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Originally Posted by Funnygrl  How often, exactly, are you testing now?
I'm not really a "believer" so to speak in brittle diabetes. I think some people have it harder when it comes to gaining control. I know of people who work way harder at control and still have wider fluctuations than I do. But usually brittle = noncompliant.
A CGMS isn't a replacement for fingersticks, and if you aren't willing to test frequently you shouldn't be on a pump either. |
Well from what I understand about the CGMS is that you only have to check your sugars with a finger stick when your sugars are seeming to high or registering to low.
To say someone shouldn't be on a pump if they are not testing frequently is totally not true, and a very dangerous statement. One day it may be your child or grandchild who cannot grasp dealing with diabetes at a time in thier life and according to you they will not deserve to have a pump to try and make their life better?
I know how I felt and how my sugars ran before I had the pump and I know how I am now that I am on the pump my sugars are one hundred percent better.
Perhaps your opinion of no such thing as a brittle diabetic is because you have never been one so to you they do not exist. Everything and anything I do affects my sugars especially my moods. You sound like a friend of mine who thinks everything in life is black and white simply because they have not had the problems that others have had in dealing with things.
When I am able I test about 4-6 times a day....I stay very busy and do let my family get infront of my diabetes but that is a habit I have not been able to break yet.
