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<blockquote data-quote="baggypenguin" data-source="post: 1250272" data-attributes="member: 332081"><p>Hi Guys, first post on this forum (or any diabetes related one!). This is going to be a bit of a rant and a few questions in regards to my pump therapy vs injections. Firstly the rant! </p><p>I've been on the pump nearly a year, it hasn't matched up well to life events, in the past year, my wife and I lost our baby, got married and I've changed career. All of this has affected my HbA1C result. I was around 65-70 and the past couple have been in the 80's and 90's, prompting my specialist doctor to tell me to get below 60 or he's taking the pump back. This initially angered me, due to the other factors that have been in my life, also affecting my sugars and lifestyle. To top this all off, my DSN has been non existent these past 6 months or so. She was brilliant in getting me the pump, and setting it up and then poof, I've been alone since. And this next meeting which will decide if I can keep the pump is due this month, with me not on track to keep it. </p><p></p><p>I guess my question is, should I accept that maybe the pump just isn't for me and hand it back, or are there any ways of fighting the decision and trying to make this work for me. </p><p></p><p>Many thanks for any advice you guys may give! </p><p></p><p>Baggypenguin, a very downbeat type 1</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baggypenguin, post: 1250272, member: 332081"] Hi Guys, first post on this forum (or any diabetes related one!). This is going to be a bit of a rant and a few questions in regards to my pump therapy vs injections. Firstly the rant! I've been on the pump nearly a year, it hasn't matched up well to life events, in the past year, my wife and I lost our baby, got married and I've changed career. All of this has affected my HbA1C result. I was around 65-70 and the past couple have been in the 80's and 90's, prompting my specialist doctor to tell me to get below 60 or he's taking the pump back. This initially angered me, due to the other factors that have been in my life, also affecting my sugars and lifestyle. To top this all off, my DSN has been non existent these past 6 months or so. She was brilliant in getting me the pump, and setting it up and then poof, I've been alone since. And this next meeting which will decide if I can keep the pump is due this month, with me not on track to keep it. I guess my question is, should I accept that maybe the pump just isn't for me and hand it back, or are there any ways of fighting the decision and trying to make this work for me. Many thanks for any advice you guys may give! Baggypenguin, a very downbeat type 1 [/QUOTE]
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