It's a Medtronic Miniped and it's so weird!! I've been diabetic for 21 years (since I was 3) so it's weird taking anything but shots. I'm hoping everything works out *crosses fingers* My doctor cracked me up because she taught me how to take it off for "intimate moments" lolz!
How does everyone else like their pump?
Re: Just got my pump!
I love,love,love my pump.I took shots for 15 years.I was diagnosed at 14-I had gallstones that burst my gallbladder and lodged in my pancreas causing severe damage and type 1 diabetes.
I was always really,really scared of the pump just because it was different,but I am so glad I went on it!I am still getting used to having something constantly attatched to me,but I like that it is really hard to accidentally rip the site out,I was worried about that at first.
So far my control has been about 90% better with the pump,and my a1c went from a 7.9 at conception to a 5.6 at month 5.I hope you love it too!
T1 diabetes diagnosed 11/95 due to severe pancreatic injury
BFP 1 1/22/10 EDD 9/30/10 Adria b. 9/11/10 d.8/9/11, Transposition of the Great Arteries,
Pleural effusion, Kidney Failure
BFP 2 4/26/12 EDD 1/3/13 M/C 5/13/12
BFP 3 10/3/12 EDD 6/17/13 Twins! Preston and Juliet b. 5/22/13
I LOVE mine as well! I've had type 1 for over 20 years and have been on the pump for about 10 now. I really really resisted it for a long time -but now I would never go back! You totally get used to it being attached to you 24/7, and in my experience most people that don't know what it is think it's a cell phone or something. It's not 100% perfect technology, but I my control is amazingly better than when I was on shots, and I really don't think I could have gone through this pregnancy, or my last one without it.
Good luck, and give it a few months to really get used to it!
I dont have as much expierance as others but i have had my pump for almost 3 months... I was the same... they kept telling me the benifits and I could only see that I failed at my control and didnt want to give it to being hooked up. Once I started researching what could happen to LO and happen to have a diabetic mom come in for a OB scan, and saw what happened to her..... I flipped out , left work and went to my endo office and told him sign me up now, didnt want to go down that road that i saw coming... It was the best decison I have made for us... my control is so much better... and I really dont mind being hooked up... most people and most of my patients think its a pager and that I am so behind in times... especially when it beeps to remind me to check my levels.
You will love it... just hold out for a few weeks til you can tweek your numbers... and yes, I am still tweeking mine... just as I start getting good readings, my insulin needs change again...apparently I am insulin resistant... nice
Congrats! I also have a minimed pump and minimed is great--they always fight the insurance battles for me!
Anyway, I've been diabetic for almost 27 years (since I was 4) and on the pump for 14 years now. I can't imagine life without it. Before I went on the pump, I was most scared about sleeping with it because I'm a restless sleeper. However, it turned out not to be a big deal at all.
I love my pump!! I've been diabetic since 2000. Was put on two shots a day at first, then a Minimed pump which I HATED. It was flawed and broke all the time. Went back to shots, then not too long ago, got back on the pump.
I'm on the Animas Ping and I love it! It's such a wonder that my pump and meter can 'talk' to each other. My a1c has been in the 10% range most of my diabetic life. After I found out I was preggo, I straightened up, got my numbers under hardcore control and in less than a month it dropped to a 7.4%. Hereof lately it's been up and down and in the 200s more frequently again. It's almost a weekly thing, changing my numbers. But the site changes and wearing it all the time is no big deal.
I hope you enjoy your pump!!!