Any Type I Diabetics?

Re: Any Type I Diabetics?

• Andrewsgal member

  September 2011

  I see you live in Tomball, I grew up not far from there. Does he live in texas too? I ask because I know of an awesome FREE summer camp for kids with diabetes and if so I will pass on the information to you.

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• Sharon21

  September 2011

  My DH has type 1 diabetes. He was diagnosed at 14 so not as young as your LO. I can ask him when he gets home this evening if he has any tips for making it easier. He wears an insulin pump now so he just has to put that in every three days or so and prick his finger for blood sugar checks. But he use to take injections.

  I have noticed that is he needs an injection he usually gives it to himself in the leg. Where do you give your LO injections?

  Also you might want to look into the glucometers that allow you to test from the arm instead of a finger prick. They are suppose to hurt less. I am not sure if they are appropriate for children or not though.  

  ETA: I just noticed that it is your nephew not your LO. So just read LO as nephew.  

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• Cytina

  September 2011

  MH was diagnosed at age 10.  He told me went away to camp for kids with diabetes that he really enjoyed and he also went to a program at his local hospital to learn all about nutrition, monitoring, etc.  I think a lot of it is meeting other kids with diabetes and getting tips from them since they're in the same boat so to speak.

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• Sharon21

  September 2011

  Okay, I talked to my DH and he said that the arm is the least painful place for an injection. He also said that the arm tends to bleed the least. Next was leg and the abdomen was the most painful. 

  He said there really aren't any good tricks to make it easier. Your nephew will just get use to it eventually. He did say though that they do make pumps for children these days so that might be something you can look into. Also my husband has a sensor that he wears that constantly tells him his blood sugar. It communicates with his pump wirelessly so it is easier for him to keep his blood sugar tightly controlled. While it sounds like the sensor would reduce the number of finger pricks that really isn't the case because he has to calibrate it a couple of times a day. hth  

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• Dreamofmusic768

  September 2011

  DH was diagnosed at 5, he was recently put on an insulin pump. I am surprised that they havent pushed for your nephew to get a pump...it seems to be the way they are going with treatment now. Anyway, DH says to make sure they always rotate the sites they prick and inject. you can build up tons of scar tissue using just one area for too long. His doctor would repeatedly mark the areas on his body with a magic marker that he would have to avoid doing shots in when he was younger. Also pricking the sides of the fingers tends to be a little less painful than the thick pads of the finger because of the amount of sense receptors. They used to have a thing that MH used that would inject for him so that he couldnt see the injection, but I dont know if they make them anymore.  I know my DH always went to diabetes summer camps too, and he had a great time.
  JMO but they should really look into the pump...my husbands control of his diabetes is much better and he has done an awesome job transitioning to it. If you have any other questions I can always ask my DH.

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• AggieDee

  September 2011

  Thank you everyone for your responses.  Nephew's doc doesn't want him to get a pump for at least 6 months.  He wants him to get used to doing shots and just more comfortable with the whole lifestyle change and situation first.

   Andrewsgal - I would LOVE that info.  Thank you!

  

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