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<blockquote data-quote="adrian29459" data-source="post: 359222" data-attributes="member: 6703"><p>Hi Lucy,</p><p></p><p>I've been diabetic for almost the same length of time. I'm onto my second year of insulin pumping with my Medtronic Paradigm 554. Its hard to compare since this is my first pump. Its given me much more freedom in life, with eating in & out, exercise and in social situations. I was put on pump to try and stop the severe hypos I kept having. Its done a great job and I've only had two seizures in the past two years, which could be epilepsy related.</p><p></p><p>You can get different length tubing, whatever suits you. But you must be careful not to get it caught on something, a number of times I've had the tube catch onto a door handle and detach from my waist, but never come out my skin. Its not waterproof so if you're at the swimming baths for longer than an hour you may need to go back to your locker and top up on insulin (although I managed several hours without insulin at a waterpark - lots of running around). It runs on 1 AAA battery so if you did run out of stock you could temporarily use a shop bought duracel.</p><p></p><p>I change the parts every 3 days, at first it seems difficult but once you get into the process its a doddle and almost pain free, with a similar insertation mechanism to a finger prick. I phone the Medtronic team each 3 month to restock on parts, they're very friendly. The pump does have the functionality to communicate with the Contour Link blood tester and the Enlite CGM sensor. Of course getting funding for a CGM in addition to a pump will be very difficult, I'd only buy one Enlite for a special situation, like running a marathon. The insulin pump definitely help with exercise, with the ability to reduce or stop your basal, I had some great results on the Great North Run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adrian29459, post: 359222, member: 6703"] Hi Lucy, I've been diabetic for almost the same length of time. I'm onto my second year of insulin pumping with my Medtronic Paradigm 554. Its hard to compare since this is my first pump. Its given me much more freedom in life, with eating in & out, exercise and in social situations. I was put on pump to try and stop the severe hypos I kept having. Its done a great job and I've only had two seizures in the past two years, which could be epilepsy related. You can get different length tubing, whatever suits you. But you must be careful not to get it caught on something, a number of times I've had the tube catch onto a door handle and detach from my waist, but never come out my skin. Its not waterproof so if you're at the swimming baths for longer than an hour you may need to go back to your locker and top up on insulin (although I managed several hours without insulin at a waterpark - lots of running around). It runs on 1 AAA battery so if you did run out of stock you could temporarily use a shop bought duracel. I change the parts every 3 days, at first it seems difficult but once you get into the process its a doddle and almost pain free, with a similar insertation mechanism to a finger prick. I phone the Medtronic team each 3 month to restock on parts, they're very friendly. The pump does have the functionality to communicate with the Contour Link blood tester and the Enlite CGM sensor. Of course getting funding for a CGM in addition to a pump will be very difficult, I'd only buy one Enlite for a special situation, like running a marathon. The insulin pump definitely help with exercise, with the ability to reduce or stop your basal, I had some great results on the Great North Run. [/QUOTE]
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