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Fetchmeacoffee

Fetchmeacoffee

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Finally got my GP to give in today and refer me for a pump , didn't have much time to speak to him as had to get home , coming home without answers isn't a clever thing to do lol.. so what happens now ? any advice ? cheers
 
your GP will prob get you to a consultant where there will be many more questions!

Good start tho, alternitively (not sure this can happen) you will get a copy of the application that will be submitted posted to you... Waiting on the responce myself :)
 
Fantastic news Fetch :clap:
 
i received a letter around 3 months later sayin i had an appointment with the "pump board" in another 3 months time. not sure if thats just for here though as my doctor has been trying to stop me to get a pump appointment for the last year or so i have been asking for one.

i have my appointment at the end of the moth so will update you with what happens if you want/havent heard any more?
 
Fetchmeacoffee said:
Finally got my GP to give in today and refer me for a pump , didn't have much time to speak to him as had to get home , coming home without answers isn't a clever thing to do lol.. so what happens now ? any advice ? cheers
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Hi

I believe you will get a letter in the post with a date for you to see a consultant who specialises in pumps first of all. Once you receive that letter print off a copy of the TA151 NICE guidelines and study it a bit and look at the criteria. You will not have to meet all the criteria but see if you can at least meet 2 points in the criteria list. The consultant will ask you questions so be frank, honest and tell them how the bg levels affect your day to day living and the difficulties you face.

The next step will be for you to take the advice from a consultant about improving your control, so do as they say and if your control doesn't get much better, then the consultant will have another valid reason to ask for funding for a pump.

Once the funding application has been agreed, you will then hopefully be given a choice as to what pump you would like but some hospitals insist on one pump as the pump dsn might not have knowledge on other pumps.

How long everything takes to get a pump will usually take approx. 3 months so use the time that you wait to read up on pumps on the many threads posted on this forum and other diabetes support forums.

Good luck
 
Hi I asked my GP to refer me to another hospital as DSNURSE and I , feels that a pump would give me better control, but was getting a lot of resistance from the consultant had my first appointment on Tue travelled 200 miles + round trip felt slightly deflated after appointment as dr I saw said pumps are not for every one ,thought she was giving me a brush of but today I have got a letter to see the Dr in the pump clinic , still might be a long wait but feel more positive that someone is listening and taking me seriously about trying to control the BS . Nobody with diabetes wants the complications ,keep going I will follow your journey and post how my trip is going :)


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I got ok'd for my pump in April and got my date last week for getting it! 4th November for my weeks course then il be up & running! Been long wait but so excited to get started with it! Hope your not a long wait!


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