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Insulin Pumps

I feel that a lot of insulin is being wasted every time you change the sites because there is about 20 units of insulin left in the tubing when you change. n about 2 weeks time I’m throwing out over 100 units of insulin. I was wondering if it’s all right to inject the insulin from the tubing into a vial of insulin so I can use it later instead of throwing out good insulin?

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We recently started taking our daughter to a pediatric endocrinologist who wants to put our daughter on a pump to get better control. At five, our daughter doesn’t want a pump and had a recent A1c of 7.4. Should we get another opinion?

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Can you tell me how more often do children have lows that are on the pump than children that take shots? How do you prevent the lows during the night, if they are on the pump?

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I know there are factors in “candidate selection” for the pump, but I was severely reprimanded at work for talking about a pump with a newly diagnosed child, and I am looking for some back up on my position. What is an appropriate length of time between the diagnosis of diabetes and the initiation of pump therapy?

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In your opinion, would it be more cost-effective for insurance companies to provide their child clients who have type 1 diabetes with insulin pumps versus more traditional insulin therapies? Please also consider in your response all of the possible long-term effects of type 1 diabetes.

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An article on CWD mentions that the insulin is absorbed through the skin via a patch. Is this an alternate method of insulin delivery?

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Frequently an air bubble gets trapped in the “quick disconnect” portion of the infusion set. There is no alarm, yet the insulin is not moving past the disconnect portion. She tests high and checks the infusion set, sees the air bubble, and we bolus and flick that area of the infusion set until the air bubble passes through. How can we prevent this from occurring?

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My daughter is going to camp where she will be doing intense physical exercise, so we have decided that she not use her pump and go on Lantus with Humalog for the week.. Since she has as never been on Lantus, I have several questions.

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Our son uses Teflon infusion sets and Humalog with his Paradigm pump, but we are seeing higher blood sugars after two days. Why is this? We know others whose sites work fine for up to four days.

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Two nights ago, I bolused my daughter’s pump to correct a high blood sugar, but it didn’t work. Today, she was low before lunch. Could the low be from delayed absorption of the previous corrections?

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