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<blockquote data-quote="curly" data-source="post: 2658575" data-attributes="member: 12306"><p>Because the consultant literally laughs at me every time I ask. I don’t meet any of the criteria. My A1Cs are consistently in the 5%s, I am not a child, I am not pregnant or planning to be, I don’t have disabling hypos etc. On the one hand I acknowledge that I’m lucky to be in that position and there are others who have it far worse; on another it’s not just luck at play but an awful lot of hard work. Pumps are no longer a rarity like they were 20 years ago, and I feel when I read posts by others that there’s a whole amazing world of diabetes tech out there that a whole group of us are just excluded from. I receive my care at a leading hospital, so it’s not that there are limited facilities there, just that I’m not permitted to access them. Of course I understand on a rational level that resources are limited and we have to prioritise certain groups who need them most. I’m talking from a personal, emotional level about how it feels to put so much work in and be completely on the outside looking in while all these amazing things are developed and rolled out but completely inaccessible. Rant over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="curly, post: 2658575, member: 12306"] Because the consultant literally laughs at me every time I ask. I don’t meet any of the criteria. My A1Cs are consistently in the 5%s, I am not a child, I am not pregnant or planning to be, I don’t have disabling hypos etc. On the one hand I acknowledge that I’m lucky to be in that position and there are others who have it far worse; on another it’s not just luck at play but an awful lot of hard work. Pumps are no longer a rarity like they were 20 years ago, and I feel when I read posts by others that there’s a whole amazing world of diabetes tech out there that a whole group of us are just excluded from. I receive my care at a leading hospital, so it’s not that there are limited facilities there, just that I’m not permitted to access them. Of course I understand on a rational level that resources are limited and we have to prioritise certain groups who need them most. I’m talking from a personal, emotional level about how it feels to put so much work in and be completely on the outside looking in while all these amazing things are developed and rolled out but completely inaccessible. Rant over. [/QUOTE]
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