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<blockquote data-quote="vickiec" data-source="post: 154817" data-attributes="member: 23663"><p>thanx for your earlier reply and support, my son was diagnised two years ago and waited approx6-8 weeks for pump to be funded by PCT but as someone else said the pump is only as good as it user, eveytime my son eats anything he works out carbs say 40grammes puts this info into pump it works out how much insulin you need to take you press ok and it pumps the insulin into you, but heres where the problems start you have to take your BM everytime you take insulin because if it it slightly high the pump works out a corrective dose then you put in how many carbs in food then it gives you insulin [hope your following me], but my son as i said before goes out buys pop doesnt take insulin for this, has a bag of crisps doesnt take insulin for this and unfortunately to keep levels right you have to administer insulin everytime you eat and drink he finds it a chore so today he saw dns and consultant and they have taken him off his pump for three months , it really depends on how compliant your daughter is prepared to be hope this helps, we have our ups and downs and sometimes it tears us apart but we just keep supporting him and hope he will comes to accept his diabetes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vickiec, post: 154817, member: 23663"] thanx for your earlier reply and support, my son was diagnised two years ago and waited approx6-8 weeks for pump to be funded by PCT but as someone else said the pump is only as good as it user, eveytime my son eats anything he works out carbs say 40grammes puts this info into pump it works out how much insulin you need to take you press ok and it pumps the insulin into you, but heres where the problems start you have to take your BM everytime you take insulin because if it it slightly high the pump works out a corrective dose then you put in how many carbs in food then it gives you insulin [hope your following me], but my son as i said before goes out buys pop doesnt take insulin for this, has a bag of crisps doesnt take insulin for this and unfortunately to keep levels right you have to administer insulin everytime you eat and drink he finds it a chore so today he saw dns and consultant and they have taken him off his pump for three months , it really depends on how compliant your daughter is prepared to be hope this helps, we have our ups and downs and sometimes it tears us apart but we just keep supporting him and hope he will comes to accept his diabetes. [/QUOTE]
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