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Insulin Pumps

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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Can people in the UK get insulin pumps? You hear loads about people in the US having them but I’ve never been offered one here.

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My husband and I are currently going through a rough divorce which has rocked my 10 year old boy’s life in a big way. He is having a hard time, and his sugars are out of control.. My husband and I have talked with his doctor about the insulin pump, but the doctor didn’t recommend it because of the instability in our family life. What do you think?

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My four year old son is receiving only 1 unit of NPH per day, and the doctor had said we could stop the insulin, but we thought we shouldn’t. I would like to put him on the pump because I sometimes feel I am feeding his insulin. Do you think the pump is a good idea? Do you think he should have a C-peptide done?

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