Living with diabetes

I've been debating on pumping for a while now. There was always something in my head, mind, or just myself in general that would not let go in order to jump into pumping. Call it, something like teaching an old dog new tricks, but maybe I didn't like the idea of change and/or I had no idea how the change would effect me.

I was, and am, aware that insulin pump therapy is the best answer to type 1 diabetes aside from a cure. Yet I still couldn't fathom switching to a pump.

A very good friend, who has been a pumper for 12+ years, suggested I ask for a loaner pump to wear and try out. Why hadn't I thought of that? I immediately acted on her advice by emailing the Pump Educator with my endocrinologist's office. Once the canula was inserted, once I had the pump, and once I realized it was much easier than I'd allowed myself to think then I was sold.

I was pumped with a very small amount of water for three days and I seriously did not realize the pump was there unless I was going to sleep. It was a bit awkward finding a good spot for the pump while I slept. It all worked out in the end though.

Basically, I am now working on getting my very own minimed paradigm pump

Labels: Diabetes, Insulin Pump, Insulin Pump Educator, Medtronic, Minimed Paradigm

Why oh why?   My Endo visit last week was not what I expected. My sugars had been doing somewhat better since my last visit about four months ago yet my A1C went up instead of down.  This was very frustrating and annoying.   As any diabetic knows, and most likely relates, I am not always the best with checking my sugars numerous times a day, exercising like I should, or making healthy eating choices.  Granted, I don't believe I am the worst out there but on the other hand I am also not the best.   I've been contemplating an researching pumps for a little over a year.  I know all the pros for getting a pump.  I realize the biggest one is better sugar control, fewer highs and lows, and better A1Cs.  My last two A1Cs have obviously pointed me toward a pump.  Yet, there is still a small part of me that can't jump in and say let me try it.  I can't put my finger on what it is that is holding me back.  I know it is something.  I know I need to figure it out in order to release it so I can pump with success.   So I am left in a state of frustration knowing the pump will help yet not being able to move toward it. I realize that I am in my own way and I need to figure out how to kick my own butt out of my way.

Busy weeks do not help one's rest schedule nor their blood sugar levels.  I've been bouncing off the walls with highs and lows.  A low smacked me this morning when I woke to get ready for work.  That always sets a president for my day to be sluggish.

"No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one."  ~Elbert Hubbard   Boston was great.  My husband and I have been home for about two weeks now.  I want to share about the wonderful, melt in your mouth, Boston food that we had along with other things.  Things have been busy since we have been back home, thus, the unpostings.  Don't worry I haven't forgotten.

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Why oh why do my blood sugars play havoc on me right before I go on vacation?   Seriously!!!   This is getting very old and very annoying.   I had three low sugars yesterday.  My husband and I fly out tomorrow at noon for Boston.  I do not want to deal with blood sugar issues while on vacation. Been there, done that, not fun.

Some days I just hate being a diabetic!!!!  On those days my bloodsugars don't acknowledge my insulin and rise to the occasion of being stubborn no matter how much I try to drown them in insulin.  Then the fear sets in that I might not have just drowned them, but me also, in low bloodsugars. Today was long and stressful without the bloodsugar issues. It is days like today that I want to strap on a pump not worrying about any of the hang ups I have about an insulin pump. Here's to better bloodsugar days.