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<blockquote data-quote="SophiaW" data-source="post: 182903" data-attributes="member: 13451"><p>donnellysdogs, I think your experience with a pump may be a little different from others because of the other medications you're taking and your pump settings appear to need adjusting more often than what we've experienced.</p><p></p><p>You say that you test far more with the pump and mention 30+ strips every 28 days. Our experience with pumping compared to MDI is that there's not more testing involved than we used to do. Initially there was more testing whilst we were setting up but now it's a little less amount of daily testing as MDI. We used to test 8 times in 24 hours (that's 240 strips per month on average), now we test on average 5 times a day (before breakfast, lunch and supper, one mid-afternon before exercise and nother test before bed).</p><p></p><p>The pump checks that we do each day is very quick. Simply checking the battery is good, enough insulin for the day and we have a brief look at the tubing for bubbles. It takes no more time than that which was involved with the additional two Levemir injections each day.</p><p></p><p>I guess everyone is different and for some the pump is much better but for others maybe not so much better. They do say the pump isn't for everyone and so needs careful thought and sometimes I don't think you can answer whether or not it's right for you until you've tried it.</p><p></p><p>For us it's been the best thing and a very positive experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SophiaW, post: 182903, member: 13451"] donnellysdogs, I think your experience with a pump may be a little different from others because of the other medications you're taking and your pump settings appear to need adjusting more often than what we've experienced. You say that you test far more with the pump and mention 30+ strips every 28 days. Our experience with pumping compared to MDI is that there's not more testing involved than we used to do. Initially there was more testing whilst we were setting up but now it's a little less amount of daily testing as MDI. We used to test 8 times in 24 hours (that's 240 strips per month on average), now we test on average 5 times a day (before breakfast, lunch and supper, one mid-afternon before exercise and nother test before bed). The pump checks that we do each day is very quick. Simply checking the battery is good, enough insulin for the day and we have a brief look at the tubing for bubbles. It takes no more time than that which was involved with the additional two Levemir injections each day. I guess everyone is different and for some the pump is much better but for others maybe not so much better. They do say the pump isn't for everyone and so needs careful thought and sometimes I don't think you can answer whether or not it's right for you until you've tried it. For us it's been the best thing and a very positive experience. [/QUOTE]
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