insulin pump

[lely]

I'm about to start process to get an insulin pump and my doc showed.me the pump they will issue me with
I forgot to ask if I get one that checks glucose Levels as well as give insulin are they all the same or do some do this and some not.
Forgot to say it's a medtronic.

 

[Spiker]

Do you mean a pump that can integrate with a continuous glucose meter (CGM), or a pump that has a built in fingerprick blood tester? There are both kinds, but you won't get the CGM type funded without extra special approval. However if you self-fund the CGM supplies, it saves you money to have a pump that is CGM compatible.

In the great majority of NHS funded cases, only a pump is supplied, and no CGM, and the patient continues to use normal blood testing procedures to support the pump.

 

[lely]

I'm about to start process to get an insulin pump and my doc showed.me the pump they will issue me with
I forgot to ask if I get one that checks glucose Levels as well as give insulin are they all the same or do some do this and some not.

Do you mean a pump that can integrate with a continuous glucose meter (CGM), or a pump that has a built in fingerprick blood tester? There are both kinds, but you won't get the CGM type funded without extra special approval. However if you self-fund the CGM supplies, it saves you money to have a pump that is CGM compatible.

In the great majority of NHS funded cases, only a pump is supplied, and no CGM, and the patient continues to use normal blood testing procedures to support the pump.

Thank you for info.