Evening everyone.
I've only been pumping for just over 3 weeks now and things have been, well topsy turvey to say the least. I was slowly getting on track until this weekend.
Having been T1 for 30 years I've probably had every complication under the sun and whilst on mdi I pushed thru each one and came out the other side.
I have been prone to abscesses for many years. Before on mdi I could just take extra insulin n that was that, but now I'm on the pump I don't feel like I have any control whatsoever. My bgs have jumped into double figures since sat and no amount of correction or temp basals have helped at all. My DSN has suggested going into a 200% basal increase for 8 hours and just inject correction doses by pen every 2 hours until my antibiotics and penicillin kick in.
I don't know about anyone else, but before on mdi, I never really took all that much notice of what infection, colds (or even sex come to think on it) did to my bgs. I'm starting to realise how much I don't actually know about my diabetes at all!
Was just wondering if this is the same for everyone? Is the next year just going to be me making notes about how every single little thing affects my bg? I'm really feeling deflated today. I had it in my head that when I started the pump, my diabetes would revolve around my life and not my life around the diabetes. It's just pissing me off! Sorry for the language if anyone is offended. Just the way I'm feeling at this point!
I've only been pumping for just over 3 weeks now and things have been, well topsy turvey to say the least. I was slowly getting on track until this weekend.
Having been T1 for 30 years I've probably had every complication under the sun and whilst on mdi I pushed thru each one and came out the other side.
I have been prone to abscesses for many years. Before on mdi I could just take extra insulin n that was that, but now I'm on the pump I don't feel like I have any control whatsoever. My bgs have jumped into double figures since sat and no amount of correction or temp basals have helped at all. My DSN has suggested going into a 200% basal increase for 8 hours and just inject correction doses by pen every 2 hours until my antibiotics and penicillin kick in.
I don't know about anyone else, but before on mdi, I never really took all that much notice of what infection, colds (or even sex come to think on it) did to my bgs. I'm starting to realise how much I don't actually know about my diabetes at all!
Was just wondering if this is the same for everyone? Is the next year just going to be me making notes about how every single little thing affects my bg? I'm really feeling deflated today. I had it in my head that when I started the pump, my diabetes would revolve around my life and not my life around the diabetes. It's just pissing me off! Sorry for the language if anyone is offended. Just the way I'm feeling at this point!
