Taken from an email to H:
How often are you changing your cartridge? I so can't do 'every 3 days'. Doesn't work for me - so unless I have a problem, I'm doing Tuesdays and Fridays. Definitely using less insulin on the pump - before I was doing between 50u and 65u (40 of which was Levemir) - depending on what I was eating. Now I'm doing in the mid 30s - pretty amazing, considering I'm also eating a tad more carbs. You're only supposed to do around 25% less.
My ratio is still 65%basal to 25%bolus.
Are you/do you need to bolus for protein? I'm finding I do... actually I've known that for a long time, but my stupid DE (and believe me, I think hard before I call someone stupid) says I don't need to. It's typical advice for T2 that she gives me. If it was up to her, I could drink 4 glasses of tomato juice (around 24 carb) and not bolus because it's "free' food, but for a slice of bread at the same carbs, of course I need insulin. LOL NO food is free when eaten in any quantity, as far as I'm concerned.
Sometime, when I get around to it, I have to have another c-peptide, a Celiac test (strongly suspicious) and another GAD Antibody - you know... the one you're supposed to repeat in 6 weeks, but for me it's been 6 months! I didn't want a reason not to be classed as T1, in case the 2nd test was somehow negative. Now, it can be as negative as it wants.
My ratio is still 65%basal to 25%bolus.
Are you/do you need to bolus for protein? I'm finding I do... actually I've known that for a long time, but my stupid DE (and believe me, I think hard before I call someone stupid) says I don't need to. It's typical advice for T2 that she gives me. If it was up to her, I could drink 4 glasses of tomato juice (around 24 carb) and not bolus because it's "free' food, but for a slice of bread at the same carbs, of course I need insulin. LOL NO food is free when eaten in any quantity, as far as I'm concerned.
Sometime, when I get around to it, I have to have another c-peptide, a Celiac test (strongly suspicious) and another GAD Antibody - you know... the one you're supposed to repeat in 6 weeks, but for me it's been 6 months! I didn't want a reason not to be classed as T1, in case the 2nd test was somehow negative. Now, it can be as negative as it wants.
From an email to S:
I only have 2 words for the pump: LOVE IT!!!!
Mind you... just spent since Friday battling high sugars, with no clue as to why. I hardly ate at all. Today it's much better, actually back to normal, again with no logical explanation. I had problems like this on MDI too, but first time on the pump.
Never had such consistently good BGLs! But we knew all that. It's not hard work at all. Only thing I find frustrating is sometimes getting the carbs wrong on a plate of food that's presented to me. Apparently everyone has that more or less. Been sticking to between 80 and 110gr carbs a day, which works better for me than anything else I've experimented with.
Had one site failure so far and one pump occlusion another time. Both easy fixed and I didn't panic, just followed what I thought. The occlusion happened when I tried a site on my lower belly - where I'd been injecting. Back to above the navel for now.
So yes... best thing I ever did!
Mind you... just spent since Friday battling high sugars, with no clue as to why. I hardly ate at all. Today it's much better, actually back to normal, again with no logical explanation. I had problems like this on MDI too, but first time on the pump.
Never had such consistently good BGLs! But we knew all that. It's not hard work at all. Only thing I find frustrating is sometimes getting the carbs wrong on a plate of food that's presented to me. Apparently everyone has that more or less. Been sticking to between 80 and 110gr carbs a day, which works better for me than anything else I've experimented with.
Had one site failure so far and one pump occlusion another time. Both easy fixed and I didn't panic, just followed what I thought. The occlusion happened when I tried a site on my lower belly - where I'd been injecting. Back to above the navel for now.
So yes... best thing I ever did!
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