pump and swimming

Hi Martina, I thought I'd post to give you some moral support as we too have been pumping almost 2 weeks! We are also lfinding it hard and the night time testing is taking its toll.

With regard to exercise and high bg then hopefully someone will be a long later to give you the specific guidelines on that, but for now, I think you did the right thing in not letting her swim. I would of done exactly the same as I would of probably wanted to ensure that her bloods were coming down before she went off and did anything.

With regard to high bloods making someone aggressive then I certainly think it can affect someone in this way, also low bloods can affect a person in this way too. We always test our children if they are acting a little more emotional than normal as this can often indicate low or high bloods in them.

Don't beat yourself up about having bgs outside the target range. There are so many things outside our control that can affect bg and the important thing to remember is you spotted it early and gave a correction immediately. Overtime as you become more of an accomplished pumper you will have everything more finely tuned, thereby reducing the number of readings outside your target range and your daughter will be able to carry on as usual.

leggott

hiya, my son gets very emotional when low and sometimes hes aggresive too but he can be physical pushing other people its frustrating but he doesnt appear to know what hes doing. was the 18 just after a meal for example our school goes to the pool at 9.30 and i would go along test dylan and he would be high but he would have enough insulin in his system to bring him down as the reading was his breakfast i would check ketones and if they werent present and they had enough insulin i would let them swim but u have to do what u feel comfortable with

anna marie

Hi!
Please keep with it – it will all be worth it I promise! At the beginning the pump is a lot of hard work and is totally exhausting. You almost need to ‘pencil out’ a whole month (if not longer) on your calendar. There will be times at the beginning when you want to throw the pump out the window! You need to do & re-do your fasting tests and get your basals right. My daughter (aged 5) got her pump last August and it was a really tough couple of months, but now we are at a stage where not only is our control of her diabetes so much better (Hba1c of 6.4) but life has become so much more ‘normal’ and so much more flexible.
Yes, being 18 just before exercise isn’t ideal and it can go 1 of 2 ways. The exercise can either bring her levels down as you would probably expect but yes, it can also go dangerously the other way. Unfortunately, it’s not really possible to know and so I think you made the right decision. I so feel for you – desperately wanting your daughter to swim with the rest of the class and not to be different, but it’s such early days and this kind of thing is to be expected. So was the swimming at 9:30/10? We have been battling with breakfast for ages. Most people are insulin resistant first thing in the morning. For a while we had really good control early & mid morning because we managed to get her to eat yoghurt, banana & granola for breakfast. This breakfast has carbs but it’s a different kind of carbs to toast/cereal. After a few months of this though she became, understandably, bored of this and we had to go back to cereal and/or toast. We now have set extremely high basal settings early morning to combat these carbs. This seems to be working but I am also experimenting in the kitchen with low carb breakfast muffins and bread (made from soya flour and coconut flour). Let me know if you want these recipes once I have perfected them. I have made progress with the muffins and they don’t give her the spike that normal bread does.
Anyway, I have waffled on too much! I hope some of this helps.
Keep strong, keep going, and you won’t regret it,
XX