I'm eager to know how the changes go for you Bev -- and please don't beat yourself up about all this! Goodness knows you are going at it with all you've got....Sometimes another set of eyes just suddenly makes things click. Give yourself a break and don't worry about it. A himself will have to face all this in time, and he (and my E) are bound at times not to get it 'right' or 'see it' at first. This is just the nature of it. We shouldn't expect too much more of ourselves!
E's numbers have been high because of a heavy cold -- the strange thing is, they weren't high for the first two days, but then suddenly rocketed... So we have two days of really fighting him down from the numbers in the teens -- a whole range of temp basals, mixed with lots of correcting....Been a bit exhausting! Finally he does seem to be coming down though: last night was only on 120% all night. Started at 9mmols, woke up at 8mmols. So getting there. Yesterday was on 200% all day! PLUS corrections! We marched through a whole reservoir one day early...
The great thing about the pump though is that it IS possible, we know it is, as long as you keep just plugging away. I think next time we will not be so hesitant about whacking great temp basals...our fear is that it will plunge him into hypos of course, and then we'll be in even worse shape by bouncing all over, but this didn't happen. He did of course become progressively more insulin resistant, so it really took some whollops of units to 'break through' with any consistency.
We discovered the obvious I guess: as long as you keep testing, you will catch any drops as they are going, not when they've already happened. And it doesn't take long to reduce the insulin going in... We were just a bit nervous, as 200% seemed a lot!
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Bev, I take my hat off to you. You must be extraordinarily strong. I mean, an absolute rock. Three children, all with different needs, and the added complication of the necessity of making decisions about things which can never have set outcomes or guidelines. These are HUGE pressures, coming from all sides. I really hope you are having some help, especially practically. You have a lot of things taking up head space. A lot. I for one am completely and utterly dependent on bouncing ideas and thoughts off of my OH when it comes to diabetes care -- and everything else. I think I would collapse otherwise. Certainly I would not be able to do what I do if it weren't for us working together in all circumstances.
So I take my hat off. Your support for others is invaluable. I'm glad that at times we are able to support you too. There must be times when you are exhausted down to your bones, and when your head is just plain empty! And no wonder.
For now,
xxoo
E's numbers have been high because of a heavy cold -- the strange thing is, they weren't high for the first two days, but then suddenly rocketed... So we have two days of really fighting him down from the numbers in the teens -- a whole range of temp basals, mixed with lots of correcting....Been a bit exhausting! Finally he does seem to be coming down though: last night was only on 120% all night. Started at 9mmols, woke up at 8mmols. So getting there. Yesterday was on 200% all day! PLUS corrections! We marched through a whole reservoir one day early...
The great thing about the pump though is that it IS possible, we know it is, as long as you keep just plugging away. I think next time we will not be so hesitant about whacking great temp basals...our fear is that it will plunge him into hypos of course, and then we'll be in even worse shape by bouncing all over, but this didn't happen. He did of course become progressively more insulin resistant, so it really took some whollops of units to 'break through' with any consistency.
We discovered the obvious I guess: as long as you keep testing, you will catch any drops as they are going, not when they've already happened. And it doesn't take long to reduce the insulin going in... We were just a bit nervous, as 200% seemed a lot!
***
Bev, I take my hat off to you. You must be extraordinarily strong. I mean, an absolute rock. Three children, all with different needs, and the added complication of the necessity of making decisions about things which can never have set outcomes or guidelines. These are HUGE pressures, coming from all sides. I really hope you are having some help, especially practically. You have a lot of things taking up head space. A lot. I for one am completely and utterly dependent on bouncing ideas and thoughts off of my OH when it comes to diabetes care -- and everything else. I think I would collapse otherwise. Certainly I would not be able to do what I do if it weren't for us working together in all circumstances.
So I take my hat off. Your support for others is invaluable. I'm glad that at times we are able to support you too. There must be times when you are exhausted down to your bones, and when your head is just plain empty! And no wonder.
For now,
xxoo
