Diabetic brewers

[MBasile]

Make sure you look into this. It's not for everyone. You still have to finger prick twice a day to make sure it's calibrated, then as far as corrective actions it's not good because it's display is prob 15-20 minutes behind. It's actually good for something like the previous poster said about night time highs.

Insulin pump = an extra 20lbs minimum though.

What kind of pump do you have? Is it a minimed, if so PM me. Like I said, the paradigm system was NOT for me.

Yeah, it wasn't for my mom either. I'll be trying it out in the next few weeks though.

Diagnosed when I was 10 (14 years ago) and have been on the pump for I think 10 years. My A1C fluctuates more than it should, but that's my fault for being forgetful and easily distracted.

 

[petep1980]

White males are difficult to get under control. Even when you're on regime you'll have a difficult time.

 

[MBasile]

White males are difficult to get under control. Even when you're on regime you'll have a difficult time.

I've noticed consistently better results when I do what I'm supposed to and stick to a fairly consistent schedule (part of the reason why I just quit my job). Of course there are the occasional "WTF?" moments, but on a whole I'm better with a routine.

 

[2ndstage]

Schedule is definately the key. I know when I work a ton of extra hours it takes me a little while to recalibrate. I've heard a lot of people didn't like the minimed cgm but its the only one I've used and it works for me. Though it can get pretty damned insistent if you are a little late for a calibration check.

 

[scrambledegg81]

Kinda surprised how many of us pancreatic freaks are on here! Been type 1 since I was 6 (now 29, so little over 2 decades), and like I told petep1980, I've been on the pump since the Blue Brick days. After this long with the thing, I've basically been able to eat what/when I choose (with exceptions, obviously), and I've been in relatively good control for quite a while.

 

[ChshreCat]

Make sure you look into this. It's not for everyone. You still have to finger prick twice a day to make sure it's calibrated,

If you're a type 1 and you're not already testing your BG at least that often, there's something wrong.

 

[petep1980]

If you're a type 1 and you're not already testing your BG at least that often, there's something wrong.

You misinterpreted my point. When you get the continuous monitoring you kind of have the idea you don't need to prick anymore because it will watch your sugars for you. Well, it needs calibrating at least twice a day. Say 3 on the safe side. So you get rid of what 3 finger pricks a day?

Here's a question I never considered. Since our entire population is going to get type II diabetes, can we?

 

[scrambledegg81]

Pills vs. stabbing myself in the stomach with a needle-driven device every 4 days? I wouldn't mind.

 

[ChshreCat]

You misinterpreted my point. When you get the continuous monitoring you kind of have the idea you don't need to prick anymore because it will watch your sugars for you. Well, it needs calibrating at least twice a day. Say 3 on the safe side. So you get rid of what 3 finger pricks a day?

Here's a question I never considered. Since our entire population is going to get type II diabetes, can we?

She checks hers 8-10 times a day already, so 2 or 3 won't be an issue. The reason she wants the CGM is because she's very brittle and he BS goes all over the place to matter what she does. She was hospitalized and they didn't allow her to even have water. Nothing went in her that didn't go through the IV and they STILL couldn't get her BS to do what it was supposed to do. The CGM would give her a better idea of what it's doing because she could see if it's rising or falling before it gets to an extreme.

 

[MBasile]

She checks hers 8-10 times a day already, so 2 or 3 won't be an issue. The reason she wants the CGM is because she's very brittle and he BS goes all over the place to matter what she does. She was hospitalized and they didn't allow her to even have water. Nothing went in her that didn't go through the IV and they STILL couldn't get her BS to do what it was supposed to do. The CGM would give her a better idea of what it's doing because she could see if it's rising or falling before it gets to an extreme.

Part of the downfall of minimed's current CGM is that to calibrate it, your sugars have to be stable, which seems odd since most of the people that want to use it, want it to get their sugars stable.

 

[ardonthorn5]

type 1 for 30yrs ... homebrewing for 3.