It’s actually the one year anniversary of my ordering my pump.
I was diagnosed with probably Type 2 diabetes, in September 2002. I
spent a few very unsuccessful weeks with Metaforum and then went to
shots, after finding that the side effects of the meds didn’t go real
well with classroom teaching.
Shots wasn’t too bad, but I gained weight, I have a needle phobia, and
you really don’t want a lot of syringes around high school kids, in an
urban high school environment.
Plus I had lousy control. I’m “lucky”. I’m very sensitive to blood
sugar, and I’m not comfortable unless my blood sugar is between 120
and 160. My vision blurs and I become a b*tch as it raises. I even
get dizzy if I have more than about a 10 point drop in blood sugar —
which presents its own interesting sympthoms.
I had been researching the pump and trying to get my insurance to pay
for it, with no luck.
I realized quickly that I had to do something if I was going to
survive the school year. My blood sugar was exceeding 350 while we
were in staff development. So the first morning I didn’t have to be
in meetings, I went to the doctor’s office and told him I was going to
the pump, got in the car and ordered my Animas IR1200.
Best move I’ve ever made. Took a while, but this week, my blood sugar
hasn’t exceeded 200. It finally normalized to pre-staff development
level today and I’m predicting a change in basal next week. In fact,
even discussed it already with the endo.