Medtronic insulin bomb

Hello, we are parents of a 4 -year -old boy who debuted in December 2007 and our endocrine has proposed to place an insulin bomb model Medtronic.We have many doubts.It seems very bulky to a child as small, as well as the blows that the machine can take, etc.He is currently on a honeymoon (he has been 5 months) and we don't know what he will last.Insulin: 1 u.Humalog (breakfast), 1 u.Humalog (food), 1 Humalog + 3 NPH (dinner).Two with pen and 1 with injection.We have read enough about the pump, catheters, etc.But we are not sure if they are going well for such young children.Thanks and encouragement for everyone.

I forgot to say that it carries quite good controls.He has not had any serious episode.The first H1AC was 8.4 and the next (last) was 5.9.We were very happy to know that at the moment it is quite controlled, we do not know if it will be for the honeymoon.Greetings.

Hello RAM:

If your endo has recommended the bomb you do not hesitate, you will tell you Mani who has a little boy who carries it, but I think it is the best method of supplying insulin to the children
As for the blows, do not worry, the Medtronic bomb brings a skin case that protects it very well against the blows.
I suppose that the model that the 512 or 515 showed you, is the one that I carry and is smaller than the 712-715.

Stop for the parents, there are a few parents of children with diabetes.

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Thank you very much Prado.Greetings.

Hi RAM94 and Welcome

Sorry for not answering before but I have not entered the weekend and I have seen it this morning at work but I don't know what happens I can read but not write.

Well, as Prado tells you, my son who is 3 years old has been the bomb since he turned 2. At first I have to recognize that he was not convinced, it was reluctant to have a 24 -hour device connected to the body, it seemed like a very large breakAnd I was afraid of getting hooked or not adapting.

It has been more than 1 year and I am delighted.The boy adapted perfectly from the beginning, he has been in a belt that is like a fannyThat completely normal and for the moment has not hooked.When you go to ball pools if I take it off and when it gets into the water also because although you can get wet, I prefer to remove it.

As for control because my son did not have a honeymoon, he went to the nursery and it was very difficultIt has 6.9 that for the age it is fine.He had 5 minimal punctures per day and when putting the bomb is 1 every 3 days, so in that he also improved.The good thing that the bomb has in young children is that it allows you to put it very little amount of insulin and in these ages it shows a lot, you can correct with 0.05 that it seems that it does not but it shows.My son carries the animas bomb, in the Medtronic I think the minimum is 0.10 but I am not sure.

If your doctor has recommended it to you, if you don't always convince yourself, you can always return to current treatment.

I do not know what else to tell you, but if you have any other questions or what you need you tell me because I have also been in your situation and I had countless doubts and it came very well to know about the experiences of others.

A hug.

Hi Ram94, welcome to the forum.I am also the mother of a firefighter.He is 10 years old and he is already going to make 3. The balance is very positive despite the inconveniences that we sometimes have to face.
If you have the occasion you should take advantage of it, as Mania says, there is always time to return where you are .... use is quite simple and the quality of life that contributes to the diabetic is considerably greater than with any other media.The adaptation period for the little ones is minimal and is of course a much less invasive medium than that of multiple injections .... any questions, delighted to help you.
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I thank you very much.We currently continue with the period "Honeymoon", which lasts 6 months.We put 1 Humalog unit in the morning (pen), 1 unit before eating (pen) and 1 of Humalog + 3 NPH at night (injection).In total 6 units.Do you think it is worth it for so little insulin, put a bomb?In the last H1AC it had 5.9.Thanks again to all.Greetings.

Hello

Who can best advise and value the situation is your doctor.

Right now you have unbeatable controls, with the pump they would not be much better.

If I may wait for me to finish the honeymoon to put it because then you are going to find more difficult to maintain good control of now.

But the fact that the doctor has recommended it would already make me doubt, ask him that he thinks he would improve and value him.

Good luck in the decision.

Thanks mani05.The pump's approach was because every time I had insulin, he took a tantrum and had to suggest him.He is already accepting it better, but sometimes with the pen I do a little damage and he cries, and by the way I drop some tears that you do not see ...

Find, see if after the honeymoon we get the bomb.

Greetings.

Hello, I am the mother of a 2 and a half year old boy who debuted this summer.We have been clicking for almost three months and continues to resist and fight with all his might when we click on the insulin.It is also with HB of 8.2 that the endocrine does not seem bad but it does.It is very uncontrolled.If we take a little risk with the doses, it makes hypos and if we assure you, hypers.After giving the pelmada we have managed to decide to put a bomb but it will take a month.
My biggest concerns to the respectson: the way in which it will take it.I have already read that you have a frog belt but is under the clothes or out?It is provided by the same house of the bomb or you manage it.There are other ways to carry it that they are not seen and are cunning.
Another concern is whether it will be pricked and if you use local anesthetical to prick him.
You are equally strict with the schedules and continue without giving anything out of the main meals or use the pump to give small bowling if they eat out of time.
With the insulin that it provides continuously, you are not to have to go to school or keep to click on lunch and snack?
How do you see a thousand doubts.Thank you so much and hopefully receive an answer since your email is a few months ago

Hi Santesteban ... Welcome to the forum !!!!Do you know we have a thread of parents?Stop whenever you want and participate with us.It is important to collect experiences.Everything is to learn and to help.I forgot, I am the mother of a diabetic girl from Ahroa 10 years, who debuted with 5, and has been bomb for 3 years.
To the subject ... with respect to the placement there is a belt, even a backpack to hang on the back and that is not at the hands of these buses, although the pump can be blocked as a safety measure and thus cannot be manipulated.Maclaudi, Mani, Becky, will surely answer you much better than me because their kids are of your child's age ...
It was hard for us to insert the catheter.It was the most difficult thing, now it doesn't usually complain.Local anesthesia is not used and it seems that it hurts only a subcutaneous injection.The good thing is that the catheter is changed every 3 or 4 days and in that period you forget the feathers and syringes ... when you already have some domain both with the rations and the necessary insulin you can feed it between hours putting thenecessary extra bowling.In fact, for us the greatest advantage of the pump is the flexibility in schedules and the highest quality of life that it gives us for not having to be subjected to exact rations and food tps ... If you have already granted the pump you will know about the subject andYou will have seen that insulin can be put in the form of a square bolus so that that insulin is entering a certain time and does not be injected with a blow, thus avoiding many of those hypoglycemia produced by the intake of foods that contain slow absorption hydrates, ormeals with higher fat content, etc ....
With respect to clicking on lunch or snack .... You see, we take advantage of lunch with the post of breakfast, so that we do not put extra insulin.I have the basal at that time a little higher and taking a ration of hydrates manages to reach that bolus more or less well.Let's say it's not about that, but it gives me much more peace of mind that Angela is in school most of the time without rapid insulin.At 3 hours or 3 and a half hours (that is, at 11.30 or 12, which coincides with recess) no longer has a rapid insulin circulating through its body and the probability that severe hypoglycemia is produced is lower.In the afternoon, being at home, the insulin that corresponds to snack is put on .... that is already a matter of seeing what is best for you.I suppose that in school or save it will be easier to learn to put a bolus (pump handling is quite simple), than to put the insulin, especially if the child when punctuing behaves hostilely.
I personally give you the congratulations for having achieved the bomb.Surely you are going to get better control, especially avoiding possible hypoglycemia so harmful to the little ones, and you will also get your child to have a better life.
I wish I could resolve any questions.Here we are for what you need.If you want my phone, write a private and send it to you.
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Thank you for your answer.It is the first time I get into a forum and I did not think I was going to receive an answer or so soon.
What is that of parents thread and how can I get in touch?
If I tell you the truth I think I have learned more practical things about this art listening and reading parents of children with dibes in different forums and conversations than in my conversations with the endocrine.
Thanks for the offer of your phone.If I am desperate I will use the offer.For now I prefer not to bother.
I think that of the parents of parents will come well especially if there are parents of little ones since now in my city mine is the smallest and I cannot share doubts.
Thank you very much

Hi, Santesteban, welcome.

I am the mother of a 14 -year -old girl who debuted with 8.

The "parents" thread is in this same forum.You go to the forum index, you choose the section "I am looking for someone from" and there you will find the thread entitled "Parents."

Greetings

Hi Santesteban, is that there is nothing better than experience and this is a good means to be able to share it ... Alea already explained how to get to parents, we hope to have you there ..
The phone when you want .... here we help each other.It is not discomfort.
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My name is Lydia, I have signed for 10 years and never when I go to my doctor I told me anything about the Medtronic Bomb, in Spain it is covered by social security?Do you have a continuous analyzer?

Hello Lydia, the insulin bomb (Medtronic, Animas, Roche, etc.) are systems that finances Spanish Social Security .... Another topic is to find a hospital and a specialist who wants to put it.But that would be the slightest of the problems, because the people who have struggled to get it, not without effort, of course, have achieved it.
The Medtronic 22 (Minimed 522, 722) are compatible with a TB developed measurement system.For the same company, it is the minilink.This system is not financed at the moment by the S.S., but in some cases the consumables have been obtained for free.We are wearing it, my husband and my daughter, there is a thread in this same section called a continuous glucose meter, stop.
Greetings.

I recommend it a lot, in such young children it is the best option.

My did the "goat" the same as when he did not carry it, he has several types of cover, and he placed it ahead and does not show him.

I recommend the silicone case that Medtronic sells, it is worth about 10e and it is very good, it is like a mobile case, so the case that is linked to the body where the pump goes can be lighter.

They sleep with her without problem, and for a child who snacks, dinner, even sometimes heYou have to put without so many problems.