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<blockquote data-quote="In Response" data-source="post: 2357920" data-attributes="member: 527103"><p>For me </p><p>Pros</p><p> - finer insulin adjustments. I can dose 0.05 units at a time.</p><p>- basal is adjusted for different levels at different times of the day. So more basal to avoid dawn phenomenon, for example.</p><p>- suspending basal when I exercise to avoid hypos.</p><p>- easy to increase basal when I am unwell. I can adjust the increase every hour rather than having to wait a day for my next slow acting insulin </p><p>- easy to spread bolus over longer period for high carb, high fat meals like pizza and curry </p><p>- easier to avoid hypos by suspending basal as I see my blood sugars dropping.</p><p></p><p>Cons </p><p>- permanently attached </p><p>- difficult to hide my diabetes. Even if my pump is under my clothes, there is still a bump.</p><p>- it could fail </p><p>- much much more stuff to take with me when I go away </p><p>- pump changes can be tedious.</p><p>- need to take Spares with me even for a short trip of a few hours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="In Response, post: 2357920, member: 527103"] For me Pros - finer insulin adjustments. I can dose 0.05 units at a time. - basal is adjusted for different levels at different times of the day. So more basal to avoid dawn phenomenon, for example. - suspending basal when I exercise to avoid hypos. - easy to increase basal when I am unwell. I can adjust the increase every hour rather than having to wait a day for my next slow acting insulin - easy to spread bolus over longer period for high carb, high fat meals like pizza and curry - easier to avoid hypos by suspending basal as I see my blood sugars dropping. Cons - permanently attached - difficult to hide my diabetes. Even if my pump is under my clothes, there is still a bump. - it could fail - much much more stuff to take with me when I go away - pump changes can be tedious. - need to take Spares with me even for a short trip of a few hours. [/QUOTE]
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