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Insulin Pumps

My four year old daughter, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, has been on the insulin pump for two years, but in the past 18 months, she has had three scary nighttime episodes. Her doctors never confirmed nor denied that there were seizures or night terrors. Do I need to get my daughter evaluated for seizures or night terrors?

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Do you know what the current price is for the insulin pumps in the US market?

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My 10 year old daughter’s doctor will not prescribe a pump for until we attend a class for a day at a cost of $1000 which we cannot afford, and my daughter is on Medicaid. She needs a pump.

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At what age do most pediatric endocrinologists feel comfortable using an insulin pump for a child? My present answer is age seven to eight years by the physicians in this area. Would you agree? What about the level of activity of the child?

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My seven year old son has had type 1 diabetes for six years. His sugar goes his sugar stays up and down most of the time. What can I do to keep him from jumping up or getting lows at night? Can he get on the Insulin pump?

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I’m thinking about going on an insulin pump. However, I have a couple of bottles of Humalog that I haven’t used yet, and I would hate to waste this insulin. Can I inject the Humalog from the bottles into the pump?

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My son is 11 and has been interested in the pump, but wants to participate in sports and physical activities. What are the limitations that the pump brings to these activities? Do you know of any college or professional football players that use a pump?

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Since going on the pump, I have noticed that I will often be high six to eight hours after eating a relatively high fat, high protein dinner. I will fall low in the immediate post bolus period, then go high in the middle of the night. I know both celiac disease and gastroparesis can do strange things with fat and carb absorption, and I just don’t want to panic if it’s only a bolusing issue.

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I’m on an insulin pump. On the weekends, I bolus one unit for every 14 carbs and my glucose levels are perfect. However, during the week at work, my glucose levels run very high, between 200 and 300. I can’t figure out what the problem is. Do you think it is inactivity during the week, being that I sit all day at a desk?

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My son wears a Deltec pump and wishes to go on a 2.5 hour “tubing adventure” down a local river. Should he bolus and then take off the pump or leave it on in a pocket?

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