Anywho, re: your blood sugars… realizing that I’m very new to your blog, I could be totally off base, but one thing to consider is the possibility that you’re still in a “honeymoon phase.” It can last anywhere from 6 months to 2 years and is basically your pancreas’ way of not giving up and periodically spitting out insulin (often when stimulated by artificial insulin).

It’s very frustrating simply because it doesn’t make any sense.

As much as I love my pump, I think it would be doubly frustrating to be on the pump during the honeymoon, because it IS such a precise device, so in your head you think it should make sense.

I don’t have any specific advice for you, other than the “good news” that – if this is part of the problem you’re having – soon enough your pancreas WILL quit for good, and when it does, you won’t have this mysterious X-factor dragging you down (or not dragging you down).

Incidentally, it’s for this reason that I have always said Type 1 diabetics have it EASIER than Type 2 diabetics… Once the honeymoon is over, a Type 1 diabetic knows exactly what his pancreas will do (nothing), whereas a Type 2 always needs to figure out how much work their pancreas is doing and balance their medication accordingly.

M