The shots are annoying, but the infusion site for the pump is a lot worse. It depends on how well you can control your blood sugar with shots. If it's uncontrollable like mine was, try the pump. Otherwise, you'll be better off being able to move around freely without having to worry about ripping the pump out of you, getting it wet, wasting insulin with priming it and all the other mundane things associated with using a pump.
However, if your blood sugar is just that bad after a long time of trying shots, and if you don't have a very good schedule of eating, sleeping, working out, etc, the pump would work better for your lifestyle. You'd be able to eat what and when you want and adjust for working out. You'd have to check your blood sugar a lot more though, and like I mentioned- one infusion site every three days may seem good compared to the shots right now, but they hurt more and it's constantly in you. And you have to deal with redoing a site if it bleeds or is so painful because it's on a nerve.
My suggestion- try shots first, and if after a year or two you can't get the a1c under control, get the pump.
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