Comments on: Logbooks, Lows and Larry http://withoutenvy.com/2010/02/25/logbooks-lows-and-larry/ Raising a child with type 1 diabetes to live life to the fullest, and other things that make us happy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://withoutenvy.com/2010/02/25/logbooks-lows-and-larry/#comment-86 Steve Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:28:59 +0000 http://withoutenvy.com/?p=195#comment-86 Here is the link to the logbook mentioned in this piece. http://www.osspublishing.com/weeklytrack/index.html Here is the link to the logbook mentioned in this piece.
http://www.osspublishing.com/weeklytrack/index.html

]]> By: Eleanor http://withoutenvy.com/2010/02/25/logbooks-lows-and-larry/#comment-85 Eleanor Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:07:17 +0000 http://withoutenvy.com/?p=195#comment-85 I came across your blog while searching for a better logbook. I've had diabetes for 19 years and have spend the last 9 of them not really recording any information until my annual pump basal rate checks come around. So, to avoid being embarrassed when I visit the doctor, and to provide a good example for my newly diagnosed brother, would you please tell me the name of this awesome logbook? I came across your blog while searching for a better logbook. I’ve had diabetes for 19 years and have spend the last 9 of them not really recording any information until my annual pump basal rate checks come around. So, to avoid being embarrassed when I visit the doctor, and to provide a good example for my newly diagnosed brother, would you please tell me the name of this awesome logbook?

]]> By: Out of Sight, Out of Our Minds : Without Envy : A Diabetes Blog http://withoutenvy.com/2010/02/25/logbooks-lows-and-larry/#comment-83 Out of Sight, Out of Our Minds : Without Envy : A Diabetes Blog Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:18:39 +0000 http://withoutenvy.com/?p=195#comment-83 [...] the arrival of a dreaded phone call. On the day Lia brought it home from school it was mostly a green day, so the notion of letting her spend the night at another child’s house was not totally out of [...] [...] the arrival of a dreaded phone call. On the day Lia brought it home from school it was mostly a green day, so the notion of letting her spend the night at another child’s house was not totally out of [...]

]]> By: Brigit http://withoutenvy.com/2010/02/25/logbooks-lows-and-larry/#comment-45 Brigit Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:36:03 +0000 http://withoutenvy.com/?p=195#comment-45 I, also am new to your blog. I "found" you on Six Until Me and am so glad that I did! My 4 year old little boy was diagnosed at 20 months. We have the everyday struggles of figuring out why his bg went high at this time or why after 3 days of highs he is suddenly low. I think that type 1 diabetes is like a puzzle that you never actually fit all of the pieces into. Sometimes you get darn close and those are the great days. Some days the puzzle looks like a mess and those are the not so great ones. Really, I just wanted to thank you for your very wise words! It is very comforting to read your insightful posts! I, also am new to your blog. I “found” you on Six Until Me and am so glad that I did! My 4 year old little boy was diagnosed at 20 months. We have the everyday struggles of figuring out why his bg went high at this time or why after 3 days of highs he is suddenly low. I think that type 1 diabetes is like a puzzle that you never actually fit all of the pieces into. Sometimes you get darn close and those are the great days. Some days the puzzle looks like a mess and those are the not so great ones.

Really, I just wanted to thank you for your very wise words! It is very comforting to read your insightful posts!

]]> By: Leighann of D-Mom Blog http://withoutenvy.com/2010/02/25/logbooks-lows-and-larry/#comment-43 Leighann of D-Mom Blog Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:16:12 +0000 http://withoutenvy.com/?p=195#comment-43 We religiously log BG's, boluses, and #carbs eaten. We also keep a little notebook where we write down what Q eats. More so that we can count the carbs. We also only test 4 times a day (more if needed). For us (and this is at the advice of our care team), it can become TMI (too much information) that doesn't really even give a return for your efforts. For instance we did check BG's 10x a day when beginning the pump. But this was only to figure out basal rates, the goal being to get back to checking 4x a day. Because the pump is supposed to make life easier, not harder. That being said, when we notice two lows in a week or if her numbers are creeping up, we take a look and see if there isn't something going on. We fax in our numbers and we talk with the nurse and tweak. But I really think you could drive yourself crazy with all the data. If there's anything that we have all learned from diabetes, it's that what works perfectly fine one day will not work the next. What would happen if you were to take a step back for a week or two and not pour over the numbers trying to make sense of them? Maybe her numbers would be no worse, no better. But maybe you will have a little less stress. (And I still long for the day that I get a netbook so I can plug our pump and meter in and download the data!) We religiously log BG’s, boluses, and #carbs eaten.

We also keep a little notebook where we write down what Q eats. More so that we can count the carbs.

We also only test 4 times a day (more if needed).

For us (and this is at the advice of our care team), it can become TMI (too much information) that doesn’t really even give a return for your efforts. For instance we did check BG’s 10x a day when beginning the pump. But this was only to figure out basal rates, the goal being to get back to checking 4x a day. Because the pump is supposed to make life easier, not harder.

That being said, when we notice two lows in a week or if her numbers are creeping up, we take a look and see if there isn’t something going on. We fax in our numbers and we talk with the nurse and tweak.

But I really think you could drive yourself crazy with all the data.

If there’s anything that we have all learned from diabetes, it’s that what works perfectly fine one day will not work the next.

What would happen if you were to take a step back for a week or two and not pour over the numbers trying to make sense of them?

Maybe her numbers would be no worse, no better. But maybe you will have a little less stress.

(And I still long for the day that I get a netbook so I can plug our pump and meter in and download the data!)

]]> By: Jules Budd http://withoutenvy.com/2010/02/25/logbooks-lows-and-larry/#comment-42 Jules Budd Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:09:16 +0000 http://withoutenvy.com/?p=195#comment-42 It's a first. I just started crying reading a blog. I am new to your blog having read your guest slot over at sixuntilme. My boy has Type 1, since he was two, and he is only now three and a half. I am horrified and continue to be so. Every day. Reading what you have just written, with such intelligence and eloquence, gives me hope that there are others that understand how this is a full on task. Diagnosis is only the very start. Friends are asking me this week why I have been so quiet and seem to be avoiding people. I can only tell them I need all the spare capacity I have to get this job right. It's non-negotiable. They pretend to understand. And yes, there a moments, minutes and hours and hours of pure joy at the fact that my little man is growing and being cheeky and learning new phrases to make me laugh every day. It is hard to find a balance in all kinds of ways with diabetes. But sharing our feelings and thoughts within this wonderful community on line is a great step in the right direciton. Thank you for your place in this. It’s a first. I just started crying reading a blog.
I am new to your blog having read your guest slot over at sixuntilme. My boy has Type 1, since he was two, and he is only now three and a half. I am horrified and continue to be so. Every day. Reading what you have just written, with such intelligence and eloquence, gives me hope that there are others that understand how this is a full on task. Diagnosis is only the very start. Friends are asking me this week why I have been so quiet and seem to be avoiding people. I can only tell them I need all the spare capacity I have to get this job right. It’s non-negotiable. They pretend to understand.
And yes, there a moments, minutes and hours and hours of pure joy at the fact that my little man is growing and being cheeky and learning new phrases to make me laugh every day. It is hard to find a balance in all kinds of ways with diabetes. But sharing our feelings and thoughts within this wonderful community on line is a great step in the right direciton.
Thank you for your place in this.

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