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[...] past January I hit my 5 year anniversary for being on an insulin pump. Yes, there are advantages and disadvantages to being on an insulin pump, but I don’t want to get rid of mine anytime [...]

By: Jolie

Jolie — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:10:07 +0000

I DON’T eat snacks because I hate the injections. This is probably a good thing for me. With the pump, I might think I had permission, lol and I’d have even bigger weight issues.

I’ve never admitted this, but something in my head tells me that as a Type II, I don’t DESERVE a pump, like only Type I’s get to have pumps. I’m weird, I know…probably because I still feel like I caused my diabetes (I know many people tell me not to do that, but my head still hasn’t figured out how to do that yet!)

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:08:02 +0000

Scott – excellent points! I do like the fact that my pump can dose in 1/10 increments. I am also a big fan of the bolus wizard because it takes into account my current insulin delivery when doing a correction and regular bolus.
Thanks for sharing!

Rachel – I can definitely see that a pump would be better for Tristan being that snacks would just mean like 15 shots a day. I agree that there are some drawbacks, but the benefits greatly outweigh the negatives. Thank you!

By: Scott K. Johnson

Scott K. Johnson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:22:28 +0000

Great summary Tony! Another few points I would like to add.

1) Precision – the ability to accurately dose and deliver fractions of a unit.
2) Most of the pumps do many of the calculations that we would normally have to do in our heads.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:47:56 +0000

I agree with all of the above. Each of the points listed are and were a big factor in our decision to switch to the pump. All of them equal to better control all around. I use to hate when Tristan asked for a snack when he was on injections. I know that everything that he consumed equaled another injection and I wanted to avoid that. Now, I or he just push a few buttons and done.

It has definitely made our life easier and I don’t regret our decision… even with the few drawbacks!

Great article and every accurate information! Thanks again for a wonderful post Tony!