Yes, you read the title right. I am OFF my insulin Pump & on shots...again. I have been off the pump since this past June. I thought I made a blog entry about this huge change, but apparently not. I got my Medtronic pump back in 2013 & loved it! But for the two years I wore it, it was a nightmare sadly. Many people have said that "a pump isn't for anyone" & I fut into that category. So, you are probably wondering what caused me to switch back. Let me travel back through memory lane & tell you what caused me to switch back.
It was May 2015, & it was the final day of my exams for college. I changed my infusion set that morning before we went out for breakfast. I ate 2 pancakes with (sugar-free) syrup. I arrived an hour early for my last exam (an hour or so after breakfast). I waited until maybe 20 minutes before the exam & tested my blood sugar & received the highest reading at the time, to date. 499 mg/dl & my jaws dropped. So I corrected & drunk water & went on with my exam. Halfway through my exam I went faint & nauseous. So I rechecked & got the 600+ sign & I about passed out due to shock. So I rushed through the rest of the exam & went straight to the hospital. I did not pass the exam, but I did the class.
On the way I stopped to change my infusion set & guess what, BENT CANULA! All this stress & suffering I was going through was over a bent canula. So that did the trick. When I go to the ER my blood glucose was down to 392 mg/dl, which was a relief. Over the three days that followed I was still recovering from that horrific incident & during that time I had 3 more bent canulas. It seemed it didn't matter where I put the thing, it bent. So I was like "THAT'S IT, I'M DONE!". I called my endocrinologist that second & requested prescriptions for long acting & short acting insulin & needles & haven't looked back since. Every since, a huge stress has been off my shoulders. That crucial decision has helped me manage my diabetes so well today. Not having to worry so much is such a good feeling.
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