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<blockquote data-quote="teen-girl" data-source="post: 530397" data-attributes="member: 43407"><p>I was quite annoyed at how long it took for me as I was given unrealistic expectations. I was told about the pump when I was first diagnosed(3 yrs ago), but I hated the idea of it. My doctor kept mentioning it and one day I just decided that I wanted one. I approached my doctor who told me it was great idea and sent me to a pump group thing a couple of weeks later with a company rep and we got to meet pump patients and 'play' with the pumps. I was told that I would be on by the end of that summer before I properly started my GCSE's(I was/am halfway through my 1st year of sixth form now I have it). The dates they promised kept get further away and it was really disheartening. If I was told it would have taken that long to begin with I would have accepted it, but they built my hopes up every clinic appointment to have them crashing down again a few months later. I was only put on in the end as they 'found' a pump from a girl who disliked it after few months, there phoned me up out of the blue and told me I would have one training session that week and then start on new years eve. that was stressful enough as there was no one to talk to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="teen-girl, post: 530397, member: 43407"] I was quite annoyed at how long it took for me as I was given unrealistic expectations. I was told about the pump when I was first diagnosed(3 yrs ago), but I hated the idea of it. My doctor kept mentioning it and one day I just decided that I wanted one. I approached my doctor who told me it was great idea and sent me to a pump group thing a couple of weeks later with a company rep and we got to meet pump patients and 'play' with the pumps. I was told that I would be on by the end of that summer before I properly started my GCSE's(I was/am halfway through my 1st year of sixth form now I have it). The dates they promised kept get further away and it was really disheartening. If I was told it would have taken that long to begin with I would have accepted it, but they built my hopes up every clinic appointment to have them crashing down again a few months later. I was only put on in the end as they 'found' a pump from a girl who disliked it after few months, there phoned me up out of the blue and told me I would have one training session that week and then start on new years eve. that was stressful enough as there was no one to talk to. [/QUOTE]
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