[JJJ]

Originally Posted by gja1000

Well, I figured out what is wrong with Gary's blood sugar. We saw the diabetes doctor and nurse today. The nurse adjusted his insulin pump because, as I mentioned earlier his blood sugar has been running too high. He is supposed to be getting 1 unit of insulin for every 7 grams of carbs he eats.

So, tonight he had a pancake, with peanut butter and syrup. I measured it out and it was 100 grams of carbs. So, by hand calculations he should have gotten 14.2 units of insulin. But when I put the carbs into his pump, I noticed it delivered 11.11 units of insulin. I thought, "Hmmm, that's not right". Sure enough it wasnt' right. The pump says it is set on 1:7, but it delivered 1:9 (one unit of insulin for every 9 grams of carbs). For the last 3 months we thought it was delivering 1 unit of insulin for every 8 grams of carbs. We lowered it from 1:9 3 months ago - but I guess it never changed!!! That's what you get for relying on a machine and not doing the calculations yourself!!!

So, this is what is wrong with Gary's blood sugar - the pump is delivering the wrong dosage and has been delivering the wrong dosage for the past 3 months. I called the nurse and left a message on her phone to call Gary tomorrow. I hope she can check the pump and see if it can be set correctly. If not, he'll have to get a new pump because this one is out of warranty. Sigh. One more thing to hassle with!

So sorry to hear that. But atleast you got to the bottom of the issue. He better be glad he has such a smart women on his side. (I'm sure he feels very lucky)