Monday, August 4, 2008

Second nature

I've been on my pump for almost four months now.  It took me years to come around to the idea of even trying the pump.  I was "happy" with MDIs, because I had been doing them for so long. They were what I knew, and what I was comfortable with.  But I wasn't happy with my control.  My A1C's hovered in the high 6's and low 7's.  I'd only achieved a 6.4 once, and it didn't last.

I began reading about pumping on diabetes blogs and talked to other pumpers on a knitting site that has a great forum section.  And I spotted a pump on one of the instructors at the ballroom studio where Pea and I take lessons.  I decided I could do it too.

It was scary.  My first insertion set changes were done with every instruction guide I had spread out in front of me.  And it took forever.

Today I did a set change.  The instructions now stay somewhere in my Diabetes Drawer.  And the whole process takes only a couple of minutes.  It's all second nature.  That great, right?  Right.

But for some reason, it's making me really sad.  Not sad that I'm on the pump - I couldn't be happier with it and it's the best decision I've ever made (diabetes-wise).  But a bit sad that another diabetes-related thing has become second nature.  Sad that there STILL is no cure.

2 comments:

  1. Remember that it's stories like yours that encourage others to try something new to help themselves with this stupid disease.
    Thanks for your note today - made me laugh and even better, made me feel a little less dumb.

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  2. Okay, you posted a comment on my blog, and before this, I don't think I'd been to your site. :) So, I'm glad you found me. I think we might be long lost twins what with the knitting, we are both Geminis and the fact that you have my favorite chocolates of all time on your header. :)
    And I was also a resistant pumper. I was a diabetic for 21 years before attempting to pump.

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