Hi Everyone,
I'm usually loathe to post off topic threads, but I have a question for the Type 1 Diabetics, who use Insulin Pumps that may be among us.
Mum has been diabetic for 45 years and has seen a lot of changes in how things a treated over that time. With the advent of Humalog and Humalin during the 90's, Hypo's became a thing of semi regular occurance, but she could always tell when they were going to happen and eat before they got too bad.
6 years ago Mum got an automatic Insulin Pump which uses Humalog only and provides Insulin in tiny doses every 5 minutes or so and when she then eats, she adds a corresponding dose relative to the food she's eaten.
The downside to this, is that in the last 6 years, she's now had 4 Hypo's usually late in the day at work that have resulted in an ambulance being called. The last one was last night and she spent 2 hours unconscious vomiting in a toilet at work, and it was only by accident that anyone found her before they all went home. Ambulance was called. A huge dose of glucose later and other than smelling horrible and having violent tremors due to low body temp, they let me take her home.
My Question is, are there any other Insulin Pump users here, who have found that these days their Hypo's sneak up on them, rather than their being aware that they're coming? Mum is only 50 and according to her endocrinologist everything is well managed. The frequency of these bad attacks is low, but they are getting worse these days each time they occur.
Any feedback or thoughts is appreciated.
Cheers,
Nathan
I'm usually loathe to post off topic threads, but I have a question for the Type 1 Diabetics, who use Insulin Pumps that may be among us.
Mum has been diabetic for 45 years and has seen a lot of changes in how things a treated over that time. With the advent of Humalog and Humalin during the 90's, Hypo's became a thing of semi regular occurance, but she could always tell when they were going to happen and eat before they got too bad.
6 years ago Mum got an automatic Insulin Pump which uses Humalog only and provides Insulin in tiny doses every 5 minutes or so and when she then eats, she adds a corresponding dose relative to the food she's eaten.
The downside to this, is that in the last 6 years, she's now had 4 Hypo's usually late in the day at work that have resulted in an ambulance being called. The last one was last night and she spent 2 hours unconscious vomiting in a toilet at work, and it was only by accident that anyone found her before they all went home. Ambulance was called. A huge dose of glucose later and other than smelling horrible and having violent tremors due to low body temp, they let me take her home.
My Question is, are there any other Insulin Pump users here, who have found that these days their Hypo's sneak up on them, rather than their being aware that they're coming? Mum is only 50 and according to her endocrinologist everything is well managed. The frequency of these bad attacks is low, but they are getting worse these days each time they occur.
Any feedback or thoughts is appreciated.
Cheers,
Nathan
