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<blockquote data-quote="Klang180" data-source="post: 334758" data-attributes="member: 47794"><p>NO i do understand that and my response is in part due to my dissappointment. However if you have moderate control and you manage to get your levels around 7-8 but do absoluetly everything to get it lower and to have more control coupled with the fact that you have done a lot of research and know a pump would help why am i not allowed one?</p><p></p><p>I could not do a single thing more, i really couldn't.</p><p></p><p>I test frequently (but not too much) i.e. 8 times a day</p><p>I have done all the tests to set my bolus, basal, correction dose and insulin on board</p><p>I exercise every single day and after every single meal to get my insulin sensitivity up. (i walk 1 hour a day at 4mph).</p><p>I eat an extremely healthy diet getting AT LEAST 10 fruit and veg a day and avoiding fats.</p><p>I have lost weight so as to increase my sensitivity even though i wasn't anywhere near fat anyway.</p><p>I keep a food diary of everything i eat</p><p>I keep a diary of all my BG, ins, ratios, exercise etc.</p><p>I have read books and online widely about the condition.</p><p></p><p>Now with all that i can get my HBA1C to about 7 which i don't consider good enough. On top of that my life is very regimented and i still get problems such as drops overnight and difficulties exercising (i love to be active and do loads of sports). </p><p></p><p>So what more can i do to prove i am motivated? </p><p></p><p>So in my case, yes, it is down to the fact i am not sufficiently poorly controlled to get a pump and i would be better off pretendign to do all the above and having bad readings.</p><p></p><p>It isn't fair that something that could so radically improve my quality of life is denied to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Klang180, post: 334758, member: 47794"] NO i do understand that and my response is in part due to my dissappointment. However if you have moderate control and you manage to get your levels around 7-8 but do absoluetly everything to get it lower and to have more control coupled with the fact that you have done a lot of research and know a pump would help why am i not allowed one? I could not do a single thing more, i really couldn't. I test frequently (but not too much) i.e. 8 times a day I have done all the tests to set my bolus, basal, correction dose and insulin on board I exercise every single day and after every single meal to get my insulin sensitivity up. (i walk 1 hour a day at 4mph). I eat an extremely healthy diet getting AT LEAST 10 fruit and veg a day and avoiding fats. I have lost weight so as to increase my sensitivity even though i wasn't anywhere near fat anyway. I keep a food diary of everything i eat I keep a diary of all my BG, ins, ratios, exercise etc. I have read books and online widely about the condition. Now with all that i can get my HBA1C to about 7 which i don't consider good enough. On top of that my life is very regimented and i still get problems such as drops overnight and difficulties exercising (i love to be active and do loads of sports). So what more can i do to prove i am motivated? So in my case, yes, it is down to the fact i am not sufficiently poorly controlled to get a pump and i would be better off pretendign to do all the above and having bad readings. It isn't fair that something that could so radically improve my quality of life is denied to me. [/QUOTE]
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