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<blockquote data-quote="RuthW" data-source="post: 929402" data-attributes="member: 148713"><p>[USER=116357]@michelle lilly[/USER]. My sister was diagnosed in France, put straight on a pump and had excellent treatment, so her control far exceeded mine under the adorable NHS. It was her splendid experience in France that persuaded me I needed a pump. The NHS wouldn't give me one, so after I moved to Turkey I got one. I am like Shaolindan, my experience with the pump has been splendid. </p><p></p><p>I think that you need to buy Pumping Insulin and also Think Like a Pancreas. you have a nurse's training, you can get it under control. Your gastorpare sis may be making things more difficult, but the control you get with a pump may help to reverse any neurological damage.</p><p></p><p>Get those books, then work your way through gaining control step by step. Come on here for help. </p><p></p><p>Get your night time basal right first. That is a huge relief and a great help. Then your morning. Then your afternoon to evening. </p><p></p><p>Here's how:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.salforddiabetescare.co.uk/index2.php?nav_id=1007" target="_blank">http://www.salforddiabetescare.co.uk/index2.php?nav_id=1007</a></p><p></p><p>Then, even with gastroparesis, your blood sugars will be better, and you can gradually work out the rest of the knots. Honestly, before the books even arrive from Amazon you can be feeling better and more in control.</p><p></p><p>On hypos, I was told that in a non-diabetic a hypo is 2.2 or below. The reason they give numbers like 3.8 or 4.0 to diabetics is that at that point you may still have insulin on board and MAY be heading for a hypo. I regularly wake up in the threes, but I am not hypo and I have no IOB so I don't panic. (Strictly speaking, it isn't a hypo. I also have my night-time basal well worked out, plus I check every night just before bed, just before dawn, and just when I get up. )</p><p></p><p>And yes, I still have hypo awareness, but because I test so frequently I know which direction I'm going.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RuthW, post: 929402, member: 148713"] [USER=116357]@michelle lilly[/USER]. My sister was diagnosed in France, put straight on a pump and had excellent treatment, so her control far exceeded mine under the adorable NHS. It was her splendid experience in France that persuaded me I needed a pump. The NHS wouldn't give me one, so after I moved to Turkey I got one. I am like Shaolindan, my experience with the pump has been splendid. I think that you need to buy Pumping Insulin and also Think Like a Pancreas. you have a nurse's training, you can get it under control. Your gastorpare sis may be making things more difficult, but the control you get with a pump may help to reverse any neurological damage. Get those books, then work your way through gaining control step by step. Come on here for help. Get your night time basal right first. That is a huge relief and a great help. Then your morning. Then your afternoon to evening. Here's how: [URL]http://www.salforddiabetescare.co.uk/index2.php?nav_id=1007[/URL] Then, even with gastroparesis, your blood sugars will be better, and you can gradually work out the rest of the knots. Honestly, before the books even arrive from Amazon you can be feeling better and more in control. On hypos, I was told that in a non-diabetic a hypo is 2.2 or below. The reason they give numbers like 3.8 or 4.0 to diabetics is that at that point you may still have insulin on board and MAY be heading for a hypo. I regularly wake up in the threes, but I am not hypo and I have no IOB so I don't panic. (Strictly speaking, it isn't a hypo. I also have my night-time basal well worked out, plus I check every night just before bed, just before dawn, and just when I get up. ) And yes, I still have hypo awareness, but because I test so frequently I know which direction I'm going. [/QUOTE]
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