Riri said:
Hia - I've got a hospital appointment tomorrow afternoon and I'll be meeting others who have pumps fitted as my diabetes is quite unstable at the moment and my diabetes nurse and consultant think I should consider a pump. I am sat watching the telly tonight and my mind has strayed back to having a pump fitted and the fact that I have 2 spa days planned in a few months. Will this be possible with a pump? I fear not which would be a big shame as they're both girly family birthday celebrations. Any advice greatly appreciated.
Hi,
Firstly sorry to hear your having trouble with your diabetes, however good news that your diabetes nurse and consultant are helping you decide if you want to go ahead with a pump!
The pump can be disconnected for short periods of time, for showering swimming etc. There is also no problem disconnecting for longer periods of time, you simply go back to MDI for the day.
All this will be explained if you go ahead with the pump, my team gave me info on how to re-calculate going back to MDI, as its essential you are able to switch back if your pump fails. You need to know how to calculate this as it's common to need less insulin with a pump than you use with injections.
Some people switch bac to MDI for holidays abroad, and i've heard some people switch back for longer periods of time so they have a break from the pump and they say it helps to keep good practice of MDI incase of pump failure etc.
So theres no reason really why you couldn't go on these spa days