Hello again everyone, I just wanted to ask as it seems I am using quite a bit more insulin now that I am on the pump over when I was just giving myself injections. I try not to waste any priming a new infusion set etc but it just seems to me I am going through more insulin than before.. Is it just me?? LOL
It's not just you. That is if when you say "use" you don't mean your TDD (total daily dose) is more. I don't use more insulin in my body, actually much less then before pumping. But the infusion set pumps do cause some unavoidable waste since the set has units that never get used. There are ways to lessen the waste.
Yeah, the tubing does "use up" some insulin. But as to my TDD it has gone down. On MDI I used to have to either eat up to accommodate a full unit, or wait until my bg was high enough to take a whole unit for correction. With the pump, I can dose in partial units - giving myself exactly what I need when I need it. So overall my TDD has gone down.