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Insulin Pump and CGM

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Location
Manchester
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
I 56 years old and have had Type 1 Diabetes for 45 years. I am quite well controlled or at least I have been for most of the 45 years. I have never had hyperglycaemia and have not had a serious Hypo for years. Also apart from a bit of neuropathy in my left leg I have no complications.

However I have now started a new job in which it is very difficult to predict how much exercise I will be doing. Some times the job is very sedentary and the next moment, or three hours, I will be running around franticly. I then might think I am going to be running around and find time on my hands.

The result of this variation and unpredictability is that eating extra food and not needing it, or to little and getting very to dangerous low blood glucose levels.

Therefore what I would like is some advice from someone, about the best, easiest to use and easily affordable, I don't earn much over the minimum wage, continuous glucose measurement, possible connected to an insulin pump.

I have done some investigation myself and read about the G4 CGM from Dexcon and the Medtronic CGM but can anyone recommend these or any other product.


Thanks for taking the time to read this,

Clive
 
What regime of insulin are you on?

Would you meet the NICE criteria for funding? Don't forget funding for a pump is available through NHS if you meet the guidelines. If you don't and try to gind privately then you may receive difficulty in getting ongoing treatment from NHS.
 
GOogle.....INPUT diabetes

on the website it lists the guidelins for getting an insulin pump through CCG funding......NICE TA151.
There are many reasons that can be used by a consultant when an applicstion is made to a CCG asking them to fund. INPUT goe through all the steps..
 
I'd recommend the Dexcom CGM, but it's quite pricy. Take a look at Freestyle Libre - it's much cheaper, but doesn't have alerts (but still allows you to check your levels any time). There's a whole thread here on the forum about the Libre so you can take a look and see what people are thinking.

Otherwise, I'd talk to your nurse/consultant to see what they can offer you - maybe you can be qualified to get a pump. Some hospitals also have CGMs that they can rent out for a week for so to the patients - so you can see what is going on and if you like the CGM itself.
 
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