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<blockquote data-quote="Vwhite1980" data-source="post: 1439432" data-attributes="member: 206092"><p>Well done for persevering. The first day I had my pump I had a very important interview to attend and I went hypo! Luckily I had been pre warned and I had told my interviewees as well. Its just one of those things! I also got the job as well which was cool! Glad you are on a better level now, like others have said it does take a little while to get perfection! I had meetings with my Diabetes team 1 week after pump started, then 1 month, then 2 months, then 3 months then 6 months, all the time making minor adjustments and doing lots of 8 hour long fasting tests to check levels. Its all worth it in the end when you know you have got it right and you can rely on it to keep you level, I still find I dont always get the carb counts right, but sometimes you do have to guess, hence I check two hours after eating and do adjustment doses that I know my machine calculates perfectly for me. You then have to learn how to adjust everything for exercise, its all very well getting it all perfect for when you sit at home watching tv, in reality this is not the case and again exercise is a trial and error. I now take my pump off when I play football matches, as I was forever swigging lucozade throughout the match! I tried 10% reduction, then 20% reduction and 50% reduction in basal rate to no avail, so just take it off then check blood sugars before reconnecting. We live we learn! 2 years down the line I am much happier and have more freedom, if I fancy a biscuit I tell my machine and it gives me the miniscule dose I need to stop my blood sugar raising! (great advantage of the pump doses of 0.1 unit...I used to hate it when I was on injections, I knew I needed say 1.5 units of insulin but had to have either 1 unit or 2 units...neither of which worked for me!</p><p></p><p>In Conclusion, once you get the levels adjusted correctly, trust me it will keep working without a doubt!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vwhite1980, post: 1439432, member: 206092"] Well done for persevering. The first day I had my pump I had a very important interview to attend and I went hypo! Luckily I had been pre warned and I had told my interviewees as well. Its just one of those things! I also got the job as well which was cool! Glad you are on a better level now, like others have said it does take a little while to get perfection! I had meetings with my Diabetes team 1 week after pump started, then 1 month, then 2 months, then 3 months then 6 months, all the time making minor adjustments and doing lots of 8 hour long fasting tests to check levels. Its all worth it in the end when you know you have got it right and you can rely on it to keep you level, I still find I dont always get the carb counts right, but sometimes you do have to guess, hence I check two hours after eating and do adjustment doses that I know my machine calculates perfectly for me. You then have to learn how to adjust everything for exercise, its all very well getting it all perfect for when you sit at home watching tv, in reality this is not the case and again exercise is a trial and error. I now take my pump off when I play football matches, as I was forever swigging lucozade throughout the match! I tried 10% reduction, then 20% reduction and 50% reduction in basal rate to no avail, so just take it off then check blood sugars before reconnecting. We live we learn! 2 years down the line I am much happier and have more freedom, if I fancy a biscuit I tell my machine and it gives me the miniscule dose I need to stop my blood sugar raising! (great advantage of the pump doses of 0.1 unit...I used to hate it when I was on injections, I knew I needed say 1.5 units of insulin but had to have either 1 unit or 2 units...neither of which worked for me! In Conclusion, once you get the levels adjusted correctly, trust me it will keep working without a doubt! [/QUOTE]
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