jimjack on 16/11/2006 at 19:26

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This is also a break through for anyone who is a one as well! I've been an insulin dependent type 1 diabetic since I was nine. It doesn't run in my ifamily though I know of some type 2 older relative. When I was diagnosed my blood sugar was 500ng and I was doing all sorts of daft stuff like passing out and acting offr. I currently aim for less than 150ng/d. Two years ago I was pissing away muscle and fat and lost about twenty pounds. THe weightt has come back afte that was sorted out. Diabetes sucks. It can cause blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and you can lose limbs. I've been checking my blood sugar five to ten times a day it still frigging hurts for the past five years. Ive got callouses on my fingers and have given myself shots four to five times a day. I use an epi pen at school and have to stoat off to the nurses office an hour before lunch that sucks. I shoot so well I could put a junkie to envy. A year ago I got an insulin pump a minimed 508..it looks like a pager with a tube out of it and it delivers the insulin but it would vibrate and has a remote control and it also looked like a pager. But there are no pumps that can detect blood sugar. It cost around 6000 american. Theres this small needle that I have to stick into my side, move it around a bit and now the tube and needle were there for all the time. I kept the pump with me 24 hours a day which sucked as I was playing football and worrying about it. I could remove it for a few minutes at a time for a quick bath or a leap in some water. I was on a clinical triial but went off it when I came to Canada. Anyway last week I got a new pump the Meditronic Paradigm 512..i love the titles.. insulator pump with a WIRELESS blood sugar meter..sweet, its fucking awesome. its like an ipod even.
I check blood sugar on this meter and it immediately transmits that reading to the pump with serial numbers from registration and encryption as a first set up step. So it has all my details, insulin sensitivity, type of insulin carb and insulin ratio etc
The wizard keep track of my blood sugar and active insulin. I count my carbs and enter it..it makes a suggestion as to how many units of insulin to take and I have to make a f inal ok and adjustment for "legal reasons"

It works great.. i went to see a movie (Borat) and I had an ENTIRE bag of peanut butter M&Ms and perfect blood sugar after. After seven yearsof not having them this is almost orgasmic. The pump and meter are rocking and coolest thing to happen to my diabetes. I still have to eat right but..Any type one diabetics here should look into this (!)if you havent already its a freaking break through. Am quite psyced by this i just had to share :thumb: even if there arent any diabetics here this has me too stoked. lol also you get a nice bit of 224 k bling ..a medic alert necklace.

Vigil on 16/11/2006 at 19:37

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god damn this is the best thread title ever

anyway congratulations on your augmentation

pavlovscat on 16/11/2006 at 19:40

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I don't know if you've seen (http://www2.tulane.edu/article_news_details.cfm?ArticleID=6928) this article, but Tulane University in my old hometown is making progress in beating type 2 diabetes. Maybe this will lead them on to something for type 1. I have several family members with type 2, but only one with type 1. I'll tell her about the insulin pump.

Fingernail on 16/11/2006 at 19:58

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WOOT :D

Gorgonseye on 16/11/2006 at 20:55

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Hmmm....insulin pump huh? Well, since diabetes supposedly runs through the family, I might end up needing one in the future, but, if I'm lucky I won't. Regardless, cheers to you JimJack and the wonders of science!