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Shape shifting!

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...Well, sagging might be a better word! 😱 Had an appointment with the Pump DSN today, as after the onset of an awful lot of stress recently I had dropped nearly a stone off, mostly somehow from my middle?!...so my already droopy mummy tum is even looser now (sorry, I know that's a vile mental image!!)...Anyway, (shakes off awful mental image) long story short as well as, or more probably because of, the stress my BGs have been a bit haywire & I've been having more problems with cannulas etc. So today I saw the nurse & we've identified some non-baby-&-stress-messed-up bits around the sides & higher up my front that aren't affected by the looser skin that I can use & I might also try shorter cannulas in case that helps too. (Bit worried about the bits higher on the front in case bending over kiddy wrangling kinks cannulas though...)... basically the area I was comfortable with using for infusion sites is more or less off limits for the forseeable future! (Don't know why but I could cry over that...). Unfortunately it doesn't look like the stress situation is going to resolve any time soon (unless I win the lotto & we can move!) so I need to find some way of correcting my now almost daily 'fight or flight' adrenaline rush/panic feelings that this situation triggers...really don't know how to do that but wondering if CBT or something might help - will have to do some research.

Anyway, hope everyone is ok...one of these days I will get more organised, find a spare hour or more each day, and manage to get some toning exercises done & maybe reclaim my midriff aka favourite infusion sites?! 🙄
 
Hi Twitchy sorry this is a short message but I'm on my fourth glass of post exam wine😱 I'm really worried that you've lost a stone so quickly. I really hope that the problem that you're dealing with resolves itself quickly and/or you are able to find the strength to deal with it so that you are not feeling fight or flight. Lots of hugs Amanda xx
 
CBT might help you develop some coping mechanisms, but perhaps other counselling would be better, someone on the outside you could talk it all through with. Or maybe a combination of therapies. Why not have a chat with your nurse/doctor to see what's available in your area.
 
Sorry to hear you are having a bit of a tricky time finding sites. Have you tried your back much? I am giving my abdomen a rest and can get a fair few spots moving round from sides towards spine. Reaching for insertion is easy enough, and I dont notice them to lean on.
 
Hi Twitchy, sorry to hear your troubles.

What helped me to correct stress highs and not have a crashing hypo after, was to completely halve the amount of insulin I'd normally need for any other sort of a high. That sounds potty doesn't it? - did to me too when my DSN said try it. Completely potty, but I will do it just to prove her wrong ..... Dang me if it didn't work.

And I did proper talking counselling, but the counsellor used a CBT base. Found out quite a lot about myself, it was quite interesting, wondering what we'd discover this week LOL
 
Hi guys, thanks for your replies. I tried to get some of the shorter (still teflon) cannulas but unfortunately they aren't available yet, it will be a few months & ubtil then the only shorter cannulas are steel & i'm wary of that. Another option is tenderlink (?) which is self inserted at an angle & I'd need to see the dsn again for training, doh. So i'll wait til i can try the shorter teflon cannulas. My latest insertion is off to the side, kind of in the 'love handles' region as suggested by the dsn, but it feels really odd - its doing fibe from an absorption point if view (much better bg levels) but it's almost as if it's setting off nerves in my back, which is probably ridiculous & just psychosomatic but feels odd nonetheless. Still, i'm hoping i'll get used to it. (am such a wooss lol 😱 )

I've got an appt with the gp next week when I'm going to ask about the whole stress thing, i think i'm going to try for cbt if it's available as my health is suffering now & if i don't manage to get a grip i won't know if it actually is stress causing my symptoms or if it's masking something sinister. I have to think of the kids too, need to stay healthy for them.

Hope you're all doing ok,

T xxx
 
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