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The first time I saw an Insulin Pump, I fell in love. It was only three months since my diagnoses when I was 13 years old, and I was spending one long week of my summer at the Clara Barton Camp for Girls with Diabetes.
My counselor had a pump and the first thing I said to my mother when she came to ...
thank you so much I really just needed someones opinion. Also your some one who used a pump so you know how it feels,and I really neede someone who had one.
So thanks!
I have been on and off an Insulin Pump since 1981. Back then they were bigger than a paperback book, and only had one basal rate.
The pump is a wonderful thing, but like you, it is turning out to not be a solution for me. I have problems with my skin and sub-cutaneous tissue cloging the catheter. I have tried every one on the market.
The only times I have been in DKA has been when the pump or the infusion set malfunctioned.
I have decided on trying Lantus and Humalog for a while to see if that works. My A1c's are higher off the pump, but I'm still working on it.
Perhaps when Insurance covers the Glucose Sensors, I'll go back on a pump.