I'm a pumper

[sassycat]

I'm a pumper of 4 years now and a diabetic of 7 years. I'm happy to answer any questions that someone has about.....well about anything. I love to educate about Diabetes and am in fact majoring in dietetics at WSU to become a dietitain and Diabetes Educator. so please feel free to contact me with any and all questions.

[Tony]

Welcome to Diabetesforums.

majoring in dietetics at WSU to become a dietitain and Diabetes Educator. That's good how many years do you have to go for that?


I have been on a pump for 2 1/2 years. Gina has been after me, so I have been tring to get my bgs in better control. she is a member here too. My last a1c was 8.9 i'm due again in nov. tring to lower that but i don't know if it is going to much lower.

[sassycat]

Hey Tony
The program i'm in is a five year coordinated program. it is great. My A1C was 8.5 i think. I'm not sure though. 8.9 is a little high but it's better than 10.3, i've been that high and I have some friends that have been 14.something. well feel free to add me to your buddy list if you want to talk more.

[Cront]

Hi Sassy...

Maybe you can help me here. I've been on the MM 508 since 2/02 and I love it! My last A1C was 5.5! I never though **I** could do that. Anyway, my problem comes when changing infusion sets. I dread doing it, because 1 out of 3 changes goes bad. I must hit a blood vessel or something, but I don't know it until it's too late and BG is 400+. And when I get to where I can pull it out, it's like I struck oil..except it's blood and A LOT of it! I normally use my abdomen. My question is: is there any other sites that would work as well? I tried my inner thigh once since that's is where i use to give alot of my shots, and i woke up in the middle of the night one night and my BG was well over 500. That certainly didn't seem to work for me. Would love to hear your (and anyone else for that matter) thoughts on all of this. Thanks!!

~Cront

[sassycat]

Hey Cront,
Actually the inner thigh is a great place as long as you know where to go. YOu can't very well put it on top of the thigh because there is too much muscle. but you don't want to go inside too far becasue then it rubs with your clothes and other thigh. if you look at you thigh with jeans on put your index finger on the inside seam and your thumb about the top of the thigh. right around the bas of your thumb is an ideal spot. then there is also the butt. hopefully i helped you.