tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21832370.post114162494342896929..comments2023-10-24T07:54:08.001-07:00Comments on Until a Cure: Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18164102552103801004noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21832370.post-1141953603855374112006-03-09T17:20:00.000-08:002006-03-09T17:20:00.000-08:00Thank you for the updates....Thank you for the updates....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21832370.post-1141880597075300822006-03-08T21:03:00.000-08:002006-03-08T21:03:00.000-08:00Jenny says:The red and bumpy part of wearing the G...Jenny says:<BR/>The red and bumpy part of wearing the Guardian RT has, for now, gone away because we now put a IV300 bandage under the transmitter. <BR/><BR/>We too are evaluating skin issues. We are relatively new to this disease, and Tommy really likes using his stomach. We are trying to come up with ways to get him to try other spots for all these contraptions. The dot that the sensor leaves is not as big as the dot that the pump leaves.<BR/><BR/>It is my understanding that the Minimed Pump (522), that is out in Canada, is almost exactly what Tommy has. It is the same transmitter, the same sensors and instead of the monitor, it is just a software inhanced pump a step up from Tommy's Paradigm Pump. So instead of looking at the monitor for his numbers, we will look at his new pump. People wearing the pump in Canada still wear the sensor and the infusion site separate. 2 sites, 1 computer. When the new pump comes out we will only be buying the pump, not the transmitter or the sensors because we already own them. We will have the Guardian Monitor as back up if the pump ever needs service.<BR/><BR/>I can already tell you that I was missing a lot by just having the 10-15 or so finger pokes. <BR/><BR/>I will comment in future posts about the accuracy, but Wil describes it best in his blog. www.lifeafterdx.blogspot.com. It is really hard so far not to compare each number. But when you see the graphs from the software it is truly amazing. The numbers from the 5 minute sensor readings and the blood glucose finger pricks are all on one graph. They seem to all be in the ball park and when they alarm because of a low that is 20 points off it really doesn't matter to me in the grand scheme. It is a warning for me to take notice. <BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for the comments. I have told Tommy many times how proud I am of him! I wouldn't of purchased this if he hadn't been so excited to try this. He gets excited everytime I tell him that someone has left a comment or sent an e-mail.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164102552103801004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21832370.post-1141823024250133122006-03-08T05:03:00.000-08:002006-03-08T05:03:00.000-08:00Tommy is a real trooper! That is such a bulky pac...Tommy is a real trooper! That is such a bulky package for a little kid to wear. I am most curious about the site changes and how his skin holds up while using the Guardian. E. has extremely sensitive skin. You already mentioned his skin gets red and bumpy, while it does not with pump site changes. I would love the Minimed pump/sensor combination like they have in Canada but I also thought it might be useful to use the Guardian for about a week a month to accurately keep up with her constantly changing blood glucose patterns. And do we really know what those patterns are, since we are only getting BG levels at the time we test (12 static points in a day)? I don't think we have a clue what her patterns are based on current BG testing technology. As an example, we used to test at 9:30 pm bedtime, then 12:30 midnight and 2:30am. Or we would do 1 and 3am. We never did an 11pm check. When we were told to check 11pm, turns out she often dropped low at 11pm, so the midnight high BS was a reaction to the low. She does go higher at midnight, but because we had not seen the lows at 11pm, we were giving her more insulin than she should have had. Consequently, she would then go low later in the night. People keep saying the Guardian is "not accurate." I keep hearing this, that the Guardian's blood sugar data is not reliable, can only warn you of lows and highs. I, for one, feel they just don't know how to use it. Can you comment in future blogs as to how you feel the Guardian's accuracy level is? And thank Tommy for being a guineau pig for the other children who need this technology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com