Took her long enough to figure that out!
Diabetes Mine: When MDI is B-A-D — Time to Pump
I suppose people on insulin pumps have bad weeks, too. But I’m officially D-O-N-E with the last few, that’s for sure.
Seriously. Pumping is the only way to be a diabetic but it is EXPENSIVE, time consuming, mind consuming, etc.
I have done it all — oral meds for about two months which drove me nuts. No matter what I ate, didn’t ate, etc, my blood glucose monitor insisted on being a random number generator.
I’ve done MDI. Here’s the problem with MDI, you make a mistake, you roller coaster for days. Flat out, you are just stick with the insulin you take until it decides to leave.
That’s true pumping too, but it decides to leave on a quicker basis. And yes it is ALL about the control!
I’m lucky, the short term complications get me in a hurry. The first is blurred vision — if my blood sugar isn’t in normal range, I can’t read, and have trouble seeing. The second is bitchiness — if my blood sugar is too high, I’m hard to get along with. The third is congetive ability, I can’t program and I can’t teach as well if my blood sugar is too high.
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