In Reply to: Margaret: Insulin pumps posted by Sue on November 25, 2000 at 10:14:53:
: Hi Margaret,
: I've only been researching pumps for a couple of weeks now. The Minimed and Disetronic seem to be the most popular. I e mailed Disetronic and they sent me an info package (which I got yesterday and haven't really looked at yet) including a video.
: http://www.minimed.com/
: http://www.disetronic.com
: I don't really know enough about them yet to be able to answer any questions... I do know that they use Humilog, which is a MUCH faster acting insulin. They give a 'basal' rate of insulin, which is continuous, and you give yourself a 'bolus' of insulin whenever you eat. Seems to me that a pump is the closest I'll ever get to having a functioning pancreas!
: Hey, you'd be able to eat a piece of fudge every now and then! You'd just 'bolus' for it!
: I'm going to talk to my endo about going on Humilog first and going from two injections a day to three, to see if it does my hypo episodes any good (before lunch on Thursday I was at 1.8 and didn't even FEEL it coming on...), and if it does I'll think about the pump. Problem is tho that it's VERY expensive. 5 grand here in Canada...
: Sue
Thanks for the info Sue. By the way I live in England. 1.8 that is frightening, I panick at low three. I get my warnings and feel ill at 4.5 or less, that gives me plenty of time. As I mentioned earlier its all new to me, and I have lost a lot of my confidence, I have only just gone back to work, and do very little on my own. I know I will come to terms with it, but I feel so angry, my worst phobia, was injections so you can imagine my horror when I realised I would have to inject twice a day. (that was before I knew it was a pen)
You mentioned injecting three times a day, my nurse, has discussed this with me, as I still have swinging levels, anything between 2.5 to 18+ over 24 hours. I have to moniter my water for keytones, because of constant highs.
anyway its good to comunicate with someone who has diabetes, thanks for getting back to me
Margaret
- Re: Margaret: Insulin pumps Sue 12:52:46 11/26/00
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