Wednesday, May 25, 2011

CGM and TTC

Well, I am currently in possession of my own contintuous glucose monitoring system.
To most, it's seen as yet another catheter to go under my skin, to me, it's the start of a better life with my diabetes. You see, not only does it measure my sugars every 5 minutes, it helps determine patterns in the readings to make it easier to make a better treatment plan.
The sensor gets inserted into my abdomen much like the infusion sets off my insulin pump and takes glucose readings from the interstitial fluid, then sends them to the wifi transmitter (that's right, I will now have a wifi transmitter(though it's more like a radio transmitter) attached to me at all times), which then sends the readings to my pump. It also comes with a USB with wifi that will transmit all the info to my computer so I can print out graphs and bring them to my doctors office for each check up.
They gave me all this neat stuff for new care and then told me I had to wait 5-7 business days til I hear from a trainer to set up an appointment for training. Not only do I have to wait for the call, I have to wait for the appointment too and as my husband will tell you, I'm not exactly the most patient person.

Speaking of patience, one of the big reasons we need this new system is we've been ttc and apparently a cgms is now an awesome and almost vital tool for pregnant diabetics.
I've been prepping myself for all the planning and hard work I will have to do for when we get pregnant and then I got asked "oh no! You can't have a baby! Won't you give your baby diabetes too?". Thankfully, I was asked by the one of the few people I wouldn't go off on a tirade about how they know nothing about diabetes on. To answer his question though, no. While diabetes (type 1 juvenile onset) is linked to heredity, there is no evidence, after decades of diabetics having kids, that says, because you're a type 1 diabetic, your baby will be too. There is more medical advances than ever when it comes to diabetic pregnancy (wireless glucose monitor that tells you your blood sugar every 5 minutes), heck, they even have islet cell transplants!
I can't tell you how excited I am to be treading on this path with my husband and whatever work it takes, it will be worth it!

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