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Originally Posted by colleen  Judi- I think you started pumping just before me...how is everything going after a few weeks? |
Judi here. It's absolutely brilliant during the days and I can't believe I've had a normal BG all day. It just never happened on MDI. I'm also dealing better with hypos. I checked my BG the other day after work and it was 3.8 - don't know what that is in 'American' - heh, heh. But it's low in Aussie. However, I just had two jelly beans and drove home, confident that my pump would not let me down. It didn't. Great stuff. On MDI, I lived in fear of hypos, which used to devastate me, physically and emotionally.
I still haven't quite managed the night basals. But given how 'brittle' I was on MDI, I didn't expect it to be easy. My endo has been supportive but has discouraged me from upping my night-time basals. I have to say, I did anyway, but felt terrible for disobeying the doctor. How ridiculous! I'm 51. Why am I so intimidated by a young consultant physician? Okay, she's no doubt miles more intelligent than me - at least in the maths/science realm anyway! However, I know what I know about my experience of the big D, having lived with it for ages.
I'm a bit sick of waking every two hours to do a correction bolus during the night. But I'm getting there. And my school hols just started so I have time to read John Walsh's
Pumping Insulin and wrap my mind more effectively around the entire thing. I think it will be easier to sort everything out without the stress of exams and report writing to contend with.
Re being intimidated by my endo. I told my DE what I was experiencing. She agreed with me. "Yes, it's the way we were brought up," she said. "We were brought up to believe the doctor is always right and we have to do what they tell us."
Then she added: "But I work with them and I'm over them."
She encouraged me to change my basals if it seemed appropriate. And given she's pumping insulin herself, I'm inclined to believe her.
Still think my endo is great though. She's been highly available, with good advice, above and beyond the call of duty.
