First two days

Before Christmas Jess started with saline on her pump then had a break over the holidays and on Wed this week we went live with insulin. So far it's all been good but tiring as we're testing through the night so that we can begin to draw up a picture of how to tweak the basal settings. But even with these rough estimates on dosages we're getting better readings that we did with injections. It is fantastic that she can have a snack and not have to get extra injections to cover the carbs. Looking forward to getting through these next few weeks and having the basal rate adjusted more accurately, I don't think we'll regret moving to a pump at all.

Sam, that's great news that you have a start date. There seems to be a quite few members on this forum either having just recently started or about to start on the pump.

It has been a little like being diagnosed all over again in that when I test Jess I'm not sure if her reading is on the way up, down or stable (still early days in knowing if basal is set correctly) and I've been unsure how exercise will affect her readings. School swimming lessons this week was fun trying to decide what her reading should be before the lesson started. They started us on a lower basal than she had been with injections and I was convinced it wouldn't be enough, but at the end of day two now I'm thinking we might even need to reduce it a bit more. She's using less insulin than before and getting lower readings. The bolus with meals seems to be working much more efficiently too, within 2 hours her reading is much lower than it used to be at that time with injections.

But although it's like being diagnosed again in some ways in other ways it's much easier to manage in that I have better knowledge and understanding on my side so I feel much more confident in coping and dealing with all these new changes that the pump is bringing.

Good luck with Monday and let us know how you get on

I knew the pump would make Jess' BG control better but never did I believe it would make it SO much better. Every time we do a BG test I have to pinch myself, can't believe this is real, perfect readings each and every single time.