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Jan 26, 2008 12:00AM in the Diabetes - Juvenile Community
Hi all, Our 15 year old son is having a hard time for the past 3 days or so to lower his Blood Sugar (he's between 9.5 and 13 mmols). He is on Pump therapy using Humalog insulin. We're doing everything we were told to do (correction boluses, set changes, ratio adjustments, basal adjustments, etc...) but his BG won't go lower... We have heard that Growth Horm...
Aug 03, 2007 12:00AM in the Diabetes - Juvenile Community
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Aug 02, 2007 12:00AM in the Diabetes - Juvenile Community
Hi, My son is Type I. He's 14. For the past 8-9 days he's switched from the needle to the Pen system. Doctors are trying to figure out his ratio. He's also very active, training for speedskating - summer is dryland speedskating training. Lately, he's been complaining about sore knees but most importantly at times about having no control of his knees when he ...
Jul 31, 2007 12:00AM in the Diabetes - Juvenile Community
Thanks! I called the company (http://www.abbottdiabetescare.ca/FreeStyleTechnology/index.aspx) support line and they could'nt help me either. The person I talked to could only tell me that it makes a difference, but not of how much of a difference. Here's a proposal... I am assuming that the reaction happening in the strips must be tested on batches prod...
Jul 31, 2007 12:00AM in the Diabetes - Juvenile Community
Thanks! I called the company (http://www.abbottdiabetescare.ca/FreeStyleTechnology/index.aspx) support line and they could'nt help me either. The person I talked to could only tell me that it makes a difference, but not of how much of a difference. Here's a proposal... I am assuming that the reaction happening in the strips must be tested on batches prod...
Jul 31, 2007 12:00AM in the Diabetes - Juvenile Community
Thank you for your comment. I appreciate it very much. Part of my question was also of the nature of: "how much OFF will be the measurement if my code is not correct". That is to say, what is the actual variation - for example, if I would have had the right code (17) instead of 25, would my son's reading be much different? This morning he had a low at 2.9,...