I must be more than just playing around with the idea of a pump because I actually emailed my endo about it today.

I don't know why I feel funny about this, why I feel like me having a pump is overkill. Maybe because I'm "only" type 2, maybe because I'm not even three years into my diagnosis.

I shouldn't feel funny about it. I am reading more and more that insulin therapy for people with type 2 diabetes is being introduced earlier. Yes, I'm already on insulin and have been so since roughly three months after I was diagnosed. So what's the difference if I'm taking my insulin from shots or from a pump?

While I have mostly been on the fence about this, I thought I had made up my mind the other day that I wanted to stick (no pun intended!) with shots for now. While the concept of the pump truly intrigues me, the thought of the tubing, the reservoir, the sites, the bad sites, just all seemed like so much "stuff" to deal with. I feel like I have quite a bit of freedom with shots. I'm not exactly sure what that means, and I've never been afraid of small places, but the thought of being tethered to something all the time seemed a little claustrophobic. I know that's plain insane, but that's sort of how I imagine it right now.

Rationally, I really believe that being attached to something all the time will be merely an afterthought and that I will actually love being on a pump because it will give me more freedom than shots.

I felt like I had hit the jackpot earlier today when I read about the OmniPod. No tubes, no insertion devices. It's almost like a continuous glucose monitoring system in terms of how it's attached to you. Just a pod and a device that's like a PDA.

This is something I think I can handle.