Pumping Insulin

I've started using the Medtronic Minimed Insulin pump about 3 weeks ago. There are a lot of ups and down, especially my sugar. Now, for the first time, I'm having to deal with drops in my blood sugar more than highs. But, I'm actually loving the freedom that not having to give myself so many injections is freeing me from.

Don't get me wrong, I still have to check my blood sugar with needle sticks and put the numbers in my pump manually, but not the injections. They are delivered by the pump. Sometimes I forget that I have to check. It feels like I am forgetting to do something.

I'll keep you updated on my progress with the pump and getting a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). I really need to start blogging more. Sometimes just talking about the challenges of using an insulin pump, the hoops you jump through to be able to care for the medical costs and issues, trying to keep enough sick leave with my job, etc., is enough to drive me crazy and wondering if there wouldn't be an easier way. But, I'm also coming to think of the insulin pump as my lifeline, my external pancreas. I'll leave some of these issues to discuss another time.

Hopefully, I'll get followers somehow on my blog, and have other people contributing their comments and links. I know there are many sites on diabetes. Let me know where they are so I can link my blog to them.

Signing off, Laurette

Diabetes, Type 1: My Journey

I developed diabetes in January '09 and have since moved from a type 2 to type 1 diabetic. I have been on the oral meds and injections.

This past week I just started using insulin in my newly acquired insulin pump. This has been stressful, physically and mentally. I'm still getting the hang of things. Also, I've had so much help along the way to controlling my diabetes. It's good to see my numbers having come down from 560s to 80s. I've had many highs, but I'm now having numerous lows. The pump is helping to gete things in control.

I haven't updated my blogs for a while, but I want to include as many people as I can on my journey with diabetes. I'll working on making this blog more current. Let me know your story.

Milton Theatre up for sale - help save it

Since moving to Milton, I found it quite interesting to watch the traffic increase when an event was scheduled at the Milton Theatre. I live right on the corner at the end of the street and can see the building from my house. It's right across the street from the library. I am at a perfect spot between the library and the lake. I say I live between heaven and Nirvana because of those two places.

The turnout out for music, movies and other occassions is something to watch all by itself.

Anyway, the theatre is up for sale due to financing and funding. I believe that when it goes, it will be an extremely great loss to Milton, Sussex County, and Delaware. People know when events are planned, cars line the streets and it's nothing to see 150 people or more come out for the Wednesday evening events and other occassions.

If anyone out there reads this post, please consider donating to keep the theatre alive and running. I will get the number to contact someone for donations as I've seen numerous signs dotted around Sussex County, Delaware, asking people to donate to save the theatre.