My insulin Log

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1. 
   ukiebaby

   so wait, what happens if i have it off for more than an hour? lets say i need to wear a dress to some event that lasts for 3 hours? whats going to happen to me if i take it off for all that time, but im not eating anything? shouldnt my glucose level stay the same?

   November 15, 2009 11:00 am | #1
2. 
   tudiabetes

   In that case, perhaps you could give yourself shots every hour until you can reconnect again. What you should make sure is to not be without any insulin for 3 hours: your BG levels could go very high because the only insulin you are working with is fast acting insulin from the pump.When you have T1 and ONLY do shots, the treatment involves the use of long acting (for basal insulin) and fast acting insulin (for boluses) shots. With the pump the basal insulin also comes from fast acting insulin.

   November 15, 2009 11:50 am | #2
3. 
   ukiebaby

   so its guaranteed to go high even if im not eating for those hours? i have a feeling i’m going to have a sugar low if i use unsulin from a pen if im not taking in carbs…and i wont be around any food in order to correct the low during the event.

   November 15, 2009 12:31 pm | #3
4. 
   tudiabetes

   Although you may not be eating anything during those 3 hours, BG will likely go up because you will not have ANY basal insulin in your system whatsoever.If you give yourself shots during those three hours, you need to give yourself exactly as much insulin as the pump would give you for your basal rate. You are not bolusing per se, but rather simulating your basal insulin. Does that make more sense?In any case, always have glucose tablets handy to treat lows when/if they happen.

   November 15, 2009 12:33 pm | #4
5. 
   ukiebaby

   thanks for replying so soon =)ive never had an insulin pump and im just deciding whether to get one… but when you say that i need to use the same amount that the pump would normally give me…is that displayed on the screen for me? (so i would know how much it gives me every hour so that i could do the same without it…) thanks =)

   November 15, 2009 1:15 pm | #5
6. 
   darajeanne

   Or you can modify your dresses to be able to wear your pump while wearing a dress, that’s what I have done. Make a teeny tiny hold in the waist band to string the tubing through and tie a fabric belt around the waist of the dress to hold the pump. Works for me!

   November 15, 2009 2:02 pm | #6
7. 
   TwistedSinner

   I just lay my pump down next to me in bed and that’s it. I can’t tell you how many time I’ve woken up with the tubing wrapped around my waist. I’ve only pulled a set out once.

   November 15, 2009 2:20 pm | #7
8. 
   whatever1210

   i have a pump that can get wet in the shower and all that stuff. so i can either take it off or wear it in the pool.

   November 15, 2009 2:40 pm | #8
9. 
   pumper8415

   ***I wear a paradigm pump and cut a small hole in the top, inside of both pockets of all the pants I wear. I make it big enough so the round part of the infusion set can fit through. So, I put the pump in my pocket and pull the round tubing part through the hole and attach it to my stomach. The extra just sits in my pocket or hangs inside of my pants. No one ever sees the pump or the tubing. And, no one has ever commented on the holes.***

   November 15, 2009 3:35 pm | #9
10. 
    tudiabetes

    I use the quickset. I normally don’t bleed (very rare) when I take it off, unless I happened to hit a vessel. If this is the case, the bleeding is the least of the problems because when that happens the BG values are also all over the place.BTW, make sure to join TuDiabetes dot com, if you haven’t done it. We’re close to 1,000 members from all over the world, with hundreds of pumpers among us.

    November 15, 2009 4:27 pm | #10