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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bluey1" data-source="post: 1732569" data-attributes="member: 36344">Hi,I have only been on a pump for a few months.  Before going onto the pump I frequently would hit 25+ mmol/L and the lows, I had my meter say Hi and Lo to me within a few hours and I was greeted by my meter a number of more times than I would have liked..  My HbA1c was 8% and up to just over 9%.  Since being on the pumpI have never gone over 19mmol/L had few lows and it's still being adjusted.  I had rejected suggestions from my Drs to go onto a pump years ago.  My only regret is I didn't do it then.  I realise some people will have an issue being attached to a black box (or the omnipod, that I know nothing about as they don't seem to be available in the country I live in Australia).  On the rare occasion I need to get up in the middle of the night I automatically pick it up whilst I'm still pretty much asleep.  I toss and turn in bed, I just let it wander around in the bed and no problems, that was my biggest fear.  It has very quickly become a part of me, I don't feel as I'm on a leash or anything, it's just like wearing a watch (that I wear 24x7).  Occasionally it gets loose and is dangling, it hasn't pulled the cannula out yet.  You still have to put in a bit of work with what you eat or don't eat, but for a little effort I get an enormous reward.</blockquote>

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