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- 49
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
if you're being offered one take it please! >.< people like me had to fight for 3 and half years it's an amazing thing & will give you more flexibility >.<Hi Type1lad...thanks for your I depth answer. I've been on a dafydd course when diagnosed and I am involved with Diabetes Uk so pretty up to date on the adjustments needed to switch to a pump...I have a libre so check my bloods continuously so DKA isn't a big worry for me.
My doctors have been trying to get me on a pump for sometime despite my hba1c being 41 to 43...guess I'm just a lucky one with good docs.
the insight prefilled only hold 160, and the self fills only 200 >.< i'm thinking of swapping to self filled though as im using majortiy of my insulin in 2 days and a half .So difficult to recommend a pump when you've only had experience of using just the one, but I've been using the Omnipod Pump for nearly a year now and have to say it's a great little pump, as @Heathero says it's a tubeless pump and you almost forget you are wearing the Pod.
The only limitation I can think of with using the Omnipod Pump is the insulin reservoir, it only holds 200 units so if your on high insulin doses then it may not be the pump you, however if you were on high insulin doses and wanted a Omnipod Pump then you could still have the option of changing the Pod every 2 days instead of 3, but as the Pod's are around £20 a time I doubt that any pump clinic would be keen on that idea.
Good luck @Sking89 and do lets us know which pump you go for,