No More Shots :D

I have finally switched off of shots and I'm now on my old MiniMed. I switched off of shots because I was running out of spots to put them. I like being back on the pump because I'm a snacker. Taking a shot every time I ate was really annoying.

I also lost my Dexcom transmitter! Oops :/
My Dexcom expires on the 22nd so I will be able to order a new one soon.

I ordered a new pump, the Medtronic Revel. I'm really excited to try it because the pump I'm using now is around 6 years old. A lot of my diabetic friends have the Revel and they said it's great!

When I went to the endocrinologist I got my A1C test results back and mine was an 8.9! I am now correcting everything over 100 to get it down. This high A1C is because I forgot to bolus and correct, or I overcorrected lows. I have stopped doing that and now I am trying extremely hard to get my A1C down!

Using this new system I have has really been helping my blood sugars! I haven't been over 200 in around 2 weeks and instead of feeling crappy all the time, I'm actually feeling great! Now I am low a lot. Oh well. I don't go low all the time, but at least once a day I am low, which is a lot better than being high.

Well thanks so much if you read this far!!

Shots!!

I'm not on the Omnipod insulin pump anymore. I decided to take a break from it because I was sick of it not working.
Let me explain: first of all, the pump itself isn't that great, it's mostly just hype. There were many, many design flaws. For example, the pod was too heavy for the adhesive and would always fall off.
Second of all, the pods would never work. I don't know if I got a bad batch or something, but they would always beep really high pitched and not stop unless you smashed it with a hammer or put it in the freezer. The pods usually lasted one day before it either bled, beeped, fell off, or hurt. They weren't as great as they were made out to be.
Lastly, i was really was having a hard time also with my blood sugars. Because the pods would usually malfunction, my blood sugars were terrible and I was never in control. My A1C went up because I was always high. I was high because the pods were never working. I was so frustrated, so I ripped off another bleeding pod and smashed it. That was it.
I snapped and started ranting to nobody in particular. I told my mom that I wanted to go on shots and that I was sick of the pods not working. She called my endocrinologist and got me a prescription for insulin pens. I got them in about an hour.
The pens are pretty cool. I really like them at least. It's kind of ironic to think that I vowed never to go on shots, but here I am taking shots and loving them. I take a shot of Levemir every night and a shot of Novolog every time I eat. I really am liking shots, and my blood sugars have been so much better. I also feel like I am keeping tighter control over my diabetes because I have to take a shot every time I eat. Also I need to know how certain foods affect me. When you need to take a shot for everything you eat, you need to be more conscious about what you are eating an when. I feel a whole lot more responsible and more grown up because of my decision!