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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RobertJ" data-source="post: 2626949" data-attributes="member: 351599">I am coming up to the four-week mark for my T-Slim X2, the first pump I've been on in my twenty and a half years with Type 1 diabetes.The first few days were incredible. I couldn't believe how easy everything was and my average glucose was 6.7.But for some reason, it got worse after that. Due to the fact that you tend to deal in smaller amounts of insulin on a pump, I have experienced some nasty prolonged highs. A common problem has been my BG rising after a meal and staying at 14-16mmol for three hours. I have also had some nights where it's gone high and the recommended correction from the pump was not enough to get it down by the morning. The sad reality at the moment is that my results are worse than they were when I was on pens. My time in target was about 80/85% most of this year but has now dropped to 69%. I never let my average glucose go above 7.9 (and it was often lower than that) but it is now 8.4. I was assuming I'd go the other way with the pump, i.e. my results would be better than ever.Have other people experienced a bumpy start before it eventually results in better long-term control?</blockquote>

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