It is not a day we celebrate, but a day we use to reflect.
This is what the past 6 years looked like through the story of numbers.
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Today is SIX years since Mr T was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes . It is not a day we celebrate, but a day we use to reflect. This is what the past 6 years looked like through the story of numbers.
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On a regular day everything goes as usual: tests, numbers, food, more numbers, insulin, more numbers…. and the numbers vary, as they do, when you have diabetes, but that is OK. No major drama. Then you forget to re-connect the pump when you get into your pajamas…. A few hours later – the NUMBERS HAVE GONE MAD ! You too….. And that is what happened the other night.
Some of you might be asking how could I even consider a pure sugar Fairy Floss treat for my diabetic child. Well, as I said before, we follow a child first, diabetes second - mantra, without compromising daily diabetes management. That means I always ask myself, would I give him this, or would I let him do that if he did not have diabetes ? If answer is yes, then I proceed with it and follow it with diabetes management tools to assure the best possible glucose control. That was the case with Fairy Floss too. If Mr T did not have diabetes YES I would allow him to try it at the fete. I would not make it a daily treat even if he did not have diabetes. Besides, any child who eats and enjoys broccoli like he does,
deserves a treat now and then. I just tested Mr T’s blood Glucose [BG] and the result surprised me. I did not expect that: high, very high! My first reaction, of course, angry: WHY ? Then I move in to action mode. There is no other option: I have to add some more insulin, BG will not go down by itself in the case of diabetes 1. The water, no matter how much you drink it will not bring it down to the desired level, without additional insulin. I will add the corrective dose of insulin, but I MUST find out WHY is it so HIGH? I put on my detective badge [I always dreamt about becoming a detective] and I line up the usual suspects: No 1: HUMAN ERROR No 2: EQUIPMENT FAILURE No 3: BIOLOGICAL SABOTEUR No 4: FORCE MAJEURE So far, Mr T has tried out many different sports, but he is still looking for his favorite one to stick with it. I just thought it would be interesting to write it all down and see how the pump fitted, physically, into each activity. I’ll also use this list to document to Mr T that he has had enough trials so far. It is time for him to decide which sport he is going to take up – seriously! Just to put the things into perspective, Mr T is using ANIMAS 2020 insulin pump. The pump is water-proofed at 12 feet (around 3.5 m), over up to 24 hours. Mr T has always been a very agile, ever-so-on-the-move child: climbing under and on top of things, jungle gyms, trees. Anything. The activity was always welcomed in our family, more so since he was diagnosed with diabetes at age of 3. We soon noticed that the activity improves absorption and effectiveness of insulin. For the first 3 years after the diagnosis, Mr T was on multiple daily injections of insulin’s. We used pens. He therefore had nothing permanently attached to his body and was free to move, run and climb without a worry of damaging the pump or catching the line and pulling the infusion set off.
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