Pump Holiday...?

Has anyone decided to have a "pump holiday" and to go back onto multiple injections?

I am feeling a bit world weary and am contemplating this for say a month. I am interested to find out what prompted you to decide a break was an advantage and whether or not you got anything out of it.

Motivation is related to being able to pay less attention to the minutiae. I accept the HbA1c will go up.

Any thoughts?
Helen

Only been on it about 11 months and so far haven't felt the need for it and would probably be put off by the need to increase the background insulin doses and insulin/carb ratios.

However if its all getting too much for you then you should go back to MDI. And at the very least you can gauge how simple/not simple it will be for you in case you feel like doing it again in the future.

Good luck whatever you decide.........

As a trial, with guidance from my consultant, I had a pump holiday for 3 weeks..and hated it! My BGs were all over the place, I felt tired all the time and just generally crap; as soon as was back on the pump felt better...and told consultant not to do that to me again!!!

Hi Vicki,
I am curious as to why the consultant thought that a trial without the pump was warranted. I am just sick of the damn thing and seem to be having more set failures than is acceptable. I am finding it not as reliable as I want/need.

Helen

Hi Helen,
The trial was due to my rare form of diabetes (linked to my chronic pancreatitis), and constant hypos; he wanted to see what would happen if I had no insulin except to correct highs! I currently average 4 units a day with the pump. I am now going into hospital for further tests as am still having occasional hypos but also sugars dip in the low 4s a few hours after eating breakfast, with no insulin taken!
I am on the Omnipod pump and love it, have had a couple of pod failures but feel loads better on it.
Hope you get sorted
x

Hi Vicky, by rare type of diabetes, what do you mean?

I have chronic pancreatitis and now have post-prandial diabetes; a CT scan in 2011 showed my pancreas is 3/4 dead. Have been told its rare by the consultants...less than 1% of diabetics. I am possibly still producing some insulin (in mornings only!), am very insulin sensitive and they now think I have something going on with hormones that are affecting my BGs, hence the hospital investigations!