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Is an insulin pump just another insulin delivery device?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 2079817"><p>Physically, I agree but ...</p><p></p><p>Psychologically, I see them very different. </p><p>When I was first diagnosed, there was a lot to take on board - insulin for the rest of your life, hypos, calculating insulin doses, different types of insulin, BG measurements, what's a "good BG", what's not, complications, ...</p><p>If you then added : you are going to be physically attached to this device for the rest of your life, it will be show when you swim, when you are intimate with someone .. for the first time, it is very expensive, you have to look after it, there is a possibility it may fail so you have to be ready with a backup which is something that is really important for you to know about even though you may never need it, you have to be really accurate with your insulin dose calculation for food, for corrections, for background insulin, ... </p><p>My mid-30 year old brain would have struggled to cope with all of that. I have no idea what it would have done as a teenager or early twenties. </p><p></p><p>I can see insulin pens becoming the training wheels for pumps in the future or perhaps pumps may get easier (and cheaper) but I am very glad to have had a few years to learn the ropes of diabetes management before starting my pump.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 2079817"] Physically, I agree but ... Psychologically, I see them very different. When I was first diagnosed, there was a lot to take on board - insulin for the rest of your life, hypos, calculating insulin doses, different types of insulin, BG measurements, what's a "good BG", what's not, complications, ... If you then added : you are going to be physically attached to this device for the rest of your life, it will be show when you swim, when you are intimate with someone .. for the first time, it is very expensive, you have to look after it, there is a possibility it may fail so you have to be ready with a backup which is something that is really important for you to know about even though you may never need it, you have to be really accurate with your insulin dose calculation for food, for corrections, for background insulin, ... My mid-30 year old brain would have struggled to cope with all of that. I have no idea what it would have done as a teenager or early twenties. I can see insulin pens becoming the training wheels for pumps in the future or perhaps pumps may get easier (and cheaper) but I am very glad to have had a few years to learn the ropes of diabetes management before starting my pump. [/QUOTE]
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