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<blockquote data-quote="LooperCat" data-source="post: 2061857" data-attributes="member: 468055"><p>I suspect my circumstances aren’t typical, because I got my pump nine days after asking for it. </p><p></p><p>It’s important to add that they’re not a magic bullet. You have to be super accurate in your carb (and often protein) counting, and spend a lot of time experimenting getting your basal rates right throughout the day. It’s not a case of “fit it and forget it”, and can be very mentally demanding. And you do still have to change your cannula every three days, so there can be ongoing issues with making holes in yourself. </p><p></p><p>Having said all that... when you get it right, the level of control you can achieve is nothing short of amazing. I’d got my HbA1c down to 40 from 50 in just three months. I especially like the fact I can just turn it down if I’m busy or running a bit low, and can adjust it to pretty much anything I want to do. I’d never go back to injecting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LooperCat, post: 2061857, member: 468055"] I suspect my circumstances aren’t typical, because I got my pump nine days after asking for it. It’s important to add that they’re not a magic bullet. You have to be super accurate in your carb (and often protein) counting, and spend a lot of time experimenting getting your basal rates right throughout the day. It’s not a case of “fit it and forget it”, and can be very mentally demanding. And you do still have to change your cannula every three days, so there can be ongoing issues with making holes in yourself. Having said all that... when you get it right, the level of control you can achieve is nothing short of amazing. I’d got my HbA1c down to 40 from 50 in just three months. I especially like the fact I can just turn it down if I’m busy or running a bit low, and can adjust it to pretty much anything I want to do. I’d never go back to injecting. [/QUOTE]
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