Amberzak
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
so I've been on the pump for 6 months now. I have my review coming up next month, and I need to write a piece about my own observations. So thought I'd write it here first.
I've noticed ive changed the boundary of what I call high. It used to be that if my sugars were above 15, I'd say they were too high. Now, it's if it is above 10 I consider it too high. I also panic less when I do have those high sugars, because I can usually figure out what happened.
I've had 3 readings in the last month that are lower than 4 but higher than 3. And one reading where I dropped under three, while decorating the Christmas tree. I used to hypo daily, sometimes more than once a day.
I'm eating less, and I don't feel like I constantly have to eat to keep my blood sugar up. And I'm no longer over treating my hypos when I have them. The result is that I'm swinging much less. Even my mum observed when I went to stay that I didn't moan about constantly needing food every 4 hours. There's been some days when I'm busy when it gets to 4-5pm and I suddenly realise I've not eaten anything since breakfast. And I'm fine, with no hypo. Hopefully that means now I can start to lose weight.
I feel far more confident. If I'm eating on the go, I can give myself a bolus without the embarrassment of having to inject myself, and the ability to change my basal rate to my needs means that I can fine tune to what I'm doing (for example, I need a higher basal rate when I'm watching a film at the cinema, but a lower basal rate when I go to London for the day with my friend, but over night I still need the same amount).
Having something attached to me all the time isn't as big a deal as I was concerned it could be. The only issue I've had is at night, sometimes my husband rolls on my pump and then it snags as I roll over. But it's really not that big a deal.
Overall, the insulin pump has made me feel more like my old self again, and my diabetes management doesn't feel as much of a burden as it did before, mainly because I'm not swinging like I was so I feel I'm more in control. I'm bolusing for what I eat rather than feeding the insulin.
Friends have noticed I am far more relaxed, and they no longer fear the constant threat of me passing out that used to all be hanging over us for a day out.
The insulin pump has literally changed my life in ways that are, in some ways, unquantifiable.
How's that? Do you think that's okay?
I've noticed ive changed the boundary of what I call high. It used to be that if my sugars were above 15, I'd say they were too high. Now, it's if it is above 10 I consider it too high. I also panic less when I do have those high sugars, because I can usually figure out what happened.
I've had 3 readings in the last month that are lower than 4 but higher than 3. And one reading where I dropped under three, while decorating the Christmas tree. I used to hypo daily, sometimes more than once a day.
I'm eating less, and I don't feel like I constantly have to eat to keep my blood sugar up. And I'm no longer over treating my hypos when I have them. The result is that I'm swinging much less. Even my mum observed when I went to stay that I didn't moan about constantly needing food every 4 hours. There's been some days when I'm busy when it gets to 4-5pm and I suddenly realise I've not eaten anything since breakfast. And I'm fine, with no hypo. Hopefully that means now I can start to lose weight.
I feel far more confident. If I'm eating on the go, I can give myself a bolus without the embarrassment of having to inject myself, and the ability to change my basal rate to my needs means that I can fine tune to what I'm doing (for example, I need a higher basal rate when I'm watching a film at the cinema, but a lower basal rate when I go to London for the day with my friend, but over night I still need the same amount).
Having something attached to me all the time isn't as big a deal as I was concerned it could be. The only issue I've had is at night, sometimes my husband rolls on my pump and then it snags as I roll over. But it's really not that big a deal.
Overall, the insulin pump has made me feel more like my old self again, and my diabetes management doesn't feel as much of a burden as it did before, mainly because I'm not swinging like I was so I feel I'm more in control. I'm bolusing for what I eat rather than feeding the insulin.
Friends have noticed I am far more relaxed, and they no longer fear the constant threat of me passing out that used to all be hanging over us for a day out.
The insulin pump has literally changed my life in ways that are, in some ways, unquantifiable.
How's that? Do you think that's okay?
