No, sorry, I do not want a pump. I have been pressured yet again recently to agree to some alternative to porcine insulin, but have refused. The point at which I saw red was when the registrar I was talking to suggested I needed counselling. I have requested that I not see this person again. I am just curious how other people get past the problem of a doctor who doesn't talk rationally.
I make them sit in a room for me for up to an hour and listen to the broken record technique. It goes something like:
"I want an insulin pump with porcine insulin"
"No, porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"I want an insulin pump with porcine insulin"
"No, porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"I want an insulin pump with porcine insulin"
"No, porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"I want an insulin pump with porcine insulin"
"No, porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"I want an insulin pump with porcine insulin"
"No, porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"I want an insulin pump with porcine insulin"
"No, porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"Explain to me why porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"Stoney silence"
"I want an insulin pump with porcine insulin"
"No, porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"I want an insulin pump with porcine insulin"
"No, porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"I want an insulin pump with porcine insulin"
"No, porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"Explain to me why porcine insulin doesn't work in an insulin pump"
"Errrr. Ummmm. Well you can't have it"
Repeat until the answer from the registrar is "I'll take it to the senior consultant"
Then start again.
"Okay. Would you mind doing that now, with me present please"
"I can't do that"
"That's what I'm requesting"
"I can't do that"
"That's what I'm requesting"
"I can't do that"
"That's what I'm requesting"
Until they give up and then you get to speak to someone with more knowledge.
Then it's back to the same routine. Make sure you know as much as possible about what you're asking for. Then you're likely to know more than the people you are talking to. Even senior consultants.