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Insulin Pumps

We will visiting Canada and skiing there. Do you have any tips on keeping the pump (and the insulin) warm while skiing? Up until now we have had our daughter keep the pump close to her body so that body heat will keep it from freezing, but Australian ski fields aren’t quite as cold!

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I have a really hard time with insertion sites due to scar tissue. I am at a loss here, I don’t want to go back to injections, but I can’t afford to change the site twice in one day due to this problem.

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As an active teen who uses an insulin pump, I am frustrated by my higher A1c and problems with my infusion sets adhering. Can’t shots work just as well as an insulin pump? Would my doctor and parents think that I was a failure because I came off my pump?

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We are going to the beach for vacation. How do we keep sand out of the pump?

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How does one go about donating an old insulin pump to someone else?

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We never had any problems when my son was on shots, but we will travel for the first time with his pump. Do you have travel guidelines for traveling with an insulin pump?

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I inserted my infusion set this morning, and it was painful at first, but about eight hours later, I noticed a red oval ring forming around the site. I had felt no irritation of any kind and everything felt fine. I removed the set and the site bled, but there was still no pain. Why did this redness occur?

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A friend’s 18 month old son wears his insulin pump in a backpack type carrier under his shirt. Some nurses at the well baby care center have expressed concern that since he sleeps on his back that the pump being there could affect the way his spine grows. Do you have any thoughts on this matter?

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My son plans to visit the United States for five to six months, and his pump infusion sets are going to be a problem because they don’t want to give him enough for the visit. I have tried to find where to purchase the sets (and to find out how much they cost), but have not been successful.

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After two weeks pumping, our son is having stubborn high blood sugars at night. His pump and sites seem fine, as are his daytime blood sugars. What do you suggest?

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