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Type 2 Type 2 diabetes and a pump

Sonnyb2

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Dose any one on here have type 2 diabetes and use a pump
 
**** good question. As far as I'm aware it is an option in extreme cases for T2 management. Not aware of any T2's using pumps on the forum.
 
therower said:
**** good question. As far as I'm aware it is an option in extreme cases for T2 management. Not aware of any T2's using pumps on the forum.
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Are u type 1 diabetic or type2 diabetic
 
Sonnyb2 said:
I use a pump
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That's great. Pump use would probably be more common with type 1s.
But in certain cases with insulin dependant type 2s?
(Quote from the link I gave you earlier in this thread.)

"Insulin pump therapy is offered to people with type 2 diabetes on a case-by-case basis, when a diabetes consultant with expertise in pump therapy believes strongly that it is the only appropriate treatment for a specific patient. Current research suggests that there is a small proportion of people with type 2 diabetes that have a clinical need for an insulin pump."

Hope this helps?
 
Sonnyb2 said:
What type are u
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Who me? Type 1. MDI. I remember the old days of "medieval" glass syringes. No meters or CGMs back then!
I didn't even meet another diabetic for years..
 
The support for endo pepole is so good I have to do my bg in a min will let u know what it is
 
Hi agian @Sonnyb2 ,

I found this for you on a little Google quest from an audit done 8 years ago..

"The National Diabetes Information Service Insulin Pump Audit reported 35 patients with Type 2 diabetes using insulin pump therapy in England in 2009. It does not distinguish how many are funded by the NHS. The same audit noted 5,667 patients with Type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps."

Link here. http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/alt-insulin-pumps/type-2-diabetes/

So, a pumping 2T exsists, but is rare. But that's not counting ID T2s pumping in other parts of the world!

Having said that. I welcome more upto date & accurate data on this from anyone else??
 
U know u said no BG meter how did u know your BG
 
Sonnyb2 said:
U know u said no BG meter how did u know your BG
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Wow! Now you're talking.. I started on a "Clinitest" kit testing sugar in urine when I just turned 8 years old. It was vague, & only registered above 10mmol? (Something like that.) then I moved on to pee strips.. Same principle, but matching the colour of the strip to a pastel shade chart on the side of the container for the strips instead of a fizzing pill in a test tube of pee & water.

My first proper meter was like Star Trek!

A clinitest kit in the picture below. Just to give you an idea what was carried around..

 
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