Boomer
07-14-2008, 02:11 AM
I just saw diabetes mentioned over in the thread that is going on about pedicures. The post had to do with diabetics needing to take good care of their feet. I thought I would start a new thread here in the Medical Forum on the topic of diabetes.
Here is why:
My husband has two close relatives who are Type I diabetics. Both are hovering around age 60. They were diagnosed as young children.
Each of them now has an insulin pump. It seems like it has been maybe 3 years since they got them. Not sure.
The first relative to get one told my husband that she did not know how bad she felt until she felt so good. She has always taken excellent care of herself, but this :edit: disease can take its toll.
The second relative had heard about the insulin pump, but that was as far as it went. My husband put his two relatives into a conference call with him and said, "Now, talk." And they did.
The second relative decided to get an insulin pump, too. His wife said, "It has been life changing. He feels so much better."
I ended up in a conversation about this topic at a recent party. There was a woman there whose daughter, age 30, Type I, was thinking seriously about getting an insulin pump. I told her that I knew two people who were really happy they had done so, but I did not know if that was most often the case.
We have a friend who is a Type II who is starting to have some real difficulties with managing the insulin. He is looking into a pump, too. It seems like insurance companies can try to make a Type II jump through even more hoops to get it covered.
Anyway, when I saw the topic come up over in the other thread, I thought about this forum. That's really all I have to say here. I am but the messenger. But I know that diabetics or those close to them can often be very supportive with an exchange of information.
So I thought I would put the topic of the insulin pump out there along with the general topic of diabetes.
Boomer
Here is why:
My husband has two close relatives who are Type I diabetics. Both are hovering around age 60. They were diagnosed as young children.
Each of them now has an insulin pump. It seems like it has been maybe 3 years since they got them. Not sure.
The first relative to get one told my husband that she did not know how bad she felt until she felt so good. She has always taken excellent care of herself, but this :edit: disease can take its toll.
The second relative had heard about the insulin pump, but that was as far as it went. My husband put his two relatives into a conference call with him and said, "Now, talk." And they did.
The second relative decided to get an insulin pump, too. His wife said, "It has been life changing. He feels so much better."
I ended up in a conversation about this topic at a recent party. There was a woman there whose daughter, age 30, Type I, was thinking seriously about getting an insulin pump. I told her that I knew two people who were really happy they had done so, but I did not know if that was most often the case.
We have a friend who is a Type II who is starting to have some real difficulties with managing the insulin. He is looking into a pump, too. It seems like insurance companies can try to make a Type II jump through even more hoops to get it covered.
Anyway, when I saw the topic come up over in the other thread, I thought about this forum. That's really all I have to say here. I am but the messenger. But I know that diabetics or those close to them can often be very supportive with an exchange of information.
So I thought I would put the topic of the insulin pump out there along with the general topic of diabetes.
Boomer