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saline start TODAY

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Patricia

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Sorry I've been a bit absent here, missing it... busy times though.

E got started today on his saline trial, so is now asleep for the first time all connected up. Insulin starts next week.

It was fine. It was a little scary. He was very brave, and did it all himself. We love the bolus wizard, the cleverness of it.

It doesn't hurt as much as an injection, he says, though it does sting a little afterward for a few minutes.

The nifty screw on/screw off connector is mind-blowing: a twist, and you're disconnected for a bath (no tape or cap needed) or even swimming.

We can't believe it. I know it's not the be all and end all, and there's still carb counting and inexplicable numbers... But to be able to dial up fractions of units, to correct even for A BISCUIT eventually. Wow. No wonder numbers are just so much more in reach.

Exams start for him tomorrow. Ten days of them. He goes on insulin right in the middle, and we are testing him three times in the night and every two hours. He's a bright, bright, ambitious and competitive young man. We've warned the school. We had no choice over dates: now or next autumn. But things could be rough. We'll bite the bullet and get through.

Already though, there's a different kind of light about what might be possible. I can see it so much more clearly now. It's kind of amazing.

Feeling very lucky for the first time in a while...
 
Oh Patricia, I am so excited for you and your son! I so know how you feel! :D:D

We heard yesterday that my son is going to get a pump! so we are so excited! His saline trial went well a couple of weeks ago. My son will be fitted on 7th July as i asked to delay it until we were back from Spain as i didn't fancy starting on a pump whilst on holiday and overseas!

Please keep us posted on how it goes so we can compare notes!

I will be thinking of you both, wishing you good luck with the pump and your son's exams.

Like you, I think the bolus wizard is amazing! Let's hope the pumps make a positive difference to our wonderful, bright and brave boys!

Keep smiling! It is good to feel good isn't it! 🙂🙂
 
Great news Patricia, Im so happy for you both.

Very brave starting in the middle of exams but I am sure you both will cope and do well. Will be interested to hear again next next week if you get the time to post how starting live on insulin goes. Im hanging on your every word!!

Lots and lots of love and best wishes, Lou xx
 
Thank you so much! Jealous about your new Medtronic though Sugarbum -- again, we decided not to wait, though we discovered this coming down the line... You must fill us in!

Problem this morning (minor) trying to figure out where to hook the pump -- uh, onto trousers that are already halfway down...the weight of the pump has an interesting but embarrassing effect...

Mand -- such good news about your son, too. Brilliant. I tell you what -- we're so relieved. When he did the first quick set yesterday, I was so proud of him -- he did it in front of an older teenage girl, too -- but also just so pleased that all the hard work we'd put in was coming good. Felt quite tearful for a minute!
 
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