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Insulin Pumps

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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My college aged son wants to get a pump. I recently saw an ad for the OmniPod. What do you know about it?

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My son’s endocrinologist refused to renew my son’s numbing cream prescription and wouldn’t tell us why. What might his motivation be?

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I want to suspend my young son’s pump up to seven hours to ensure even blood sugars throughout the night. Our doctor is concerned about ketones. Is it better to suspend the pump for longer or feed the insulin?

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My 20 month old was diagnosed with type 1 three months ago. Should we consider getting her a pump?

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While playing football, where should my teen son wear his pump?

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Exactly how can a pump be used to manipulate blood sugars?

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Do most endocrinologists have their patients learn a carbohydrate counting/ratio system before transitioning them to a pump? Can diluted fast-acting insulin help obtain better dosing accuracy?

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