Is it worth all the hassle?

surely the less hypo's thing is a really good reason?

I've got 4 weeks to go before hopefully (if all goes to plan) being hooked up to the pump, so i can't say from experience, but personally i can't wait! I can't wait for some steady control without hypo's... it'll improve my mood and mood swings to no end i think! And being able to react to high/low blood sugars much quicker than you can on MDI...

Maybe you're still getting used to it?

You said about calculations... does your pump allow you to enter your BG and carbs? The Animas2020 will let you enter BG and carbs and will calulate the dose for you, plus it will take into consideration insulin that you already have on board.

Perhaps you just have the wrong pump for you?

albannach2

It sounds as though your premineters that you have set for your wizard might need tweaking if it's over correcting, as it can only calculate from the informaion that was put into it..

My pump doesn't have wizards included so have to do all my own calculations and judgements, I know that some who started pumping on the older pumps that didn't have the wizards actually don't use this features of there newer pumps!

It does take time to get used to a pump and find the best setting etc how long this is, is very dependant to the individaul some people find that within weeks or months that they got it all sorted, and others find it does take a lot longer to achieve...

I now find that my pump actually requires less effort now than my MDI use to take, and I am getting better results... I've gone from having hypos on a daily bases to very few in a month, where on MDI a hypo could be very disruptive and time consumming I now find that if I have one the impact is very mimimal indeed...

The biggestt plus I've experienced with my pump, which outweighs everything for me, it the improvement of the quaility of life that I now have compared to my last couple of years of MDI, It has given me my life back, I am such a more positive person now than I'd been for a long while... It has opened up opertunities that were really closed to me before I had the pump...

I used to end up banging my head against a brick wall with MDI as a insuling pen nor a syringe, could deliver my insulin in the small quanities or match the veriations of my basal needs, so I was putting in very hard work for no results.... So it isn't a surprise that I was such a negetive persons with a negetive outlook of life, but because of my pumps ability I can put the same and now less effort in and achieve far better results, so I am now a positive person with a positvie out look...

i've had the same thoughts about the pump. For example I find a profile that works, then within a month I'm having to change it again which is frustrating. I hate doing basal testing cos I need to eat regularly! My discipline isnt most effective all the time!

Another thing, for example every lunchtime I have a cup of soup and slice of thick cut bread. Within an hour or 2 some lunchtimes the BGs are good and like today and yesterday its approx 12/13. Why? Not a clue. I have swings and fluctuations which have no rhyme or reason.

I am now convinced that men (or maybe just me?!) suffer 'periods' that cause an imbalance in hormones which affect BGs. Also my reason for being really grumpy over the last few days again! Yes this is a monthly cycle!

I also find being attached quite restricting sometimes and quite frankly a pain.

I even tried a pump break for 3 or 4 days and had excellent BGs! Whats that all about? - never could with MDI before!!!

Only thing I have found is I take less insulin which has to be good. Also my HBA1C has progressively come down too. That must be good? And the main reason and target for going on a pump.

I also dont swing as high as I used to. If I have a 17mmol test now I'm quite shocked! Cant remember the last time I saw 19+. I did fairly often on MDI.

Swings and roundabouts I suppose.

Stick with it.
Paul

I know pretty much nothing about pumps, but you say ," when I am lowish, say 5" 5 isn't low. so what numbers are you running at?
I'm a T2 low carbing and using 2 x 500 Metformin. I've hiked 4 miles cross country today and my BG has not been up to 5 yet.
I don't feel hypo at all.
Perhaps you just got used to running high and that's why it seemed as if you had many hypos What numbers were you getting?
If that is the case, keeping steady at a better level( around5) should sort it out.

It sounds as though your premineters that you have set for your wizard might need tweaking if it's over correcting, as it can only calculate from the informaion that was put into it
I agree with Jopar.
Sorry, I've just written this and realised that you have a 712 and my pump is a 515, it may differ but I'm not sure by how much

In the bolus wizard setup check tyour target. If BG is on target at mealtimes it will give the full calcualted dose, if BG is belo, w target it will give less insulin and vice versa.
perhaps most important maybe your carb ratio needs a bit of tweaking for that time of day. Many peoples vary.

Manual bolus is easy, just press manual and use the arrow keys
you can also use easy bolus, by pressing the up key but you need to set that up first.

Another thought I had is it might be that the insulin is working too quickly for you so that its working before the food. I've found this and for more and more meals I'm using a square wave bolus over an hour.

My doses didnt really drop using Novorapid. Also found that it worked quite late then peaked quite quickly making me hypo.

I'm now on Apidra which seems better but still have strange results for no reason but I'm taking a 3rd less basal. Bolus is the same.