why would somebody NOT have an insulin pump? (diet, eat, work)
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sorry to be so late with this answer. You have to check your BG regularly, then put in number of carbs and machine automatically figures how much insulin to give.
You still have to monitor your BG but you don't have to give shots.
I also have a sensor but I never did use it. I think it helps cut down on finger pricks but I just didn't want to mess with yet another gadget to be hooked up to. Insurance paid for both. I think $8,000 sounds very off but I may be wrong.
I do not have diabetes, but I can tell you that, being the control freak that I am, if I did have to have insulin therapy, I would be doing shots and not the pump. I know someone who has one and swears by it, but frankly the whole idea of being "managed" by some little digital box creeps me out.
My cousin thinks the pump is great. She has only had diabete 20 years. She is also confined to a scooter.
I myself...I diabetic over 41 years, do NOT have a pump.
When they first cam out I got the VCR tape on it (that should tell you how long they have been around). I watched it over & over again. I see what my cousin goes thru.
No way would i go onto the pump.
I have huge dogs. I get on the floor & wrestle & play with them. There is no way...with all that tubing it would get hung up or the needle pulled out of me.
I roll around in bed alot...no way would I wear a pump.
I've taken millions of shots over the years. If I go anywhere or travel... I just put syringes & insulin's in a cooler. I take my blood tester with me everywhere I go. I test before I get out of my vehicle & test again when I get back in before I drive away.
the shots don't bother me in the least.
So No...I wouldn't use the pump if they paid me to wear it.
It's been well documented by scientific studies that using insulin pumps, particularly ones with continuous blood glucose monitoring ability, will statistically significantly lower A1C vs. multiple injections a day. Trended A1C and corresponding EAG level has been scientifically shown as the best indicator for developing complications of diabetes. Lower A1C means you're getting better blood glucose control with fewer swings, which means lower risks of complications down the road - heart disease, kidney problems, stroke, eye problems, etc.
So you can use multiple injections...but just know that you're likely to increase your body's exposure to the chronic risks of diabetes vs. the most modern alternative therapy.
I was really confused about Brett zmichels on The Apprentice not having an insulin pump. Why don't you have one? i funbled around with shots for about 10 years before I got a pump and it has helped me so much. I'm more likely to bolus than give myself a shot so I think I'm healthier.
The only thing I have to remember is to buy pants with pockets as don't like putting it in my bra.
My husband has had Type 1 diabetes for 27 years and is not on a pump. He is an electrician. He wears a very heavy tool bag and is in and out of ceilings all day thus not very practical.
Well, I go to my Dr. next Friday and I am going to ask about getting the pump.(What a fun way to spend my tax refund, on my 20% co-pay.) I have been on Victoza for almost 6 months and my numbers are still crazy. I take a shot of Lantus and a shot of Novalog with breakfast, then a Novalog shot with lunch. At dinner I take a Lantus and a Novalog shot. Then before bed a shot of Victoza. I also take 1000 metformin with breakfast and 1000 with dinner and a llispiril for my kidneys at bedtime. I have lost 60 pounds too. I am hoping I can get better control with a pump. I think there is some kind of new pump out that doesn't have any tubes, Omnipod or something??
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