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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 527103" data-source="post: 2609220">I have been pumping for about 7 years and find it great. However, it is not for everyone.Some people do not like having something attached to them all the time.It is like learning how to manage diabetes from scratch again.It can fail. Rarely, but it is possible and never at a good time. So you must be able to calmly cope with a failure which may mean temporarily reverting to injections.When it fails, you can go into DKA quickly because you have no background (slow acting) insulin.It is also expensive so in the UK you need to justify the cost.You need to show you can my manage the complexity.You need to convince your DSN you can cope with pump failure.You need to be good at carb counting : more accurate than with injections.You need to prove a need for variable basal and/or small doses (I can dose 0.05 units).Pumps are rarely suitable for people on larger doses: they need changing every 3 days and contain 200 units.If you believe you could benefit from a pump, talk to your DSN. They will know how likely you are to get one</blockquote>

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