Hi everyone! I'm wondering if any of you have some "patterns" I can use to make my own pump covers (or sock-style covers)? I need something to pin to my nightgown at bedtime and I'm having a hard time keeping my pump i...
I'm 35 years old, happily married to my high school crush, and a proud Mom of twin girls, age 8. I'm also a born-again Christian and active member of our church. I've had diabetes since I was 15 years old. I'm a full-time technical writer, trainer, applications tester, and technical support assistant for a web applications and development company by day, and I run a home writing business on the side. I'm also an adjunct instructor for various local colleges (providing instruction in Basic Computer Literacy and Business Writing). I was a "good diabetic" through my teenage years and I was very athletic, but after I graduated college, married, and then became pregnant with our girls, my diabetes became very difficult for me to control. Up until just 4 years ago (2004), I was taking insulin shots (up to 3 or 4 times a day). Since 2004, I've been on the insulin pump but I'm not managing my diabetes as well as I had hoped I would. I have little time for exercise, but I really want to do it (I've got about 50 pounds to lose resulting from pregancy weight). I also suffer from depression, asthma/allergies, and cholesterol. I'm having a hard time staying positive and motivated right now and really hope to meet some "diabetic buddies" in this community who I can share some tears with and perhaps bless with words of encouragement and years of experience... We're in this together, right?
I know exactly how you feel-I have been type 2 for over 20 years now-I am on Novarapid and Lantus, as well as Metroforim 2x3 times a day-I have been having trouble trying to keep my BGL's down-sometimes they are extremely high, and I also feel like giving up-whats the use of even trying when I am not doing anything different-I just had a stint in hospital for 11 days in January, and of course they were perfect, as I was on a fusion pump giving me the insulin-even for 2 weeks after I got home the readings were perfect-then boom-back to normal of the highs again-I also am a Born Again Christian, but backslided, and am now back @ my church for a couple of weeks-it is hard even being a Christian-sometimes you think WHY ME GOD-but yes he is AWESOME, and is giving us this trial for a reason-many a time I have just laid on my bed and cried-I just wish I could have normal BGL's-I received the other day a beautiful email-"I was there"-I read it and decided that God is giving me this trial of Diabetes for a reason, and I am going to come out of all this a much better person for knowing Him-I am truly blessed for knowing Him-if you want to give me your email address I will send it to you-I'm sure you will have tears in your eyes like I did-my email address is:diane.allaburton@ozemail.com.au, you can send it to me at that address-I am going to see a new Endo next week, as my old one went back to Canada(what a shame as she was beautiful-also a Christian)-I have a lot of ?'s about the pump-anyway that's all for now-God Bless-deedee
I just realized you're from Johnstown. I grew up in Indiana county, not far from Barnsboro (Northern Cambria now). I now live in Greensburg so that makes us practically neighbors.
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