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Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pump?
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<blockquote data-quote="jcorny" data-source="post: 312290" data-attributes="member: 48411"><p><strong>Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum</strong></p><p></p><p>I have been on an Insulin pump now for 1 week following 15 years of multiple daily injections.</p><p></p><p>The Pump so far however would be my choice. </p><p></p><p>The positives of the pump is the fine tuning you can use to avoid HYPOs which you simply can't with MDI. It stops you making stupid mistakes like correcting too early or miscalculating your insulin and if you love excersise you will love a pump!</p><p></p><p>The negative is the risk of it stopping working - you need to learn to love your tester. The first time I changed the canular i must have done something wrong as went from 6.2 to 29.5 in the matter of a few hours. But resolved it by changing the canular.</p><p></p><p>Canulars are painless and having the pump attached is not an issue for me but I can imagine for kids it might be or women wanting to wear dresses etc.</p><p></p><p>My diabetic unit were very positive to find anything that worked for me and always had my interests at the heart of the decision. My HBa1C prior to pumping was just below 7 but qualified on the basis of doing multiple injections throughout the day ( on average 6 ) and doing huge amounts of driving and working a flexible shift pattern. I also love cycling and squash which I have to admit were difficult with hypos occuring up to 3 hours after excersise.</p><p></p><p>I can see benefits for both but for me so far its the pump. When I went on injections aged 10 i felt massively unlucky, when I went on to the pump aged 26 I felt very lucky!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jcorny, post: 312290, member: 48411"] [b]Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum[/b] I have been on an Insulin pump now for 1 week following 15 years of multiple daily injections. The Pump so far however would be my choice. The positives of the pump is the fine tuning you can use to avoid HYPOs which you simply can't with MDI. It stops you making stupid mistakes like correcting too early or miscalculating your insulin and if you love excersise you will love a pump! The negative is the risk of it stopping working - you need to learn to love your tester. The first time I changed the canular i must have done something wrong as went from 6.2 to 29.5 in the matter of a few hours. But resolved it by changing the canular. Canulars are painless and having the pump attached is not an issue for me but I can imagine for kids it might be or women wanting to wear dresses etc. My diabetic unit were very positive to find anything that worked for me and always had my interests at the heart of the decision. My HBa1C prior to pumping was just below 7 but qualified on the basis of doing multiple injections throughout the day ( on average 6 ) and doing huge amounts of driving and working a flexible shift pattern. I also love cycling and squash which I have to admit were difficult with hypos occuring up to 3 hours after excersise. I can see benefits for both but for me so far its the pump. When I went on injections aged 10 i felt massively unlucky, when I went on to the pump aged 26 I felt very lucky! [/QUOTE]
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