I have been using it since October 15, with saline. I like the features, the buttons are alot easier to use than I thought.
The first thing I actually like about my new insulin pump are the infusion sets I chose. They are so easy, simple and believe it or not....PAINLESS!
(I of course chose pink)
Once I get used to the tubing....it wasnt so bad. I accidentally ripped an infusion out getting changed the first night, but have been doing great since then.
The greatest feature, I have been loving while "pretending" with saline....has been the ease of giving myself a bolus of insulin before each meal...etc. It easily calculates the proper amount based on the carb ratios set. The meter I use to prick my finger with...transmits the number to the pump...then all I am left to do is enter the carbs I am eating and it calculates the insulin and I just hit the button and DONE. No lifting my shirt, clicking my insulin pen and having to inject myself.....love it!
Two of the features I am going to learn to use tomorrow, I am excited about:
Dual Wave: This feature allows me to deliver my insulin in two different amounts, either 50/50, 30/70 or however I choose....over a period of time I also choose. This is exciting because when I eat, I can give myself some of the insulin I need...and have my pump deliver the rest of it over a time period I set. No more lows.....then extreme highs!!
Square Wave: This feature will allow me to give myself a set amount of insulin over a time period I choose also. This is great for buffets and parties....where I am not sure how much food I will eat, or "grazing". So I can tell my pump to give 10units of insulin over a 5hr period (for example) and should be able to keep my sugars from soaring high, from not giving enough; or going low, for giving too much.
I am so excited to see my sugars start to level out towards normal. Hoping I start feeling better.
Once I start insulin, I have some basal testing which involves fasting and then carb ratio testing.....to properly set the pump to my insulin needs....but I know it is all necessary to make using the pump as effective as I need it to be to maintain a healthy life.
Another important event happening tomorrow:
My daughter Amanda is meeting with her cardiologist to get a checkup after her recent heart surgery. We are praying that she is cleared for normal activity (as normal as a teenager can be, lol) and the defect did not return. We were told that it could return at anytime and each year she is to see a cardiologist to make sure. Brandi, her identical twin sister, since sharing DNA must also be tested tomorrow. The syndrome is genetic and we are praying this is one thing, they dont share!
Please keep the girls in your prayers. Hoping for good news tomorrow :)
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