I have an insulin pump because I asked for one with reason.
I will be honest I lied, I told them a load of bull****. As I knew the effects on the long-run and short term would be positive. I know my lifestyle is a bit erratic, so 30% of the time I cannot do injections and they didn't seem to understand that.
So I put myself in there position, "who would i choose out of that large list of people on the pump list".
I invented someone, I placed down false results showing night time hypo's. family problems as a result of hypo's and the stress caused. I also made this person 'compulsive' - in other words- annoying - someone who wont dissapeas, the only way would be too give them it and they would be gone.
It all worked out, I even asked the diabetes team why I am getting one and a nurse giggled and said "We knew that boy wouldn't leave is alone" "HAhaHAHA" - a nurse.
I will be honest my future was uncertain with MDI, my high HBA1c 9-10%, frequent hypos, stress but they made the mistake of saying no at first so I done that!
Now my blood sugars are rarley above 9mmol/l and few hypos, almost no stress, better school work, more friends as I must be alot more calm.
I am also 15 so what I'm doing may not work for adults.
I will be honest I lied, I told them a load of bull****. As I knew the effects on the long-run and short term would be positive. I know my lifestyle is a bit erratic, so 30% of the time I cannot do injections and they didn't seem to understand that.
So I put myself in there position, "who would i choose out of that large list of people on the pump list".
I invented someone, I placed down false results showing night time hypo's. family problems as a result of hypo's and the stress caused. I also made this person 'compulsive' - in other words- annoying - someone who wont dissapeas, the only way would be too give them it and they would be gone.
It all worked out, I even asked the diabetes team why I am getting one and a nurse giggled and said "We knew that boy wouldn't leave is alone" "HAhaHAHA" - a nurse.
I will be honest my future was uncertain with MDI, my high HBA1c 9-10%, frequent hypos, stress but they made the mistake of saying no at first so I done that!
Now my blood sugars are rarley above 9mmol/l and few hypos, almost no stress, better school work, more friends as I must be alot more calm.
I am also 15 so what I'm doing may not work for adults.
