r/diabetes_t1 • u/Aggravating-Carrot18 [Editable flair: write something here] • 1d ago

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I’ve been on a pump for about a month now and everything has been great until yesterday when I think I got sick (Or I just felt weird) and my sugars WILL NOT COME DOWN! I’ve called my clinic and I’ve tried something new but something still isn’t working. It takes what seems like 5-8 corrections to get my sugar down and when I finally do get it down I need to eat again and then the cycle repeats. I’m mentally tired from this I just need some help.

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u/Lyiana_jay79 1d ago

My 7 year old daughter is type 1 . She will be getting a pump in the next few weeks. Doesn’t the pump automatically supply the exact insulin you need, based on a Dexcom, to avoid highs?

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u/The_Court_Of_Gerryl [2013][Tandem X2][Decom G6] 1d ago

It’s still a machine, so it can’t do it perfectly, but it will give you insulin. It usually does pretty well for me, but if I’m insulin resistant for some reason I may have to give myself a bolus instead of purely relying on the pump to autocorrect.

Pump + cgm is still an amazing combo. My A1C used to be around a 7, sometimes higher and now my A1C varies from 5.7-6.2 and I eat pretty much whatever I want with only a few things I avoid.