Transitioning to a pump
Best to you, Donna! I too take about 5-6 injections per day between my mealtime Novolog and twice daily Lantus. I was on about 40 Lantus units prior to my RNY surgery in September 2011. I'm now down about 75 pounds and on 14 units of Lantus. My mealtime insulin is up, but that's helping a lot. I'm also off a number or oral meds, including actos, amaryl and down to about half the metformin I used prior to surgery.
Know that you will need to do a lot of adjusting in the early weeks, and especially too when you start losing weight. I hope you have a good endocrinologist to work with and, if not, ask your surgical team for a good recommendation. You'll need to pay a lot of attention to all of that, especially since you are brittle to begin with. It's tricky in the beginning, but you are a PRO after all these years, so monitor yourself extra closely. It's also a good idea to write everything down somewhere - I hate that, but it really was extremely helpful to do that!
You're in my thoughts - best of luck to you and check in with us here when you get home!
Know that you will need to do a lot of adjusting in the early weeks, and especially too when you start losing weight. I hope you have a good endocrinologist to work with and, if not, ask your surgical team for a good recommendation. You'll need to pay a lot of attention to all of that, especially since you are brittle to begin with. It's tricky in the beginning, but you are a PRO after all these years, so monitor yourself extra closely. It's also a good idea to write everything down somewhere - I hate that, but it really was extremely helpful to do that!
You're in my thoughts - best of luck to you and check in with us here when you get home!
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