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<blockquote data-quote="Jeannie87" data-source="post: 815003" data-attributes="member: 155592"><p>I am actually really confused as to what I want to do with regard to the pump. I think the major concerns I have are as follows: the being attached to something most of the day and night, and in turn this attachment making me more aware of being a diabetic than ever. As it is at the moment, I am so used to using the pens - the 4mm needles give me no bother, and basically once I've done my injection (nearly always after meals not before) I feel and act like any other perfectly normally healthy person. Diabetes doesn't define me if you like. It's part of my life but it has never been allowed to dominate it. I've been very lucky as I've had diabetes type 1 since I was 18 in 1972, and I have lived an eventful, happy and kind of "lived life to the full" life. And I've enjoyed every minute and hope this can continue for many years to come. I've given birth to 3 healthy children, and now have my first Grandson too, who will be a year old in May. No matter what any of the people I know who have the pump, I just feel in my own way, that it isn't for me. I know two people personally who absolutely love the pump, and who try to persuade me, but, everyone's diabetes is different. For instance, I walk my dog every day and we usually cover at least a mile and a half, walking briskly, I rarely suffer from hypos after this exercise. I attended a carb exchange week long course when I first went on to Levemir and NovoRapid, I believe it's called Dafne in England, in Scotland it's called New Deal. I found it very educational and it has really educated me so much in carb counting. My weight which I spoke about in another reply, well, it's not such a great concern as to needing to see the dietician, I have spoken with her about it in general, and as I only need to lose 6lbs to get back to the correct weight for my height, I know I can achieve this once the spring and summer arrive and lighter meals, hopefully So, when I went through my bad phase last autumn/Christmas - I thought as the pump kept getting offered to me, I would go for it. But now things have settled down, I am almost convinced I am not going to take it up. I just don't think the way I deal with diabetes at the moment, is cause to try a pump. My heart and my head are just not ready maybe. I'm sorry to write such a long screed I guess I am thinking out loud to people who may understand</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeannie87, post: 815003, member: 155592"] I am actually really confused as to what I want to do with regard to the pump. I think the major concerns I have are as follows: the being attached to something most of the day and night, and in turn this attachment making me more aware of being a diabetic than ever. As it is at the moment, I am so used to using the pens - the 4mm needles give me no bother, and basically once I've done my injection (nearly always after meals not before) I feel and act like any other perfectly normally healthy person. Diabetes doesn't define me if you like. It's part of my life but it has never been allowed to dominate it. I've been very lucky as I've had diabetes type 1 since I was 18 in 1972, and I have lived an eventful, happy and kind of "lived life to the full" life. And I've enjoyed every minute and hope this can continue for many years to come. I've given birth to 3 healthy children, and now have my first Grandson too, who will be a year old in May. No matter what any of the people I know who have the pump, I just feel in my own way, that it isn't for me. I know two people personally who absolutely love the pump, and who try to persuade me, but, everyone's diabetes is different. For instance, I walk my dog every day and we usually cover at least a mile and a half, walking briskly, I rarely suffer from hypos after this exercise. I attended a carb exchange week long course when I first went on to Levemir and NovoRapid, I believe it's called Dafne in England, in Scotland it's called New Deal. I found it very educational and it has really educated me so much in carb counting. My weight which I spoke about in another reply, well, it's not such a great concern as to needing to see the dietician, I have spoken with her about it in general, and as I only need to lose 6lbs to get back to the correct weight for my height, I know I can achieve this once the spring and summer arrive and lighter meals, hopefully So, when I went through my bad phase last autumn/Christmas - I thought as the pump kept getting offered to me, I would go for it. But now things have settled down, I am almost convinced I am not going to take it up. I just don't think the way I deal with diabetes at the moment, is cause to try a pump. My heart and my head are just not ready maybe. I'm sorry to write such a long screed I guess I am thinking out loud to people who may understand [/QUOTE]
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