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Insulin Pump Information
More insulin pump information: Sleep in and miss meals Pizza and Chinese is easier on a pump DiabeticInsulin Pump Picture - See what you'll be attached to. TheBest Insulin Pump - What is it? What Insulin Pump Supplies do you need? Is an insulin pump right for you? Typesof Insulin Pumps: Manufacturers links.
It's great you're seeking insulin pump information. Many people say "no" to the idea of insulin pumpsbefore they fully understand what they are. Before they fully understandthe wonderful things that pump therapy can do for quality of life and bloodsugar control. Don't make that mistake. Inform yourself. Gather more pump information before you say "no" or"yes". Know what you're passing up or know what you're gettinginto. Don't be like me. I never considered insulin pump therapyfor my diabetes because I didn't want to be "hookedup" to something. Until a 12 year old soccer player convinced me to try theinsulin pump.This 12 year old girl with diabetes said she'dnever, ever go back to injections because the pump offered her so much freedom.I had to ask myself, "What does a 12 year old see in an insulinpump that I, a diabetes educator with diabetes for 27 years don't see?Must be something." Yes, I was shamed into learned more. So off I went to gather more pumpinformation. In the end, I made an informed "yes". That wasmany year agonow. Hopefully the insulin pump information on thesepages, along with the indispensable guidance from your diabetes educators andphysicians can help you make an informed "yes" or "no" decision. Insulin Pump Information: Things you should knowInsulin pumps are not artificial pancreases. They won't measure your bloodsugar and give you insulin automatically for meals. This is an important pieceof insulin pump information. As a diabetes educator I often see people whothink the pump is a cure. It is not. The pump user still needs to check blood sugar frequently. And yes, there isa pump that has a continuous blood glucose monitor built in. However,there are limitations with that. If interested see this page and scroll down toThe "Guardian RT Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring System. As well,there are pumps that communicate with glucose meters so the blood sugar numbertransfers directly to the pump. BUT . . . the pump user still has to ultimatelydecide if, when and how much insulin to give with meals - althoughthe insulin pump makes it very easy and flexible to give that meal insulin inways that a syringe never could. However, diabetic insulin pumps will automatically give"basal" insulin. That's the background insulin that works with thesugar your liver makes. If you're thinking "So what? NPH and Glargine dothe same thing, " then I'm sorry, but you don't have a fullunderstanding of the pump and basal insulin. I know. That was me saying that years before Iagreed to a pump. Give yourself the benefit of the doubt and check it out. Ready for a change in life?Why you can Sleep in, stay up late, miss meals . . . etcon a diabetic pump. DiabeticInsulin Pump Picture - See what you'll be attached to. TheBest Insulin Pump - What is it? Small? Cordless? Meter attached or . . .
Typesof Insulin Pumps - Manufacturers links.
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