# Scattered and looking for something new.... Been Pumping for 12 Years and have Really known Nothing But

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**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/scattered-and-looking-for-something-new-been-pumping-for-12-years-and-have-really-known-nothing-but/4871 "2018-08-29T23:50:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/scattered-and-looking-for-something-new-been-pumping-for-12-years-and-have-really-known-nothing-but/4871/7 "2018-08-30T04:33:55Z")

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If it were me, I’d try the pump in manual mode. Then you have no shots, but all the control of shots (and more).

I sometimes take a pump break for a week when I get burned out. I’ve used Lantus for this in the past. It never lasts more than a week, because I can’t stand the a) horrible control and b) ten or more shots a day, and I frequently call it off after only a few days.

The last time I took a pump break was my [Tresiba experiment](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tresiba-experiment/2910?u=jen), and I was so grateful to have my pump back after that it’s prevented any pump burnout thus far.

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