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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
So after many years of resisting it I have finally gone onto the pump.
They fitted me out last Monday with a saline run through so I could get used to pump care first and see if I was ok wearing it. The aim is to go live with insulin this Monday coming (so wish me luck! ), but there is one thing that's bugging me.
So the whole reason I wanted to go on this pump in particular (Medtronic minimed 640g) was because it could link up with a CGM (enlite in this case) and given the fact I have brittle type one diabetes now it's kind of a good idea to have that extra data. I've been using a freestyle libre my parents have kindly been paying for before this, but I can't take £50 off them every 2 weeks for the rest of my life; it's just not fair. So given the enlite is kind of the NHS version when my doctor suggested we team up the pump and the CGM together so I'm more stable I finally caved and decided to do it.
However starting the pump the diabetic nurse said that I wouldn't be starting the enlite CGM at the same time as the pump, as they don't do that. Which left me completely baffled.
1. Are you kidding? I'm used to having the CGM data, going back to blood tests feels like going back to the Stone Age! I'm doing at least 10 blood sugars a day and I still don't have half the data I've become accustomed to.
2. Obviously the first few weeks on the pump are full of fine tuning and tweaking, surely a CGM would make that process way easier?
3. Yes I realise it's more complicated to put on, but I've got a type of experience with the libre, I'm doing fine with the pump itself I'm sure I'd pick it up quickly.
4. Because letting someone with brittle type one diabetes who has to use a diabetic alert dog because she has no awareness have less information and therefore less control is a SUPER good idea.
5. Considering I'm having to do like 10 strip tests a day I'm probably causing the NHS to pay out more than they would for the enlite. I know you guys are super into budget cuts at the moment so there's a quick one for you!
6. That was the whole reason why I wanted to go on this pump!
Let me have it now or I'm going to scour the internet and sell a kidney to buy it myself so then the transition to the pump will be easier and safer.
Seriously people this should be an automatic if you're a brittle type one!
They fitted me out last Monday with a saline run through so I could get used to pump care first and see if I was ok wearing it. The aim is to go live with insulin this Monday coming (so wish me luck! ), but there is one thing that's bugging me.
So the whole reason I wanted to go on this pump in particular (Medtronic minimed 640g) was because it could link up with a CGM (enlite in this case) and given the fact I have brittle type one diabetes now it's kind of a good idea to have that extra data. I've been using a freestyle libre my parents have kindly been paying for before this, but I can't take £50 off them every 2 weeks for the rest of my life; it's just not fair. So given the enlite is kind of the NHS version when my doctor suggested we team up the pump and the CGM together so I'm more stable I finally caved and decided to do it.
However starting the pump the diabetic nurse said that I wouldn't be starting the enlite CGM at the same time as the pump, as they don't do that. Which left me completely baffled.
1. Are you kidding? I'm used to having the CGM data, going back to blood tests feels like going back to the Stone Age! I'm doing at least 10 blood sugars a day and I still don't have half the data I've become accustomed to.
2. Obviously the first few weeks on the pump are full of fine tuning and tweaking, surely a CGM would make that process way easier?
3. Yes I realise it's more complicated to put on, but I've got a type of experience with the libre, I'm doing fine with the pump itself I'm sure I'd pick it up quickly.
4. Because letting someone with brittle type one diabetes who has to use a diabetic alert dog because she has no awareness have less information and therefore less control is a SUPER good idea.
5. Considering I'm having to do like 10 strip tests a day I'm probably causing the NHS to pay out more than they would for the enlite. I know you guys are super into budget cuts at the moment so there's a quick one for you!
6. That was the whole reason why I wanted to go on this pump!
Let me have it now or I'm going to scour the internet and sell a kidney to buy it myself so then the transition to the pump will be easier and safer.
Seriously people this should be an automatic if you're a brittle type one!