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<blockquote data-quote="kkkk" data-source="post: 624224" data-attributes="member: 92533"><p>You are pretty much attached...tho there are cable less ones so you don't have the kind of wire bit you get on loads of pumps. Getting dressed is fine - I put it on the bed and change - you find places - and during the day it just clips to clothes and you forget it is there. I think the pluses for using it far outweigh any issues with being attached to it. It is amazing in terms of control of insulin and the ability to give yourself a really good basal rate that fits you and your life (rather than the fixed peak and trough of things like levemir), exercising is sooooooo much easier with a pump (love temporary basal rates) and you can fine tune doses to tiny amounts - stuff that is impossible on injections and why most people improve their HBA1cs. It gives you a far more flexible life - you can genuinely eat when you want - which is what I was told about 4 injections a day...but soon found out that with the peaks and troughs of basal insulin routine actually worked better for my control - it also has stuff built in so that it keeps count of your active insulin and all those things you have to figure out mathematically in your head - your pump has on board - you still have to work out carbs tho and get the numbers in the pump right - but it does make it easier.</p><p></p><p>On the other subject.....pump wise - I agreed to go on one in November last year and was told that I would probably get it in September this year - I had to do a dietician thing to prove I could count carbs - I didn't do Dafne, however with a few meetings with the DSNs and stuff I was put on it in May which I think was pretty good <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kkkk, post: 624224, member: 92533"] You are pretty much attached...tho there are cable less ones so you don't have the kind of wire bit you get on loads of pumps. Getting dressed is fine - I put it on the bed and change - you find places - and during the day it just clips to clothes and you forget it is there. I think the pluses for using it far outweigh any issues with being attached to it. It is amazing in terms of control of insulin and the ability to give yourself a really good basal rate that fits you and your life (rather than the fixed peak and trough of things like levemir), exercising is sooooooo much easier with a pump (love temporary basal rates) and you can fine tune doses to tiny amounts - stuff that is impossible on injections and why most people improve their HBA1cs. It gives you a far more flexible life - you can genuinely eat when you want - which is what I was told about 4 injections a day...but soon found out that with the peaks and troughs of basal insulin routine actually worked better for my control - it also has stuff built in so that it keeps count of your active insulin and all those things you have to figure out mathematically in your head - your pump has on board - you still have to work out carbs tho and get the numbers in the pump right - but it does make it easier. On the other subject.....pump wise - I agreed to go on one in November last year and was told that I would probably get it in September this year - I had to do a dietician thing to prove I could count carbs - I didn't do Dafne, however with a few meetings with the DSNs and stuff I was put on it in May which I think was pretty good :D [/QUOTE]
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