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<blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 614568" data-attributes="member: 39639"><p>Weird to see I'd posted on this old thread before. I'm back aagin now because, for the first time ever, I'm seriously considering stopping using my pump <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I'd been using my thighs as a site for 5 months and then they stopped working, which is perfectly normal as I always swap sites after 4-6 months BUT when I tried swapping to my bum last weekend NONE of the cannulas have 'taken' properly. I've had day after day of highs and it's really wearing me down physically and mentally. Not only that, the Humalog pen i use for correction doses is struggling to bring my BS down. I did a test after breakfast and my BS was 10.00 so I had a correction dose, but, 3 hours later, it was still 9.9. So yet again, I had s*d-all lunch because that's too high to have any carbs. I feel I've been made to starve all week because of my stupid high BS. I'm slim anyway and definitely need to eat plenty of food.</p><p></p><p>I really can't get across my total and utter FRUSTRATION. I can cope with the sets, the needles, the frequent blood tests, etc - all of the pump stuff <strong><em>as long as it works.</em></strong> What I can't cope with is high BSs and no way to bring them down properly. Yes, I imagine this is because the basal insulin isn't being absorbed properly from my bum, but I have nowhere else to put the sites. I can't use my tummy as no area on that seems to work at all now (I haven't used it for at least 5 years for that reason) and obviously I can't use my legs as that's the area that's just stopped working.</p><p></p><p>I feel like I'm totally stuck <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Any help, and advice would be very, very welcome. Anyone, please?</p><p></p><p>I originally went on the pump 10 years ago because I was having awful night time hypos so I would be very nervous about going back on long-acting insulin. Also, my Dr is total rubbish and doesn't listen at all or really know much about diabetes, and it takes an age to get an appointment to see my consultant. I'm completely fed up with my pump this week <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azure, post: 614568, member: 39639"] Weird to see I'd posted on this old thread before. I'm back aagin now because, for the first time ever, I'm seriously considering stopping using my pump :( I'd been using my thighs as a site for 5 months and then they stopped working, which is perfectly normal as I always swap sites after 4-6 months BUT when I tried swapping to my bum last weekend NONE of the cannulas have 'taken' properly. I've had day after day of highs and it's really wearing me down physically and mentally. Not only that, the Humalog pen i use for correction doses is struggling to bring my BS down. I did a test after breakfast and my BS was 10.00 so I had a correction dose, but, 3 hours later, it was still 9.9. So yet again, I had s*d-all lunch because that's too high to have any carbs. I feel I've been made to starve all week because of my stupid high BS. I'm slim anyway and definitely need to eat plenty of food. I really can't get across my total and utter FRUSTRATION. I can cope with the sets, the needles, the frequent blood tests, etc - all of the pump stuff [B][I]as long as it works.[/I][/B] What I can't cope with is high BSs and no way to bring them down properly. Yes, I imagine this is because the basal insulin isn't being absorbed properly from my bum, but I have nowhere else to put the sites. I can't use my tummy as no area on that seems to work at all now (I haven't used it for at least 5 years for that reason) and obviously I can't use my legs as that's the area that's just stopped working. I feel like I'm totally stuck :( Any help, and advice would be very, very welcome. Anyone, please? I originally went on the pump 10 years ago because I was having awful night time hypos so I would be very nervous about going back on long-acting insulin. Also, my Dr is total rubbish and doesn't listen at all or really know much about diabetes, and it takes an age to get an appointment to see my consultant. I'm completely fed up with my pump this week :( :( :( [/QUOTE]
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