Pneu said:Well blow me away!
Pneu said:Well blow me away! At my 3 monthly check up today I went armed with my latest attack plan for getting myself a pump... Saw the same consultant as always and started a new line of attack putting my argument to him... same discussion we have had for over two years now... and you know what he finally capitulated!... I have the pump doctor giving me a phone call when his back from holiday and then I shall be on my way to getting a pump finally... out with the 10+ injections a day.. the getting up at 4am to inject for my DP... the crazy splitting of my background insulin to allow exercise! I am soooo pleased...
SAH154 said:Congratulations what amazes me is how I read a lot of the posts on here relating to how care in the NHS varies so wildly - My PCT is in a very poor area but the treatment is top notch
Perhaps they issue pumps based on their idea of clinical need?
Mine kept trying to get me to use one and I had the hard sell every 3 or 4 months at clinic so either other PCTs are tightwads or they issue them to people with poorer control in affect having a good HBA1C make you a victim of your own success? Either are wrong as we all should get the best treatment available I know pumps are expensive but how much does dialysis cost prevention better than cure and all that
If I have to go back on insulin think I'll take them up on the pump as perversely now I no longer inject I can see the benefit of them as opposed to injections
borofergie said:Well done! Weren't you just a lIttle bit disappointed not to be able to wheel out the full weight of your carefully rehearsed argument.
phoenix said:CGM brought up some surprises for me. I was going low at night, and then back up again but only to the 5s.
(I'd suspected it because of waking up sweating but never caught it with a meter reading)
I actually got my pump because my HbA1c was 4.9% : too low said the docs and I was offered a pump totally out of the blue... was one of the first in my area to get one.
Since then it's been in the high fives,( and the consultant still frowns) Whether that it is because I avoid some hypos or because I have less pancreatic function since then, I'm not sure.I have self diagnosed LADA rather than classic T1) but then I've never tested as much as you do.
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