My son is 10 and on any given day his bs levels can vary from 2 up to hi so not very good at all
Given this information, a pump is a good idea. [NICE recommends insulin pumps either for high HbA1c despite patient's best efforts or frequent hypos]
Perhaps as you know nothing at all about pumps it's best not to comment about them.
Could you point out which part of my post is incorrect?
A pump has to be ultra reliable it is a medical device.
I never said that a pump is unreliable; what I did say was that pumps are *more* complex than once daily basal insulin, and complexity inevitably increases the ways in which it can fail (e.g. a pump can run out of power whereas insulin, once injected, cannot - and if you use a pump, this is something you need to be aware of). Do do you disagree with this?
All I said that insulin pumps, like anything else really, has pros *and* cons, whereas you evidently, judging from your post, believe that there only advantages, which is why I felt that some... balance might be helpful.
99.9% of pumpers would never go back to MDI after having a pump.
I have a Master's degree in Mathematics and my main area of interest is statistics, so you'll have to do better than that: Pumps are not handed out randomly; instead they are given to people who will benefit from them, which inevitably means that they will do much better on them and will not want to go back - so your statistic proves nothing.
From reading your posts AMBrennan you seem very anti pump
I believe it's important to consider both the benefits and risk when deciding on any medical intervention. Without knowing anything, it's impossible to say whether any given medical intervention is appropriate.