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<blockquote data-quote="jekyll79" data-source="post: 1122131" data-attributes="member: 261817"><p>I don't actually want a pump [USER=32394]@catapillar[/USER]. My attitude is that there should be a budget per diabetic which they can spend according to their requirements. I think that a CGM would be far better for long term control than a pump(for me anyway). I don't mind injecting and will often do a lot more than I am supposed to if I am going through a phase where adjustments are needed. The constant recording of blood sugar levels would enable realtime data analysis and lead to pattern spotting far easier. </p><p>You would also have the benefit of alarms for bloods out of predefined ranges. I don't suffer from hypo unawareness, but do struggle to spot highs until I am about 15 or 16. </p><p></p><p>I think that if you are hypo unaware, it is ludicrous that you cannot get a CGM. I think it is absolutely ridiculous that you are forced to use a pump before they will consider a CGM. You say you have self funded a Dexcom. Which one have you got? I enquired about self funding a Dexcom G5 and it was thousands a year. I worked out how much the NHS spend on my current blood testing kit and subtracted that and it was still quite a bit. But I offered to pay towards that. They said it wouldn't be possible. I am tempted to just do it by myself, but feel (as you did with your colleagues not wasting their holidays on medical courses) why should I pay out thousands for something that may ultimately save the NHS thousands in the future, when others get equally expensive treatments for free?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jekyll79, post: 1122131, member: 261817"] I don't actually want a pump [USER=32394]@catapillar[/USER]. My attitude is that there should be a budget per diabetic which they can spend according to their requirements. I think that a CGM would be far better for long term control than a pump(for me anyway). I don't mind injecting and will often do a lot more than I am supposed to if I am going through a phase where adjustments are needed. The constant recording of blood sugar levels would enable realtime data analysis and lead to pattern spotting far easier. You would also have the benefit of alarms for bloods out of predefined ranges. I don't suffer from hypo unawareness, but do struggle to spot highs until I am about 15 or 16. I think that if you are hypo unaware, it is ludicrous that you cannot get a CGM. I think it is absolutely ridiculous that you are forced to use a pump before they will consider a CGM. You say you have self funded a Dexcom. Which one have you got? I enquired about self funding a Dexcom G5 and it was thousands a year. I worked out how much the NHS spend on my current blood testing kit and subtracted that and it was still quite a bit. But I offered to pay towards that. They said it wouldn't be possible. I am tempted to just do it by myself, but feel (as you did with your colleagues not wasting their holidays on medical courses) why should I pay out thousands for something that may ultimately save the NHS thousands in the future, when others get equally expensive treatments for free? [/QUOTE]
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