tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post1573545560984517218..comments2024-01-22T00:46:35.341-08:00Comments on Our Diabetic Life: Overriding. La! La! La!Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09752883120541646427noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-25662680469593764782014-01-06T12:59:46.488-08:002014-01-06T12:59:46.488-08:00I am thinking for two, and my brain is swollen. Y...I am thinking for two, and my brain is swollen. Yours must be bursting at the seams. I, too, take not only the carbs consumed into consideration but current blood sugar, what the carbs are, and current and past exercise. My boys are 9, and I'm trying to get them to start thinking about it, adding stuff up. It's complicated. Unless you live the life, you just don't understand HOW complicated. I've told people I don't have sitters because it would take too much work just to orient them to Diabetes! As you said, I hope it's not as hard for them since they're only thinking for themselves.Rhonda Fuselierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243660812067051127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-50730566609236376422014-01-06T10:44:37.912-08:002014-01-06T10:44:37.912-08:00Oh my--I do the exact same thing. I could have wr...Oh my--I do the exact same thing. I could have written this blog. You're an awesome mom and your boys are lucky to have you!<br />:)<br />~Marcie <br />MomOfType1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13885021634669842497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-67123990446314525322014-01-06T08:26:18.855-08:002014-01-06T08:26:18.855-08:00I just found your blog through a new friend I have...I just found your blog through a new friend I have made while working on a fundraising compaign for my 5 year old son to have and keep an insulin pump. I have lived in Costa Rica for 17 years and have had no contact with other T1D families so have felt very isolated and alone at times. You have no idea how incredible it is to hear that our experiences are shared by so many others and that there are lots of people out there who know our challenges and speak the same "language." Thank you so much for your blog, it is enormously inspirational and a true Blessing! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715861020807583126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-9864855276485483172014-01-05T23:59:25.712-08:002014-01-05T23:59:25.712-08:00HA! Override queen here...the worst part is when ...HA! Override queen here...the worst part is when I forget to share my new creative math skills with TJ and on a weekend he gives insulin for said banana, but instead of giving the 10 carbs as I have been (for example) he'll give the 24 that he measured it to be and I only figure it out after I find Isaac's BG to be plummeting into the 40's. Obviously I need to stop believing that my awesome ways are just getting passed to my husband through mental telepathy and need to start communicating or start changing pump settings ;) Sounds like a lot of work though?! I keep wondering if we need to do the whole multiple patterns for basal settings for weekends/week days...but again sounds like a lot of work! Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210820513382353417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-76402043979447594582014-01-04T17:31:59.821-08:002014-01-04T17:31:59.821-08:00I'm an over-rider, too. I don't think I d...I'm an over-rider, too. I don't think I do it a lot, a lot...but, then again, maybe I do. <br />Should totally do some ratio tweaking so there's more the pump does and less I do! :)Denise aka Mom of Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726979027850619807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-88867315096119055772014-01-04T12:19:33.961-08:002014-01-04T12:19:33.961-08:00But if we don't override how will we know what...But if we don't override how will we know what settings to change (eventually)?!<br /><br />Eventually...Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834565473474357037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-40334153474988191692014-01-04T10:13:35.046-08:002014-01-04T10:13:35.046-08:00Was referred to your blog from an IG friend. Wow. ...Was referred to your blog from an IG friend. Wow. Just, wow. Our life was turned upside down just three weeks ago when our 4 year old went into ketoacidosis. We've been struggling to find our new normal and adjust to our new life with a T1D child. You sound like super mom. Thank you for your words of encouragement and inspiration. -Maggie Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746480785125364024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-22457559566392354192014-01-03T18:20:15.561-08:002014-01-03T18:20:15.561-08:00I'm am adult (T1 37 years) and I constantly ov...I'm am adult (T1 37 years) and I constantly override my pump settings. I also do multiple small corrections daily. So are my pump settings terrible? I don't think so. I think that we just don't have the tools to be perfect. I often wonder if these multiple adjustments make a substantial difference in my overall health. But for those of us wired to always try hard, how can we attempt to not always try to do our best? Your boys are doing great and you have to give yourself some of the credit. So how can you start slacking off without feelings of guilt? How can we live with ourselves if what we do doesn't make a difference? Hard questions with no definite answers....Laddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02212090322026085867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-5542756146450033572014-01-03T16:42:27.477-08:002014-01-03T16:42:27.477-08:00Oh I have one word for all of this.... GRAY!!!!!! ...Oh I have one word for all of this.... GRAY!!!!!! It is so not black and white..... To me carb counting is so hard.... and we have had horrible wake up numbers all during Xmas break.....i will admit there has been nibbling going especially by my 10 year old daughter but i just upped her nighttime basal numbers.....what a pain.<br />Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021063639716503930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-29230298865971605192014-01-03T12:56:33.621-08:002014-01-03T12:56:33.621-08:00Same-same! It drives me nuts, but I do it anyway! ...Same-same! It drives me nuts, but I do it anyway! Lately for lunch and dinner we've been only bolusing for 50% up front and the rest over three hours. Why? Because it works. It tells me that somewhere, something is wrong, but if I try and fix it, it gets worse! My creative fix is working, so we'll just stick with it.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030783893373288244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248101319829846491.post-14052899037033254112014-01-03T12:27:36.128-08:002014-01-03T12:27:36.128-08:00Im an over rider most of the time too Meri! I thin...Im an over rider most of the time too Meri! I think its simply because we know as soon as we actually change a pump setting, we may be out for MORE chasing numbers if we "trust" the pump settings themselves instead letting our brain adjust to the days carbs, highs, lows and random events! Can you imagine how EASY it would be if all we had to do was bolus without thinking? -Sigh- Maybe one day. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17009502794324247532noreply@blogger.com