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Type 1'stars R Us

Morning all! Like our @Robinredbreast I woke at a 2.8, so am sitting with a coffee waiting for it to come up. Had a bit of a hypo the last couple of mornings so will tweak the Omnibot a bit for then. I suppose it’s just (JUST! Who am I kidding? This is T1!) a case of matching the insulin delivery profile to my body’s needs... Had a lovely smooth line up until that point.

No idea what’s on the agenda today, husband had a nasty vertigo episode yesterday (he has them since almost dying of viral encephalitis a few years ago) while I was getting my puncture repaired, fell and faceplanted the wall. He’s now sporting a purple egg on his forehead which looks like I’ve hit him with a lump of 2x4... he was sick too, so I suspect a mild concussion.

Spent a quiet evening painting Omnipods last night, just need to varnish them. Currently sporting a metallic purple pod with a black filigree design :rolleyes::borg:
 
@helensaramay WOW! that sort of sounds exciting :confused::eek: at lest you sorted which is the main thing and your OK which is another plus.

Well I woke to a 12.3 :wideyed: which was a surprise, looks like I will have to re-access insulin intake for my favourite meal Chicken Kievs, baked spud and veg o_O ho hum.

Me and MrsK have just been out for a pub lunch with Dad, his birthday, plus my son and his GF, burger and chips, split insulin and so far all is going OK :)

On a side note I have some Apidra insulin, to pick up and try out. Should be interesting as this is first time in some 20+ years that I have moved from Novarapid. :writer:

On another side note, it now seems that now I have had this sensor in the back of my arm for just over 24hrs, Etch A Sketch is within a point of the bloods. Next time I might just stick it on and wait 24hrs for it to bed in as others do. Unless I stick back under the bicep :bookworm:
 
Sounds like a bit of nightmare Helensaramy, but bottom line you needed some peace an quiet to sort the situation. Glad you have it under control now. I always feel that with a pump there is a chance something could go wrong, whereas good old MDI, less likely. Good job you had some insulin for the pen.

Hope you get you pump soon as it will feel a bit strange I imagine, going back to MDI
 
helensaramay said:
That was fun - not!

Just out with the in-laws and my pump alarms.
I take a look at the screen, it tells me I have a delivery problem and the only way to clear the alarm is to remove the battery.
I borrow a 10p and start to unwind the cap. Unfortunately, it does not seem to be coming off. As I look closer (with the alarm still going), I notice the battery compartment is cracked which means it is not gripping the battery cap which is why it is going round and round and round but doing nothing.
Meanwhile, the in-laws (who have never seen my pump before and have no clue how it works ... or about diabetes, even though MIL has type 2) start offering advice.
By this time I am getting a tad stressed (not helped by the constant beeping from the pump) and realise the best course of action is to get out of there and sort it out alone in the peace and quiet of home.
But, the suggestions keep coming. Unfortunately, as I get more stressed, I am now struggling not to lose my temper.
I am offered a lift home but as MIL is on crutches (another long story), I decide it would be quicker for me to walk for 20 minutes so I decline. But that is not accepted and now we are arguing about whether I should walk or not.
In the end, I very rudely, stand up and state that I am leaving. I feel bad about behaving that way but I also know it is the quickest way to sort myself and pump out.

Once home, I dig out my pens and insulin from the fridge ... to the background sound of the ongoing pump alarm... remind myself how the pens work and how much insulin I need. Prime and inject.
Then I manage to get the battery cap off the pump and breath calmly as the alarm finally stops.

Just come off the phone with Animas who will send a replacement on Tuesday.
In the meantime, for the first time in two and a half years, I am back on MDI.
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Exciting in the worst possible way @Knikki! Sounds like a complete nightmare; there are very few things worse than being caught out by T1 in whatever way and being told by people who have no idea what's involved in managing it what you should do. Just leaving sounds like the sensible option to me, sounds like you've got it sorted now. Hope that the outlaws will appreciate that this was a medical emergency for you and accept you did what you had to.
 
hh1 said:
Exciting in the worst possible way @Knikki! Sounds like a complete nightmare; there are very few things worse than being caught out by T1 in whatever way and being told by people who have no idea what's involved in managing it what you should do. Just leaving sounds like the sensible option to me, sounds like you've got it sorted now. Hope that the outlaws will appreciate that this was a medical emergency for you and accept you did what you had to.
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Yes I am fully aware of "being caught out by T1" last time that happened the paramedic asked MrsK "are you next of kin?" and over the years I have had my fair share of people or relatives telling my how things could/should/would be done, which if you look at it one way is extremely annoying, but look at it another way they are just trying to help and are concerned for you :)

Also Helen also ticked the "like" icon so I do not think I upset her or was condescending to her :)
 
Knikki said:
Yes I am fully aware of "being caught out by T1" last time that happened the paramedic asked MrsK "are you next of kin?" and over the years I have had my fair share of people or relatives telling my how things could/should/would be done, which if you look at it one way is extremely annoying, but look at it another way they are just trying to help and are concerned for you :)

Also Helen also ticked the "like" icon so I do not think I upset her or was condescending to her :)
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@Knikki, sorry, no criticism implied or intended, should've added an :) or something - your posts often have me :hilarious:so I like your humour ;)
 
So, pumps definitely have their uses, then. Maybe there's a way of just testing the alarm, to get out of disastrous blind dates, away from irritating relatives, or a tedious bar conversation.

I'm thinking of just randomly waving my cgm screen at any of the above and saying, look, sorry, serious emergency here, gotta go, see ya...
 
I had a nice lunch in town ( went to M&S cafe, but no GF foods, so the girl said I could get a sandwich from the food hall and bring it up. I had Chicken and avocado, but you would need a magnifying glass to find the Avo lol, but it was nice anyway and a good natter with my friend, we were putting the world to right's :D Bought a Jelly mold from a charity shop, bric a brac half price...................so £1.13 and a pair of silver and gold earrings from Warren James. Chicken is cooking and after dinner, I will be watching the best Star War's film ever, from 1977, with Hans Solo, Chewy, C3PO, R2D2, Darth Vada,Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi, love it :happy::happy:
 
Afternoon all, sounds like we’ve all had fun... :rolleyes:

@helensaramay - I’d have done exactly the same in your position, tbh. I have a similar difference between my birth family who are so interdependent and my adoptive family who while I know they care deeply, have brought me up to take care of tunings for myself... I’ve yet to experience a pump alarm, but I’m sure it’ll happen at the worst possible moment. I can only imagine how stressful it is. Hope the MDI enforced pump break doesn’t cause you any extra stress.

@Cumberland - hope the hypos haven’t wiped you out too much. I hate them.

I’ve had a quiet afternoon pimping pods :borg:

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Mel dCP said:
Afternoon all, sounds like we’ve all had fun... :rolleyes:

@helensaramay - I’d have done exactly the same in your position, tbh. I have a similar difference between my birth family who are so interdependent and my adoptive family who while I know they care deeply, have brought me up to take care of tunings for myself... I’ve yet to experience a pump alarm, but I’m sure it’ll happen at the worst possible moment. I can only imagine how stressful it is. Hope the MDI enforced pump break doesn’t cause you any extra stress.

@Cumberland - hope the hypos haven’t wiped you out too much. I hate them.

I’ve had a quiet afternoon pimping pods :borg:

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Aren’t hypos a real pain in the butt Mel x
 
What I hate most about hypos is that once you treat them, well me anyway, I then start the steep climb ending up with BG of 10+ around a few hours later then you have to bring in down to normal levels. A never ending rollercoaster

On the plus side I get to eat some chocolate/sweets:)
 
I'm going to be the odd one out here as I don't mind Hypo's as I can control them relatively easily but they do on occasion catch me out.

Its Hyper's I hate, as I find them really hard to deal with but as I am swapping insulins next week we shall see what that does.
 
Mel dCP said:
Afternoon all, sounds like we’ve all had fun... :rolleyes:

@helensaramay - I’d have done exactly the same in your position, tbh. I have a similar difference between my birth family who are so interdependent and my adoptive family who while I know they care deeply, have brought me up to take care of tunings for myself... I’ve yet to experience a pump alarm, but I’m sure it’ll happen at the worst possible moment. I can only imagine how stressful it is. Hope the MDI enforced pump break doesn’t cause you any extra stress.

@Cumberland - hope the hypos haven’t wiped you out too much. I hate them.

I’ve had a quiet afternoon pimping pods :borg:

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Love the designs on the pods

I had a real good night. Etch-a-sketch looked like the Himalayas for a time, very rich food. Well worth the 6 correction doses lol. Woke to a 9, no breakfast as we had a Sunday roast. 2nd fav meal after Xmas dinner. Got a cheesecake to look forward to for tea...god knows how to bolus for it thou lol. Sitting on a 5.5 atm
 
smc4761 said:
What I hate most about hypos is that once you treat them, well me anyway, I then start the steep climb ending up with BG of 10+ around a few hours later then you have to bring in down to normal levels. A never ending rollercoaster

On the plus side I get to eat some chocolate/sweets:)
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If I remember correctly, you've recently started using libre?

First couple of weeks I was using it, it was mainly for spotting hypos before they happened, but I was still caught up in the old ways of it's a hypo so scoof a Twix, then high, rinse and repeat.

But after a few more weeks of using it, just through being able to see how things were moving on the graph, I started playing around with just one or two dextrotabs when I was getting to around 4.5 and was really surprised to see how much that tiny amount would nudge it up enough to level things off without ending up hyper.

I used to think, ok, it's T1, so these rollercoasters happen, it's what it is, but libre has been a bit of a revelation, so many ways to be more subtle with it.
 
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