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<blockquote data-quote="Mungobean" data-source="post: 2499698" data-attributes="member: 545261"><p>Hi, I struggle with my sugars because I don’t eat normally. I have Gastroparesis and so if I do eat, the food takes a variable amount of time to hit my system. I am mainly fed by tube into my bowel, and if that’s all I do, then my sugars are ok, but if I do eat anything, things that dissolve easily are the easiest for me - basically carbs; a piece of toast or a biscuit. I give some Novorapid if I do eat, but if the food takes a long time to get through into my system, I end up going low, and then high when the sugar finally hits my system. I’m not sure that a pump per se will real help me, but more a closed loop system. The diabetic nurse thinks a pump might help and so has booked me an appointment with the consultant.</p><p></p><p>You might say that the easiest solution is to stick to my tube feed - I agree, but the amount of pain this gives me - I struggle to get enough feed in so I am constantly starving and sometimes my inner pig just jumps in!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mungobean, post: 2499698, member: 545261"] Hi, I struggle with my sugars because I don’t eat normally. I have Gastroparesis and so if I do eat, the food takes a variable amount of time to hit my system. I am mainly fed by tube into my bowel, and if that’s all I do, then my sugars are ok, but if I do eat anything, things that dissolve easily are the easiest for me - basically carbs; a piece of toast or a biscuit. I give some Novorapid if I do eat, but if the food takes a long time to get through into my system, I end up going low, and then high when the sugar finally hits my system. I’m not sure that a pump per se will real help me, but more a closed loop system. The diabetic nurse thinks a pump might help and so has booked me an appointment with the consultant. You might say that the easiest solution is to stick to my tube feed - I agree, but the amount of pain this gives me - I struggle to get enough feed in so I am constantly starving and sometimes my inner pig just jumps in! [/QUOTE]
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