How I did it: Before going to my new endo doc. my A1C was 8.6ish.  Right before the pump it was down to 7.9.  Today 3 months after starting the pump I'm at..... drumroll please....... 7.0!!!!  I haven't been that low since I was pregnant.  So how did I do it?

After years of denial, tears, and poor self-care, I got myself a good therapist, a new endo doc, and something finally clicked.  Whereas my prior doc said that I wasn't in good enough control for a pump, my new doc said, 'That's absurd.  You go on a pump to get good control."  Once I actually got hooked up to the pump, it was really easy.  The first couple of weeks there were some adjustments to the ratios, but within a month it was pretty smooth.  Having the pump has helped me not get so overwhelmed with all the things to calulate that I just trust the machine and then don't think about it too much.  Even though I'm in control, I can relax a whole lot more.  Getting this result is the final piece proving to me that the pump is fantabulous!

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Jan 13, 2009, 03:28PM PST | 3 comments | 5 cheers