what type of curve you see following a meal while the insulin is doing its thing. I have no idea what is realistic to...
I have read that about 50 percent of a person's daily insulin should come from the basal. However, Matt gets about 30 total units of insulin a...
Since going on the pump, I have been known to tinker with the basal rates a bit....raising the basal here, lowering it there. However, everything...
I saw this today, posted via Upworthy. Seems interesting. Anyone know about these researchers? click here
Every time we get a new regimen for our son, there is a higher basal rate in the early morning hours. However, I am finding that he generally runs...
Anyone out there send their child to Camp Nejeda in New Jersey? I am starting a fundraiser to bring them a super-cool LOG ROLLING program. I...
We were at Matt's check-up yesterday and I started lamenting the fact that the current glucose monitor that is part of his Medtronic pump doesn't...
Matt experiences a lot of post-exercise lows. The harder he exercises, the lower he goes. They are the types of lows that persist hour after hour....
Anyone planning to go to Disney July 9-14 for the Friends for Life conference? We are going to be down there anyway, so I thought we would stop by...
In November, after buying a bicycle for a child who I work with as a mentor -- and seeing how happy it made him -- I was inspired to come up with...
Matt has the Minmed pump. He is currently 140 with .9 active insulin. He last ate several hours ago. The pump says he can eat 3 carbs without...
About 2 hours ago, I started throwing up. About 20 minutes ago, Matt (age 11, diabetes) joined in. Luckily, my wife is here to help. Matt's...
I remember posting a while ago when Matt first got his pump about a scenario that I encountered. For the life of me, though, I can't remember the...
Matt has the Medtronic Revel. There is something that is confusing me.....When Matt has an active day, we are told to counteract the lows that he...
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