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How Long Do I Have To Wait Before I Can Be Put On An Insulin Pump??

I did get a referral to endocrinologist for a pump which took just over a year. After 57 years of injections I thought I would be offered one particularly as there is, apparently, some money available for all this locally.
I am sorry to say the response was negative. I am too well controlled to warrant a pump. Reflecting on this I can't really say I'm too disappointed.
I definitely would rather eat at regular times but this is just a personal preference and goes back to how it all worked when I was first diagnosed on Friday the 13th, 1967.
It is possible to be much more flexible with eating nowadays.
All this takes time and experience!
 
It appears different area have different criteria I had no struggle getting one

However getting a pump does not mean you will get a compatible cgm. Without the cgm you still have todo much of the work yourself just you don’t inject

Even with the cgm, pumps are still quite a bit of work miros than injections just you’ll get slightly better control out of it

So don’t request a pump because you think it will be easier
 
Well, I have been completely dismissed! I have never injected myself in a toilet.
 
ElenaP said:
I would recommend patience, and becoming skilful at carbohydrate counting. I received my first pump ten years after I first asked to be considered for one.

This morning I saw a GP face-to-face (!!!). He is a Type 1 diabetic who has been asking for a pump.
So, not even medics can jump the queue.
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WOW! That’s crazy you would think that medics would get it before others! But it does show that we are all in the same boat in the race to get a pump!
 
Siobhan said:
I’ve done my tresiba in the loo if I’m out but only because I prefer to do it in my leg and I think people would stare if I dropped my trousers in the middle of the pub!
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I play in a band.
Evening gig last Saturday I needed my basal. (Usually wait till after, but this one was running late.)

A tinted glassed van parked just outside is where I go to “shoot up.”
 
Siobhan said:
I’ve done my tresiba in the loo if I’m out but only because I prefer to do it in my leg and I think people would stare if I dropped my trousers in the middle of the pub!
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The whole idea behind tresiba being so long acting was that time is not critical so if out just do it when you get home…

Also it was designed that 1 missed dose would have minimal effect.. so if you go out and unexpectedly don’t go home you’ll be fine

So no real need to take the tresiba when you go out or inject in a loo
 
Jaylee said:
I was told there is the funding…. (By my endo.) They just don’t have enough trained staff….
I’m still waiting….
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And this is odd.. whilst I’m on the tandem. It’s due for replacement in a few months

Spoke to my nurse and she asked what pump I wanted and I want to move to the Medtronic

She said do I just want it sent directly to setup myself or do I want training

I said just send it if I have issues I will call Medtronic
 
searley said:
And this is odd.. whilst I’m on the tandem. It’s due for replacement in a few months

Spoke to my nurse and she asked what pump I wanted and I want to move to the Medtronic

She said do I just want it sent directly to setup myself or do I want training

I said just send it if I have issues I will call Medtronic
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When I finally was prescribed the Libre, my endo suggested I needed (in the letter to my GP.) no training as I had clearly got a grasp after self funding for 2 years?

I think what could be holding me back on a pump. Is no previous experience with any such device…
 
Neckarski_94 said:
Way too long!! But I’m next seeing my Diabetes Nurse and Dietitian on the 10th July. I’m going to be learning some carb counting then before the DAFNE in October.
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searley said:
And this is odd.. whilst I’m on the tandem. It’s due for replacement in a few months

Spoke to my nurse and she asked what pump I wanted and I want to move to the Medtronic

She said do I just want it sent directly to setup myself or do I want training

I said just send it if I have issues I will call Medtronic
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It seems that your diabetes team know that you have strong technical skills. I would not be confident in setting up the hourly basal rates on a new pump.
 
ElenaP said:
It seems that your diabetes team know that you have strong technical skills. I would not be confident in setting up the hourly basal rates on a new pump.
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What do you do if your basal rate changes, or your pump stops working and the company send you a replacement?
 
Hopeful34 said:
What do you do if your basal rate changes, or your pump stops working and the company send you a replacement?
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I did increase my basal rate once with help of messages from this site, and reading the manual. But that was increasing all the 24-hr basal rates with a certain percentage. In the event that I need a replacement pump, I would ask my hospital diabetes team for an appointment.
Before the original basal rates were set up, I had to fast for 24-hours and let the hospital team have my hourly readings, from which they worked out the differing amounts of insulin. At that time they also had the hourly rates from my previous pump. In theory, that sounds simple enough but two of the team actually left the room to do the calculations. Hence, I'm lacking confidence to do that myself. Perhaps I will have a practice run when I get the time.
 
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