Gary's blood sugar

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by judy

Men!!! Diabetes are so hard to regulate sometimes. How about one of those pumps?

Judy, Gary HAS one of those pumps and it works GREAT - we love it. But, right now it needs to be adjusted. I probably could do it myself, but I am so scared of doing something wrong with it. We go to see the doc next Monday, so we'll get it adjusted then.

Paula, Betsi and I have said that very thing - our husbands must have been separated at birth! LOL! Both of them have very bad genes, and if not for us, they likely would not be here now!

[Blueyes]

They are twins... Twin pains, lol!! Not really Most of the time I feel really bad for Mike, but sometimes the stress and responsibility of it all really gets to me. I know Gayle feels the same way

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by Blueyes

They are twins... Twin pains, lol!! Not really Most of the time I feel really bad for Mike, but sometimes the stress and responsibility of it all really gets to me. I know Gayle feels the same way

Oh you so hit the nail on the head, Betsi. I'm so sad that all of this has happened to Gary - he is such a good person, he's never been overweight, he worked a manual job so he got plenty of exercise, never smoked, never drank or did drugs. He's very laid back and never gets stressed out - yet he has heart failure, kidney failure, lung failure, diabetes, and a few other ailments. It just doesn't seem fair - but that's what you get when you have bad genes.

Now, all that said, it IS completely overwhelming sometimes - and I wish that they would use some common sense sometimes!!!

[lynne b]

I so feel for both you (Gayle) and Betsi, I know it has to be so stressful for both of you. At least i do get a break from mom, Gayle I'm sure you remember what i was going through with mom, you helped me out so much on those late nights that i sat up crying in front of the computer wondering what i was going to do with her.
And now Janet and i cry on each others shoulders whenever there are problems with our mom's. It's so nice to know that we are not alone at these times.

Thanks for such a nice place to come to when we are in need.

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by lynne b

I'm sure you remember what i was going through with mom, you helped me out so much on those late nights that i sat up crying in front of the computer wondering what i was going to do with her.

Oh Lynne, it makes me feel so good to know that your mom is doing so much better. I just knew something was not right when you started talking about her symptoms. I'm just glad that I could help - wish I were closer to both you and Janet!

[JJJ]

I hope everything turns out well for both of you.

[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!