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Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pump?
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<blockquote data-quote="SimonClifford" data-source="post: 464510" data-attributes="member: 51740"><p>Carb counting is absolutely vital for a pump (you enter grams of carb, rather than units directly like you normally think) my AccuChek pump then works out how much insulin you need & takes into account what you've already had. (Yes you have to tinker with all these settings, there's no magic wand & you DSN can only get you started)</p><p>I was cynical about carb counting after having never (consciously) used it in the 35 years I've been type-1. I had to fairly rapidly appreciate & embrace a slightly different way of thinking (it DOES work! Honest!)</p><p>That'll give you one more of the 3-4 keys you need to get a pump. Now you need to find a consultant who's keen on them. You can also pull tricks like "I get these unexpected & random hypos" (a NICE criteria for a pump) and then finagle those "hypos" by testing a "hypo-in-a-bottle" solution of glucose. It's a bit underhand, but might work if you're clever enough to pull off a heist.</p><p>Drop me a private mssg if you'd like a natter about it all!</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonClifford, post: 464510, member: 51740"] Carb counting is absolutely vital for a pump (you enter grams of carb, rather than units directly like you normally think) my AccuChek pump then works out how much insulin you need & takes into account what you've already had. (Yes you have to tinker with all these settings, there's no magic wand & you DSN can only get you started) I was cynical about carb counting after having never (consciously) used it in the 35 years I've been type-1. I had to fairly rapidly appreciate & embrace a slightly different way of thinking (it DOES work! Honest!) That'll give you one more of the 3-4 keys you need to get a pump. Now you need to find a consultant who's keen on them. You can also pull tricks like "I get these unexpected & random hypos" (a NICE criteria for a pump) and then finagle those "hypos" by testing a "hypo-in-a-bottle" solution of glucose. It's a bit underhand, but might work if you're clever enough to pull off a heist. Drop me a private mssg if you'd like a natter about it all! Sent from the [url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig]Diabetes Forum App[/url] [/QUOTE]
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