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Insulin Pumps

What do you think about putting a 5 year old on the pump? For three years we have been getting blood glucoses all over the map and are particularly concerned about night-time lows.

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I have a client using Humalog in her pump. Several months after pump initiation, she and her provider noted pitting atrophy at her infusion sites. They switched back to buffered Regular and noted some improvement. Has the Humalog been noted to cause this reaction in other “pumpers”?

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I’m currently planning a pregnancy. I use the pump. Since your stomach would be sensitive during pregnancy, where you would place the sets? What other places are there?

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I am having trouble controlling my sugar, and I want to see what the pump looks like with the needle inserted in the stomach. Does it hurt?

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I want to know all the possible areas you can put the infusion set. Is there any place else I can put it?

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I am 17 years old, I have had diabetes for almost three years, and I have heard good things about insulin pumps, although they are not that common here. I am very active and enjoy lots of water sports as well as mountain biking, running, and hockey. If I get a pump, how does it work for when you exercise?

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I desperately want to use an insulin pump. I fit all the criteria, and would really appreciate some details on where to get a pump, and how much it would cost. Insulin and sticks costs unbelievably much in South Africa, and it seems to be a solution to my financial crisis as well.

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I am a 19 year old college freshman, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about three and a half years ago, and I was considering the pump, but I am worried about physical activity. I am worried that if I want to exercise or play sports with friends in my free time, the pump will be bumped and cause damage or pain. Is the pump a good idea if I plan on participating in physical activity with friends?

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I have been on the pump for six months now, but even though my A1c went from 11.2 to 8.3% in six months, I am having trouble getting my sugars down, and with weight gain. I have increased my both my basal rates and my boluses with no change.

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When my daughter was using injections I stored open insulin in the fridge. She is now using a pump, and I make three cartridges at a time, but I do not store them in the fridge. Should I go back to storing cartridges in the fridge?

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