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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1435305" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>[USER=74883]@SugarBuzz[/USER] an excessive number of injections for optimised control is a quality of life issue for which pump funding is a solution.</p><p></p><p>Input diabetes has a great guide on what criteria has to be met for pump funding - <a href="http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/alt-insulin-pumps/is-it-provided-by-the-nhs/" target="_blank">http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/alt-insulin-pumps/is-it-provided-by-the-nhs/</a></p><p></p><p>But you do have to be able to carb count to use a pump. Whether your diet is good or not hasn't got anything to do with carb counting so that makes me question whether you actually understand what carb counting is? It's literally counting the carbs in what you are eating and then important bit of it is matching your insulin does to the number of carbs your taking in. So you need to understand your insulin to carb ratio and how to adjust your bolus dose, and consequently how to check your basal dose is correct, to be able to use a pump.</p><p></p><p>It's possible your fluctuating blood sugar could be caused by not having the right basal dose at the moment and not carb counting?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1435305, member: 32394"] [USER=74883]@SugarBuzz[/USER] an excessive number of injections for optimised control is a quality of life issue for which pump funding is a solution. Input diabetes has a great guide on what criteria has to be met for pump funding - [URL]http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/alt-insulin-pumps/is-it-provided-by-the-nhs/[/URL] But you do have to be able to carb count to use a pump. Whether your diet is good or not hasn't got anything to do with carb counting so that makes me question whether you actually understand what carb counting is? It's literally counting the carbs in what you are eating and then important bit of it is matching your insulin does to the number of carbs your taking in. So you need to understand your insulin to carb ratio and how to adjust your bolus dose, and consequently how to check your basal dose is correct, to be able to use a pump. It's possible your fluctuating blood sugar could be caused by not having the right basal dose at the moment and not carb counting? [/QUOTE]
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