I have done my research! After reading Health Central's DiabeTeens.com, along with questions and concerns from my own teen patients with diabetes, it appears that insulin pump therapy is a hot topic! As of June 14, the featured poll (how do you feel about the pump) results are: love it--51percent; hate it--9 percent; never tried it--40 percent. If 40 percent of our readers have no experience with the pump, then there are a lot of kids out there that need this information.
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