Daughter 7 moved on to solo pump

[Bronco Billy]

Hi @Harpersmum, welcome to the forum.

We do pump changes for our two in the evening. It’s not so much to do with consistency of the timing, but because it means we will know if there is a problem, e.g. the cannula doesn’t insert properly, while they are with us and not at school/college. The set can take time to settle, hence the highs. What you could try is putting the new cannula in without any tubing to give it time to settle in for an hour or so, and leave the old cannula and tubing in during this time.

It’s possible your daughter is still in the ‘honeymoon’ period given the swings. If she does go high after a hypo, try not correcting the high. It may come down on its own as the correction of a hypo can sometimes cause a temporary spike.
Having a snack before exercise is a good idea as the carbs can be needed to compensate for the glucose the body will use during the exercise. There are other tricks for managing BGs as well, but I don’t want to overload you with information.
Diabetes likes routine. Her body will have got used to everything school related, then the weekend comes and that routine changes. She is likely to be more active on school days, which causes the body to react differently. Physical activity makes insulin act more efficiently, keeping the BGs lower. We used to have a different basal rate at weekends, although we don’t anymore.

You’re not ignorant, you’re on the steepest learning curve you will ever be on. Even if you don’t realise it, you are becoming more knowledgeable and experienced every day. It won’t seem possible now, but the day will come when it’s all so normal, you don’t realise what you are doing, it’s just a part of your life.

Bu the way, there’s no such thing as a silly question. 🙂

 

[trophywench]

@Bronco Billy - she can't do a cannula change separately, the Solo is a type of 'Patch' pump. That's why I was asking how you prime it - which I don't know as mine have always been tubed pumps - cos if you go high after changing it, to me that would indicate you aren't getting any insulin at all for far too long at a time - and there has just GOT to be a way of not causing that, hasn't there?

 

[Docb]

Hi @Harpersmum. I tend to keep out of the T1 stuff, even the novices know more about it than I will ever know but I do know a bit about dealing with what others think! You need to remember that mostly they are trying to help but are useless at it. Almost certainly it does not occur to them that they are going about it the wrong way and have no idea that their approach can be upsetting.

You have to remember that they know only a tiny part of the story. You, your daughter and the team helping you are the only people who have all the information and are able to make a proper assessment. So smile sweetly, thank them for their concern and then get on with the great job you are doing.