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Andrea

It always amazes me how little insulin you need when pumping.  Sasha is 8
years old and takes about 25 units of insulin (injections) and she weighs
just slightly over 25 kilos.  So  you as an adult pumper need barely any
more than she does.


Jackie, England
Mum of Sasha aged 8 dx 1999, twin sister Rebecca, both coeliac 2001
Mum also to Danni and Nicola, wife to Terry
Insulatard x2
Novorapid x2



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Celiac-Diabetes Support List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Andrea Walsh
> Sent: 16 September 2002 10:14
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Questions
>
>
> <<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your
> situation.>>
>
> It is not accurate to say that if you are taking as many units of
> insulin as your weight in kilograms, that you don't make any of
> your own.  The average amount of insulin that most people with
> type 1 diabetes take is BETWEEN 0.5 and 1 unit per kg of weight.
> I weigh 62kg, and take a little less than 30 units of insulin.  I
> have type 1 diabetes and make none of my own insulin.  When I was
> not on the pump, I took about 50u per day, now I take about 28.
> I have not started to make my own insulin again.
>
> The way to check if your body makes any insulin is to have a
> C-peptide test.  The C-peptide molecule is attached to the
> insulin molecule before it is released from in pancreas.
> Therefore you should have as many C-peptide molecules circulating
> in your blood as insulin molecules.  If you don't have C-peptide
> molecules, your pancreas does not produce insulin.
>
> Andrea in Paris
>
> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 19:22:22 -0600

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