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<blockquote data-quote="Spiker" data-source="post: 816534" data-attributes="member: 102150"><p>[USER=155592]@Jeannie87[/USER] I think you should decline unless you are convinced that you positively want it. Because (even in the utopia that is Scotland) there will be someone else who does really want a pump and is having to wait for theirs. So don't deprive them, step aside unless and until you are sure it is for you. It's really good that you are thinking about it long and hard. I'm not being critical or anything, it's just that I know lots of people crying out for pumps. I feel guilty getting one when I didn't really want one. So that's the benefit of my experience. And I'm still 50/50 on whether I want to keep it. The basal control is great, the automatic logging of all insulin doses is great, as a free CGM receiver it's great, but everything else about it, I'm not so sure. I basically find the device inconvenient and unreliable. Certainly less reliable than MDI pens, and a lot more work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spiker, post: 816534, member: 102150"] [USER=155592]@Jeannie87[/USER] I think you should decline unless you are convinced that you positively want it. Because (even in the utopia that is Scotland) there will be someone else who does really want a pump and is having to wait for theirs. So don't deprive them, step aside unless and until you are sure it is for you. It's really good that you are thinking about it long and hard. I'm not being critical or anything, it's just that I know lots of people crying out for pumps. I feel guilty getting one when I didn't really want one. So that's the benefit of my experience. And I'm still 50/50 on whether I want to keep it. The basal control is great, the automatic logging of all insulin doses is great, as a free CGM receiver it's great, but everything else about it, I'm not so sure. I basically find the device inconvenient and unreliable. Certainly less reliable than MDI pens, and a lot more work. [/QUOTE]
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