Hi Everyone,
My name is Rachael, I am 31 years old and I have Type 1 Diabetes. I first had it during pregnancy and then it went and returned in October 2005. I am now 19 weeks pregnant and my team have decided that I need to try the pump. So, I thought I would write in here to let people know about my experience and to see how I go.
I went Last Thursday to have my pump. There is no insulin in there yet, just seline. It is a practice. So at the moment I am still injecting. The training was ok and there is plenty to read up on. I thought it would really bother me having it attached to me all the time, but it hasn't. In fact I keep forgetting that its there.
As for the fact that people may see it, well, if it gives me a better quality of live, then that's all that matters.
I have changed it once, I didn't think that I would be able to do it because it looked so compllicated when the nurse put it in for me, but I managed it. Because I am pregnant, I have to change mine every 2 days, but otherwise it's every 3 days.
The pump has a menu, so it's a bit like using a mobile phone. After having a good read, it isn't as difficult as I thought it would be.
I'm off to my hospital appointment now to have my insulin in my pump, or to "go live" as the nurses say. Very nervous, but very possitive.
My name is Rachael, I am 31 years old and I have Type 1 Diabetes. I first had it during pregnancy and then it went and returned in October 2005. I am now 19 weeks pregnant and my team have decided that I need to try the pump. So, I thought I would write in here to let people know about my experience and to see how I go.
I went Last Thursday to have my pump. There is no insulin in there yet, just seline. It is a practice. So at the moment I am still injecting. The training was ok and there is plenty to read up on. I thought it would really bother me having it attached to me all the time, but it hasn't. In fact I keep forgetting that its there.
As for the fact that people may see it, well, if it gives me a better quality of live, then that's all that matters.
I have changed it once, I didn't think that I would be able to do it because it looked so compllicated when the nurse put it in for me, but I managed it. Because I am pregnant, I have to change mine every 2 days, but otherwise it's every 3 days.
The pump has a menu, so it's a bit like using a mobile phone. After having a good read, it isn't as difficult as I thought it would be.
I'm off to my hospital appointment now to have my insulin in my pump, or to "go live" as the nurses say. Very nervous, but very possitive.
