I can't get my head around why people would actually want something **** near permanently attached to them if they (like you) could get improved bloods from giving mdi.
If after trying to do blood tests and amending doses etc that reasonable control is not gained. Then it is perfectly reasonable to request a pump.
Just that there seems to more people wanting a permanent gadget attached to themselves without really tring to make the efforts with control using mdi.
It just scares me that people seem to think that pumps are an easy option without the full realisation that the management of them is more effort, testing is more frequent and DKA is possible from set failures etc.
I am eternally grateful that I have a pump, but it just worries me that if effort can't be made to inject and test on mdi then why should people expect to just get a pump, when others have made huge attempts to gain control and still can't gain good levels. Postcode lotteries still apply as well.
I guess maybe it's more of a thing for younger diabetics? I am not trying to offend anyone but maybe it's there opinions (I dont make sense typing this because I'm hypo and waiting to come back up ha!) but with our pump you don't even know it is there! I don't anyway! I don't know if that is the same for other pumps!
I tried MDI and had no luck...yeah maybe I didn't have the control I should of had but I was going through a lot anyway with no support from anyone not even my Dad well not properly! I was diagnosed at 13 and I felt alone and I struggled an enormous amount!! Close to death twice! And then I was finally considered a pump...even though some people on here would say I shouldn't have one but at the end of the day my DSN, consultant and NICE agreed to let me have one.
And it annoys me for people to say that "Why do all diabetics feel they are entitled to a pump these days? diagnosed 5 mins and all of a sudden want a pump that some can't get" surely they just want to be rid of the disease we have and to feel slightly normal again...injections atleast 4 or 5 times a day isn't fun for anyone!! And for another diabetic to say it is a tad harsh and I am sorry but I am not sorry for what I have said! Alot of diabetics suffer with depression! I know a young girl who is 15 and diabetic and she has a pump but she is needle phobic! And the other day it took her an hour to change her site because she is so scared and has panic attacks....diabetes isn't easy for anyone!!
Rant over