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<blockquote data-quote="Rach79" data-source="post: 75763" data-attributes="member: 12270"><p>Hi everyone thank you very much for your advice! Well I went for my appointment this morning and explained my situation. The nurse was very helpful and said she understood my problems. She said I would benefit immensely from the pump. However since last time I am now on a waiting list for the pump and funding may not be available. Last time I went there was funding available but now there isn't - I'm truly gutted!! We also discussed animal insulin and other forms of insulin - however after much discussion her analysis was that they are all very similar to each other. I have also tried a wide range of insulins already. Also she says I am doing everything I can to get good sugar levels however I'm not succeeding so therefore she is going to push for funding for this pump. I have to wait a few months but I said to her I don't know if I'm capable of doing that mentally. I just hope that there is light at the end of this tunnel otherwise I'm going to go in sane. </p><p></p><p>BTW lillibet to qualify for the pump 1) a diabetic has to be trying to obtain good HB1Ac levels however if they don't manage i.e. if their averages are too high then they qualify or 2) if they have very frequent and disabling hypos where no matter what they have tried with multiple injections if they don't succeed then they would qualify also. These are the NICE guidelines and I fall into the latter category and also I get a lot of hypers so my average is good but for all the bad reasons if you get me. Also I've been diabetic for a while now - 13 years so I'm really concerned that if I don't get my sugars in check soon it will be too late. I've got to try not to aim too low at the moment to see how I go and to look at various insulin pumps to see if I want them. However without the necessary funding I feel like there isn't much point. I'll just have to wait and see hey?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rach79, post: 75763, member: 12270"] Hi everyone thank you very much for your advice! Well I went for my appointment this morning and explained my situation. The nurse was very helpful and said she understood my problems. She said I would benefit immensely from the pump. However since last time I am now on a waiting list for the pump and funding may not be available. Last time I went there was funding available but now there isn't - I'm truly gutted!! We also discussed animal insulin and other forms of insulin - however after much discussion her analysis was that they are all very similar to each other. I have also tried a wide range of insulins already. Also she says I am doing everything I can to get good sugar levels however I'm not succeeding so therefore she is going to push for funding for this pump. I have to wait a few months but I said to her I don't know if I'm capable of doing that mentally. I just hope that there is light at the end of this tunnel otherwise I'm going to go in sane. BTW lillibet to qualify for the pump 1) a diabetic has to be trying to obtain good HB1Ac levels however if they don't manage i.e. if their averages are too high then they qualify or 2) if they have very frequent and disabling hypos where no matter what they have tried with multiple injections if they don't succeed then they would qualify also. These are the NICE guidelines and I fall into the latter category and also I get a lot of hypers so my average is good but for all the bad reasons if you get me. Also I've been diabetic for a while now - 13 years so I'm really concerned that if I don't get my sugars in check soon it will be too late. I've got to try not to aim too low at the moment to see how I go and to look at various insulin pumps to see if I want them. However without the necessary funding I feel like there isn't much point. I'll just have to wait and see hey?! [/QUOTE]
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