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May

12 Hours To Go!

[2009]

Only about 12 hours to go before I get hooked up to the Animas 2020 insulin pump. It’s been a long wait – more than 2 months! Despite all the preparation and learning, I’ve still got a ways to go. I’m in for an awesome training session. But the real hard work begins after I’m hooked up.

I have no idea what my body is going to do on an insulin pump. Will I have better control? Will there be highs and lows? Will I be able to tweak my basals and figure out whether I need 2 or 10 different basals in 24 hours? It’s going to be a lot of work over the next few weeks, but something I’m more than prepared to do.

We have an 11am start, even though I am worried I won’t wake easily to get there on time. My getting to sleep problem is still hanging around. Que sera sera. I really can’t worry about all that tonight. I can survive on very little sleep. My only problem is waking up. So, I’ve got 2 alarms, my mobile phone and a phone-a-friend – someone’s going to call me to make sure I’m up. Of course, there’s always my husband who tries to wake me but is rarely successful. He’s generally sweet and gentle, and that’s the way he tries to wake me. As gorgeous as he is, I need something a little more loud.

So, I’ve got all my supplies ready. Only the insulin is still in the fridge. I’m about to make some food to take. Although there’s a fast-food shop of sorts on the hospital grounds, if I remember correctly, everything revolves around bread, which is too high carb for me. I’d rather have a normal lunch with me. Cheaper too.

So here we go. This is the last blog before I next report, attached to a pump.

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Diabetes Types

Type 1 Diabetes autoimmune
Type 2 Diabetes many forms of non-autoimmune diabetes in both thin and overweight people
LADA - Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood officially classified as Type 1, or Type 1.5, a slow onset form of T1
Gestational Diabetes onset in pregnancy, often disappears after birth
MODY at least 6 forms of gene mutation causing defects in insulin production
PCOS & Type 2 polycystic ovarian syndrome and T2 often go together
NDM neonatal diabetes mellitus
Type AB unofficial term T1 with insulin resistance
MIDD maternally inherited T2 with some deafness
FPLD children with unusual fat distribution at puberty who develop insulin-resistant diabetes that are one of the following: type A syndrome, leprechaunism, and Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome
TNDM babies needing insulin at birth but not later in infancy. May again develop diabetes later in childhod/adulthood, may not require insulin treatment.
Diabetes associated with Friedreich's ataxia, cystic fibrosis, and hemochromatosis.
KPD ketosis-prone diabetes (KPD) is a widespread, emerging, heterogeneous syndrome characterized by patients who present with diabetic ketoacidosis or unprovoked ketosis but do not necessarily have the typical phenotype of autoimmune type 1 diabetes.

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