Hi Saya,
#1 for me is the taming of my Dawn Phenomenon. When I used to be on shots, I would always go to bed scared of overnight lows – I averaged 2 or 3 hypo events per week. Since going on the pump, I maybe have 2 or 3 a YEAR. Much better. Much more peace of mind.
#2 - (see #1)
#3 - (see #1)
#4 - (etc.)
Cheers, Mike
Things I love about the pump:
First of all, not the important reason, but I don’t have to wear a watch anymore. I just check the time/date on my pump!
Huge improvement in bgls/A1C1’s
Flexible basal rates
Different types of basal rates (square, dual wave, regular)
Not doing math every time I take a bolus or correction bolus
CGMS - seeing exactly what is happening over a week, and being able to accurately make adjustments to my carb/insulin ratio and basal rates
No more bottles of insulin and syringes getting lost in my purse. I’m always withing 15 minutes of getting home or to a drug store if I need other supplies.
No more trying to measure 1/3 or 1/2 of a unit of insulin in a syringe.
Far less hypoglycemic episodes compared to shots
no more issues around travel with time zones and other insulins
Feeling like a person who doesn’t have diabetes is more commonplace than when I was on shots.
no ,it’s okay
i get it,we all hate the(who do you love thebest,mummu or daddy?)question
thank you
that’s the beuty of pumping
you thing you know every thing
but when you start pumping
you see the reall beuty of it,i never payed attention to the type of bolus
that means about,99,80% off the total lows
i used to get about,3 lows a day
that means about a low every month maybe
like the first reason
*i always buy a new watch when my old one runs off the battery
then,i would stay without any time indicating device except my psp,wich i have to take out of my handbag,and turn it on
*yeah,the basic reason for pumping :)greater a1cs
*that’s one ,temp basal,i know it would be a huge help,i have no routine in my life
*nice one too
*i can’t agree with you
i love doing the maths,my cheer up every time i eat
*this one too,but it hase its pos and negs,it hurts,it’s not accurate,yet,helps you know where you are heading to
*yeah,i have hypo unaware so huge difference
*that’s a problem i am encountering today,we are traveling today, ihave no idea what to do 
*that’s what i meant by forgetting diabetes,seeingdiabetes from adifferent point of viwe,and be seen from a different point of view
thanks mauren,we have lots in common
flexibility…
I’ve been pumping for 18 years. I love the convenience of always having my insulin with me. I never carry extra sets wtih me. I keep a syringe in my bag, have one stashed in my car and my locker at work so if something goes wrong with my pump or set, I can take insulin out of the cartridge with the syringe and inject. The first week I started pumping I felt incredibly better. I told my doctor I would never give up pumping.
I was so against having something attched to me 24/7 that I missed out on a good thing for a long time. I’ve been pumping for close to 3 years after being on MDIs for 25. There are a few things that I like most about the pump. 1) it gives you more control over your insulin dosing. ie: temp basals, suspend, etc. 2) it’s with you at every moment so there’s no “forgetting” your insulin 3) i feel the basal insulin from a pump is much more steady than the basal insulin from say lantus 4) more precise dosages 5) more flexibility with eating. There’s probably more too but those are the most important. I would never give up my pump either!
Well, I agree with a lot of the earlier posts, especially the idea that you can sleep in, push back dinner or lunch, etc, and the temp. basals (for bicycling!). BUT the main thing about the pump for me is that I don’t have to compromise on having too much or too little insulin at different times of the day. Once I narrowed down the basals (still working out the fine details 6 months in, that does take work and effort…), I could see why it was so hard to balance the lantus - I needed almost twice as much insulin at night then in the morning - with the pump, once its figured out, no problem.
(well no problem as much as any diabetic can ever say that…)
I especially like when I’m at a Restaurant and constantly get
no delivery messages. When I later get home from a totally
lousy dinner experience and with sky high glucose levels,
I discover I have yet another bent cannula. Why can’t they
better manufactor these pumps and their infusion sets.
I Pods have a lesser failure rate then Durable Medical Equipment,
for the treatment of Diabetes.
Can someone tell me, why the hell does Medtronic have a shortage
of Sure T’s. I can’t comprehend what these companies are doing, or not doing ?
GOOD GRIEF !!!
This is what Im hoping to get from the pump. I started today, and I can’t wait for the bumps to even out.
For me its the fact that I can take the insulin in such small increments, not to mention the calculation factor. My mind is overwhemled enough, this will relieve so much stress for me
Dave, you’re right at times you do sound like, “Howard Cosel” !
Plain and simple - I don’t feel like a diabetic anymore - love the freedom!!!
FatCatAnna - Trials and Tribulations of a Diabetic
I am starting on my pump (MM 722) at the end of the month and reading all these posts makes me even more excited than I already was to start on it! Can’t wait!!
Thanks Dave! I am so excited that I can can barely contain myself! I got my pump 3 weeks ago and I can’t start using it until September 29th. It’s torture to have it but not be able to use it! Its nice to know others share my excitement!
I think the two biggest things I like about the pump are the variable basal rates (both temporary basal and using different rates at different times of the day) and how discrete it is with bolusing.
hahaha,nice one dave !
thank god i do(touch my fingers)
but hey,don’t blame the pump for that
and thanks donny,figuratively,you’re right
i thin it makes your life much easier
as i said
that’s the biggest benifet for me
no matter how lazy i was,the insulin won’t be unavailable
thank you
ans stacy you are right,i tink it’s the same,there is no(no insulin)anymore
yeah, you are right
though i got it vice versa
i didn’t like the pump because i thought there was no tubing