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<blockquote data-quote="Juicyj" data-source="post: 2270227" data-attributes="member: 53162"><p>Hello [USER=524746]@CelalDari[/USER]</p><p></p><p>At the moment as a newly diagnosed it would be quite hard to obtain a pump, most CCG’s require you to be out of your honeymoon phase, having attended a DAFNE course and meeting NICE criteria to obtain one, NICE criteria could be that you are testing more than 8+ times a day or having no hypo awareness or having an issue with dawn phenomenon - each CCG has different criteria, but your starting point is having a discussion with your DSN and finding out what their criteria is. You also may not be given a choice as to which pump you can access, I wasn’t given a choice and despite meeting my local CCG criteria, it still then took almost a year before I finally got one, it’s not a straight forward process. That said, the benefits to using a pump are huge, different basal patterns for different events, temp basal patterns ideal for hypos and exercise, micro management in glucose control, less severe hypos etc. </p><p></p><p>Pumps used correctly and micro managed are invaluable but require effort they are also very expensive hence why there are not handed out in abundance, but that’s why once you are out of honeymoon and keen to start out on pump therapy, having a great relationship with your DSN is vital.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Juicyj, post: 2270227, member: 53162"] Hello [USER=524746]@CelalDari[/USER] At the moment as a newly diagnosed it would be quite hard to obtain a pump, most CCG’s require you to be out of your honeymoon phase, having attended a DAFNE course and meeting NICE criteria to obtain one, NICE criteria could be that you are testing more than 8+ times a day or having no hypo awareness or having an issue with dawn phenomenon - each CCG has different criteria, but your starting point is having a discussion with your DSN and finding out what their criteria is. You also may not be given a choice as to which pump you can access, I wasn’t given a choice and despite meeting my local CCG criteria, it still then took almost a year before I finally got one, it’s not a straight forward process. That said, the benefits to using a pump are huge, different basal patterns for different events, temp basal patterns ideal for hypos and exercise, micro management in glucose control, less severe hypos etc. Pumps used correctly and micro managed are invaluable but require effort they are also very expensive hence why there are not handed out in abundance, but that’s why once you are out of honeymoon and keen to start out on pump therapy, having a great relationship with your DSN is vital. [/QUOTE]
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