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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 270531" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>Hi</p><p></p><p>First of all, do you carb count and use an insulin to carb ratio to figure out how much bolus insulin you need to inject for each of your main meals? If you dont know much about using carb ratios then before you go down the pump route, ask your DSN to explain ratios to you. If you dont get very good advice then look at the BDEC website and also download DUK's guide to carb counting. Bg control can be made much better using ratios and testing bg levels about 6 times a day and adjusting the ratios so that bg levels stay within target guidelines.</p><p></p><p>With regards to the Veo pump, yes it does appear to look wonderful on the website but all pumps work in a similar way so the Veo is probably not really any better than any of the other pumps on the UK market. Cellnovo pump is something else as is the Omnipod so look at those.</p><p></p><p>To get yourself on to an insulin pump, this is done through a diabetes consultant at a hospital so if you haven't got one, ask your GP to refer you. A consultant will want to know how you are going about injecting insulin and what ratios you are using. They will give advice which you should try to follow and review you within 3 months, then if things are no better, they then will look at the NICE guidelines to see if you meet any of the criteria. If you do, then an application can then be made to your PCT for them to supply the funding for a pump. Insulin pumps are expensive and the consumables are also so that is why people get pumps through PCT funding.</p><p></p><p>Look at the INPUT me website which gives good info about pumps and also you can read the NICE guidelines. Pumps are not easy peasy. They require a fair amount of bg testing to be done every day and then from doing the tests, people are then able to know when to adjust the basal rate or the insulin to carb ratio. Can take a while to figure it all out but most people are happier because of the better control and obviously less injections.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 270531, member: 8799"] Hi First of all, do you carb count and use an insulin to carb ratio to figure out how much bolus insulin you need to inject for each of your main meals? If you dont know much about using carb ratios then before you go down the pump route, ask your DSN to explain ratios to you. If you dont get very good advice then look at the BDEC website and also download DUK's guide to carb counting. Bg control can be made much better using ratios and testing bg levels about 6 times a day and adjusting the ratios so that bg levels stay within target guidelines. With regards to the Veo pump, yes it does appear to look wonderful on the website but all pumps work in a similar way so the Veo is probably not really any better than any of the other pumps on the UK market. Cellnovo pump is something else as is the Omnipod so look at those. To get yourself on to an insulin pump, this is done through a diabetes consultant at a hospital so if you haven't got one, ask your GP to refer you. A consultant will want to know how you are going about injecting insulin and what ratios you are using. They will give advice which you should try to follow and review you within 3 months, then if things are no better, they then will look at the NICE guidelines to see if you meet any of the criteria. If you do, then an application can then be made to your PCT for them to supply the funding for a pump. Insulin pumps are expensive and the consumables are also so that is why people get pumps through PCT funding. Look at the INPUT me website which gives good info about pumps and also you can read the NICE guidelines. Pumps are not easy peasy. They require a fair amount of bg testing to be done every day and then from doing the tests, people are then able to know when to adjust the basal rate or the insulin to carb ratio. Can take a while to figure it all out but most people are happier because of the better control and obviously less injections. [/QUOTE]
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