New to forum; new to pumping

[Rose Hoover]

I have been lurking for a few months and feel grateful for all the information I have learned. Thank you. The people on this board provide support and when they don't know it. I lost 35 pounds in 4 months and was misdiagnosed in 2003 as Type 2 by my PCP. After a year of oral meds and high levels, I went to an endo and one simple antibody test later, I was correctly diagnosed as Type 1 and have been on an insulin pump for a little over a month with much better control and levels.

I was curious in reading these boards whether there are any recent surveys that have been done. Because I do not know any other pumpers (or diabetics), I would be interested in seeing how I compare - things like type of pump; average basal; average bolus; novalog or humalog; etc. If you know of any surveys out there, please let me know.

[PepsiLvr]

Hello ande Welcome! As you have seen by looking around here, this is one of the best forums for diabetiscs in existance. :=

Good Question!

First, I understand your situation, I was misdiagnosed for 1-2 months before I went to an endo on my own and was properly dxd as type 1 (I can't imagine a year). It was so frustrating because here I am thinking I'm type 2 and eating as few as 10 carbs would make my sugar skyrocket. I could barely eat anything.

I do not know of any surveys, everyone is different, but I guess there would be some sort of "normal range" for basil and bolus. I can tell you that I have a MiniMed 712 pump with a Basal of 0.6, Bolus set at 1:15 with a sensitivity of 38, using Novolog. My "target" is set at 100.

Maybe if everyone "chimes in" we can get a better idea of what most people have.

[Rose Hoover]

Thanks for the info. If anyone else finds a survey like this of interest I would rather members tell me what questions they would like to see on it. I am willing to compose the survey, post it, then compile all the results in one place and post those. If there is no interest, that is okay also - I will keep lurking and learning. I love this site!

[HeatherP]

Hi Rose, and welcome! I'm on MDI, but wanted to say hello!

HeatherP

[Shalyndria]

Hello Rose, and welcome to the Forums! I'm so glad you found us, and that we were able to help in any capacity. I look forward to reading your future posts, and am sure you'll continue to enjoy it here :)

An option you may like to look at for comparing yourself to others is to do a search regarding TDD, basal rates, CHO ratios, etc using the Forums search engine. Although I don't like to compare myself to 'standards' since I detest the idea of "normal" and never conform, I think your idea has merit and would be willing to participate.

Happy posting!
Shy

[Belinda]

Welcome to the forums. I would be willing to take the survey as well. I have a 507C pump and will be upgrading in the near future. My doc is gathering info for me and he knows that I am not in a big hurry so he is waiting for me to say order me a new one. Glad you found some info and look forward to seeing your post.

[koblenz]

Hello Rose and welcome.

Don't feel bad about lurking, I did it for a while as well... I was afraid I would sound like an idiot :stupid: for posting stupid or basic questions. The folks here have been great.

I am about to start on a pump in a few months and would love such a survey/results. If you need any help, let me know.

[Rose Hoover]

Thanks KO. I think you will love the pump when you get it. I do. I haven't had this many normal bg readings in well over a year. Best of all I haven't had a hypo episode in about two weeks. The lantus was reeking havoc for me. The survey idea didn't get too many votes but I will probably do it anyway.

[koblenz]

You might try something like SurveyMonkey (http://www.surveymonkey.com). You can have like 10 questions per survey... FYI...

[Dewey]

Hi Rose, and welcome to the family! :)

Glad to see a new friend, and hope to "see" ya around more often! :D

Dewey

[Littlebit63_99]

Hi Rose, and welcome to the forum. I have a pump and would be more than willing to participate in a survey.

Welcome,

Take care all,
Liz

[Rose Hoover]

Thanks. I am working on questions and will probably post soon in the pumpers section.