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Message: <blockquote data-quote="himtoo" data-source="post: 1127404" data-attributes="member: 142835">Hi [USER=223876]@BlondeMonkey[/USER] my little story about pumping......................I was offered a pump originally about 12 years ago but my thought was -- "why fix things if they're not broke"my control was good and I was in a routine. I said No.move forward to august 2014 and my consultant again offered / suggested a pump -- my control still good but hypo awareness slightly impaired and starting to be an issue -- i made the decision to try to get one and 13 months later began wearing the omnipod patch pump.first few days i was ready to throw it in the bin - My DSN had put me on quite a low level of basal to start and my BG's were running in the teens <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> pretty much all day.but within a week or so we together were making adjustments and over the next 6-8 weeks I put a lot of hard work in doing the basal testing and now after 6 months I would never wish to go back to MDI.it is really very liberating being on a pump - i still generally keep to routine but on the days I don't and either miss a meal or eat very late my bloods stay flat .Hypos have been reduced substantially to only about 1 or 2 per week ( down from pretty much every day ) the ability to match bolus doses to carb intake is pretty amazing too , along with the actual calculating the pump does for you as regards your settings in achieving target BG.HbA1c is up to 49 ( 6.6% ) from 42 on MDI so my consultant is chuffed to bits <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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