I already don't like needles, never have, never will.
So being a Full Insulin Dependant (technicly I'm a "Juvenile Style", but didn't become so until "Adult Onset", which really f4's with the whole "Type 1"/"Type 2" designation, but I'm written as a T1 for medical requirements) I give myself daily, repeated Insulin BSL Tests & Injections.
Until recently, I was at 4 Tests/Injections per day (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, & Bed time), but recently the doc changed me over to using "70/30" (actually 75/25) insulin, and only testing/injecting twice a day.
Same amount of total insulin, but taken in two large doses (at Breakfast & Dinner) to try & see if the long term coverage results are better.
I just "LOVE" that the doc is willing to play Russian Roulette with my life, but hey, what do *I* know? I'm just the stupid peon laymen patient, not the High N Mighty, Omnipotent Doctor.
(Disgusted eye roll)
Anyway, I can barely deal with the needles I've already got to utilize every day.
The thought of a *permanent* hole in my guts for an Insulin Pump's interaction makes me want to scream like a little girl upon seeing a big, fat, hairy spider, and running about a bajillion times as fast to get away.
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I could deal with a Subcutaneous Sensor, *IF* that sensor were an "implant & forget" kind of procedure, but by the sounds of it, it's something they have to take out & replace every few days?
That doesn't sound too pleasant, and certainly *NOT* "forgettable".
It wouldn't work for me on a number of reasons, the least of which is having to schedule a billion doctor's visits for twice a week, every week, Ad Infinitum.
If it were a one-time operation, I *might* be able to psyche myself up to getting it, but otherwise, going under the knife scares the p4 out of me.
Thus, having a permanently opened hole in my guts with a tube stuck in it, makes my skin crawl, brain itch, & my subconsious want to reach for a FlameThrower filled with Napalm & Thermite to use against the first person whom comes near me.
(High pitched, "Girl who's seen the spider" scream) GET AWAY! GoAwayGoAwayGoAwaygoawaygoawaygoaway! *FA WOOOOOM*
=-)p
But something they implanted once, and I never had to go back, I might be able to handle mentally.
A Meter that then used that subcutaneous sensor to test my BSL would be awesome.
Just the *thought* of no more finger sticks & insulin needles makes me want to cream my socks.
XD XD XD
YES I know the Device described in my previous post would still be sticking my flesh to gather blood for the test, then stabbing me again to administer the insulin dose, but *I* wouldn't be dealing with the needles, and the machine could make the sticks/injections faster/neater/less painfully than I ever could.
"Just strap the velcro arm band to my arm in the morning, make sure it's tight, and get dressed as normal. When it beeps to tell me it's doing it's test cycle, I can pause for a few moments to listen to the BSL results, Confirm the Dose, listen for the Double Beep that it's done, and go about my merry way. At the end of my day, I take off the arm band, set the Meter in it's charger, and sleep peacefully..."
But a unit I *HAVE* to duct tape to my tummy because if it comes off I'll be spraying/leaking my internal fluids everywhere out a hole in my guts?
That makes me wanna scream "CORK THAT F4ER! CORK IT NOWWWW!"
*Cough*
=-)p
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