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<blockquote data-quote="Juicyj" data-source="post: 2423294" data-attributes="member: 53162"><p>How did you feel about the pump before you went onto it ?</p><p></p><p>I find the way we are initiated into pump therapy can affect our outlook on it's usage greatly, your care team may not quite understand the amount of work required mentally to adjust to using a new system and it's difficult for us to let go of something we become so well adjusted to before using a machine and relying on it's ability to keep our BG levels in check, I know some expect it to be a magic wand in terms of control and so go into it with the expectation that within a few weeks everything will be easy and control great, when the reality is that a great deal of work is required to control and monitor it to begin with before reaching a state of 'normality' with control. </p><p></p><p>Personally I struggled with MDI, I found that I just couldn't nail it despite constant basal tweaking and I was constantly in a state of anxiety, moving to the pump I knew I had to work hard at it but my mission was to take control of my care 100% without input from anyone, I didn't want to feel that if there was a hiccup that I couldn't manage it myself. I am now on my second pump having used the 640g for a number of years and now using the tandem slim, I found on the 640g I had some major wobbles and wanted to go back to what I was comfortable doing despite improving my HbA1c but stuck to it, partly because I knew in my area I was really fortunate to get funding for it, and in time it worked great for me, even now using the Tandem I had some wobbles early on but I am at a stage now having experienced excellent control (something I would never of achieved on MDI) that I would never go back to MDI, personally in your shoes I would think long and hard before changing back, you need to really reason with yourself as to what it is that is causing you anxiety and is it the pump itself or any other factors in your life currently that's making you feel this way. Remember if you do change back to MDI that you'll still need to adjust and that period could also cause you more anxiety as you adjust your doses back. It's best to have a good chat with a DSN and see if you can work things through with them, they may be able to help you work through this, whatever you decide good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Juicyj, post: 2423294, member: 53162"] How did you feel about the pump before you went onto it ? I find the way we are initiated into pump therapy can affect our outlook on it's usage greatly, your care team may not quite understand the amount of work required mentally to adjust to using a new system and it's difficult for us to let go of something we become so well adjusted to before using a machine and relying on it's ability to keep our BG levels in check, I know some expect it to be a magic wand in terms of control and so go into it with the expectation that within a few weeks everything will be easy and control great, when the reality is that a great deal of work is required to control and monitor it to begin with before reaching a state of 'normality' with control. Personally I struggled with MDI, I found that I just couldn't nail it despite constant basal tweaking and I was constantly in a state of anxiety, moving to the pump I knew I had to work hard at it but my mission was to take control of my care 100% without input from anyone, I didn't want to feel that if there was a hiccup that I couldn't manage it myself. I am now on my second pump having used the 640g for a number of years and now using the tandem slim, I found on the 640g I had some major wobbles and wanted to go back to what I was comfortable doing despite improving my HbA1c but stuck to it, partly because I knew in my area I was really fortunate to get funding for it, and in time it worked great for me, even now using the Tandem I had some wobbles early on but I am at a stage now having experienced excellent control (something I would never of achieved on MDI) that I would never go back to MDI, personally in your shoes I would think long and hard before changing back, you need to really reason with yourself as to what it is that is causing you anxiety and is it the pump itself or any other factors in your life currently that's making you feel this way. Remember if you do change back to MDI that you'll still need to adjust and that period could also cause you more anxiety as you adjust your doses back. It's best to have a good chat with a DSN and see if you can work things through with them, they may be able to help you work through this, whatever you decide good luck. [/QUOTE]
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