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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MeiChanski" data-source="post: 2163339" data-attributes="member: 503481"><p>I can't comment on how great your CCG is on approving funding for those with needle phobia for an insulin pump. All pumps are about the same - 2 to 3 days on the body and a set change after that. Omnipod is one of the more expensive pumps because it is tubeless. Also you can have high blood readings with a pump too, sometimes due to a kink. When an insulin pump fails and you have to send it off and wait for a new one to arrive, you'll need to revert to pens again. (Also in some cases when you're unwell and the pump isn't doing it's job properly) So it's not just "3 days and that's it". You'll have to judge whether an insulin pump will benefit you as a whole and not just needle phobia. That would mean another chat with your team again to see based on NHS criteria for one. I know there are a few self injector devices out on the market; like <a href="https://www.spirit-health.co.uk/spirit-healthcare/products-for-diabetics/insujet" target="_blank">https://www.spirit-health.co.uk/spirit-healthcare/products-for-diabetics/insujet</a> But I don't know how easily accessible they are.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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