Insulin pump regular switch from auto-mode to manual experience
Hi everyone, wanted to find out whether anyone here has done this - I started using insulin pump (Medtrum touch care) around 3 months ago and have been on a roller coaster ever since. I had pretty good hba1c (around 6.0%) before and my biggest problems were quite a lot of lows and prolonged/delayed spikes after meals (my body has a tendency of having super delayed spikes and my often high protein meals are not helping). I mainly wanted to switch from MDI to tackle these issues, however have since then found out how conservative is pump’s algorithm, especially their not-so-quick correction timings for post meal highs. Have changed the settings couple of times, talked with my endo, also followed her recommendations (have also given my reports for AI pattern analysis and have followed its worked out recommendations for settings as well), and basically - nothing has worked in a way I wanted it to, and, currently the biggest pro from the pump has been its ability to keep my sugar levels in range during night (really happy about my better sleep quality). So, have been considering whether I should maybe go fully manual during the day and switch auto-mode only during the night, so I have more control over the bolus amounts during the day - has anyone been following this type of strategy? Is this even a thing? If anyone has any recommendations regarding this, would really appreciate it, thank you!