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<blockquote data-quote="himtoo" data-source="post: 2085007" data-attributes="member: 142835"><p>i could lie and say it is easy but for me it was difficult at first --for reasons that i shall detail</p><p></p><p>1 -- trust -- this was the biggest for me -- trusting that a little "gadget" would do better than me at controlling blood sugars and this was what caused me to want to throw my pump away after 3 days -- i just did not think it was as good as me</p><p></p><p>2 - settings -- this is really important and i believe my DSN did an excellent job in that we started really low in terms of basal rates and after much basal rate testing over a number of weeks built up to the rates that i pretty much use now ( minor variations )</p><p>but this meant i had 2 weeks of bg's in the low teens most days as we gradually moved basal rates up together</p><p></p><p>3 - fear -- it was drummed into me by my DSN and the rep that on a pump there is no "grace period" -- if insulin isnt being delivered BG's will shoot up very quickly -- so being on guard is really important -- unless you dont mind a missed failure and bg levels of 20 +</p><p></p><p>after about 6 weeks things had settled down and i was cruising along nicely and I have been ever since -- of course there are blips but Diabetes is like that no matter what we use to control our BG's</p><p></p><p>hope this helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="himtoo, post: 2085007, member: 142835"] i could lie and say it is easy but for me it was difficult at first --for reasons that i shall detail 1 -- trust -- this was the biggest for me -- trusting that a little "gadget" would do better than me at controlling blood sugars and this was what caused me to want to throw my pump away after 3 days -- i just did not think it was as good as me 2 - settings -- this is really important and i believe my DSN did an excellent job in that we started really low in terms of basal rates and after much basal rate testing over a number of weeks built up to the rates that i pretty much use now ( minor variations ) but this meant i had 2 weeks of bg's in the low teens most days as we gradually moved basal rates up together 3 - fear -- it was drummed into me by my DSN and the rep that on a pump there is no "grace period" -- if insulin isnt being delivered BG's will shoot up very quickly -- so being on guard is really important -- unless you dont mind a missed failure and bg levels of 20 + after about 6 weeks things had settled down and i was cruising along nicely and I have been ever since -- of course there are blips but Diabetes is like that no matter what we use to control our BG's hope this helps [/QUOTE]
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