In my fridge, I had Lantus and Novolog pens from my endocrinologist, in case I ever needed them.  I immediately started on Lantus and used the bolus wizard on my pump to help calculate the dosage of short lasting insulin for food corrections.  By the end of the day, I had done 4 checks with my meter and my mean blood sugar 120.  The target range my diabetes team wanted me to hit! 

As a yoga instructor, it has been interesting for me to notice the physical freedom from the pump.  My desire to get up and go for a run has sprung back into action.  With the pump, I would have to create windows for running and if I missed it, I usually didn't manage to run at all.   I also noticed that due to the quickset, I had use my hips 98 percent of the time and they have been sensitive to the touch.  Should I decide to go back on the pump, I will switch to the sure-T, for sure!

There are many things to consider when going from injections to the pump, or from the pump to injection.  I plan not to give up the pump completely, but would like to be able to use both the pump and injections according to what feels appropriate for my lifestyle.  Wearing a pump or taking injections is personal.  I have friends who can't imagine their life without the pump, but I think I'm lean more toward syringes than the pump at this point.  There are things I have to remember to do, which the pump would automatically do for me.

In the next part of this series, I'll write about switching from the pump to injections and let you know what I record for numbers and ease, or lack there of, for diabetes management.