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Lamont Brown
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Andrea B.
Andrea B.
Me? okay. Multiple injections for 29 years - Pumping for 2 years. I have a schedule that changes daily, I never know if I am going to be swinging from scaffold or sitting behind a computer. I also travel, sitting for extended periods in the car or airplanes. In my off time I like to sit by theTV and mountain bike (very different levels of activity!) The pump was the best thing I did for myself, ever.
In my opinion
Pros - variable basal rates. I am not locked in after a big lantus injection because I "thought" I was going to sit around on a rainy day.
Pros - I can eat pizza (or whatever you favorite mixed carb meal is including pasta, ice cream... you get it). I set my pump for a bolus, a little now and then a little more over 4 hours. Couldn't do it on injections even if I used Humulin R. eating is easier but you can get fat! just like the "normal" people.
Pros - I don't have to shoot lantus on a schedule. I slept 12 hours after my last trip and woke up with a bs of 106 mg/dl.
Pros - better overall sugar average without more lows. Typically your a1c will drop a whole point. This is mainly because your basal pattern is adjustable. As I hit my late 30's I found that I need more basal insulin overnight, barely any during the day, and then increasing until bedtime. You cant do that with levemir or lantus or any long acting insulin. My requirements go from 0.55 units per hour to 1.0 units per hour. With lantus, the best thing I could do is overdose and then correct with glucose between meals.
Cons - Cost, friggen expensive no matter what kind of insurance you have.
Cons - It takes getting used to, I mean, it's annoying to have a pump hanging by the tubing, or stuck to the back of your arm or whetever - I was afraid I looked goofy with the infusion thing so sex was wierd at first and so was sleeping.
Cons - you can get into more trouble - since the pump only drips fast acting, you have 3 hours to notice and correct a serious pump prob or you sugar will ring the bell. Now I took my pump to china (so I trust it) and in 2 years no significant problems. You can always carry lantus and syringes as a backup if you are the worrying type. I travel for work and I am not the worrying type!
That's really cool about your brother! What's he do now? Sill in Hockey? Anytime you want to talk about pumping just say!
I have been diabetic for 42 years and pumping for 6 and it has made my life sooooo much easier, but......it is not a cure and I still have highs and lows. It truly is an easy concept, to me it is like a big syringe with fishline like tubing attached and inserted just under my skin. Wearing the pump is no biggie if that was a worry for you. I suffer from many lows and sometimes I feel it is the constant fast acting insulin entering my body, but that is my thought. There is the option to really lower your insulin for exercise, but then you have to do that an hour or two before you exercise for it to be effective. I still carb up for exercise. :( Like with anything with diabetes nothing is an exact science and everyday is different, but I think every Type 1 should try the pump.
Bienvenue.
You have a lovely family,love your photos
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