Pumping Our Insulin

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Comment by Don Kelly on October 12, 2009 at 4:31pm

Yea.. My pump rep, CED, endo, and dietitian and I turned my pump off saline and made it "live" with insulin. It has taken me over a year to get the Dr. approval and the insurance and everything.. vacations (theirs not mine) yelling, orders misplaced it happened today ! My blue Ping is working away. We were on saline two meters and the pump and pen,for a week, I think they ust wanted me to appreciate the pump and the Ping meter more! After it was all done my Dr. offered us all a SMALL slice of cheesecake. Wow. yes I had some. and showed everybody I could bolis to compensate for it. So today is my new life day and I am happy !
Thaks to Tu for all the advice and lurking I have faith this will be a very positive thing !

Comment by Rose Joelle on October 10, 2009 at 10:18am

Ok, I failed to get any reasonable deal made with my substandard insurance so I have taken out a credit card specifically for the pump and ongoing supply expenses. My ping should come Wednesday. I am so exicted and so nervous! I just couldnt keep going the way I am - complications are getting way too scary and I am tired of being sick all the time! I have never had a good handle on my levels and I have had diabetes for 15 years! I think with some hard start up work this will be the change I need! Yay! Thank you to everyone who replied to my discussion post a few weeks ago :)

Comment by Colorado on October 2, 2009 at 6:12pm

does any one know about how many carbs are in prescription cough medicine?

Comment by tony on July 17, 2009 at 4:51am

Hi Marcia, you can find more answers her, join the family

Comment by Marcia on July 16, 2009 at 9:51pm

Hi! I started on the OmniPod June of this year and am still tweaking to get my bg down. Have worn on my arm, abdomen and leg. Still getting high bg later in day...any suggestions? I love the free feeling of wearing the pod, trainer has been great with suggestions.

Comment by Rick Phillips on July 14, 2009 at 5:55am

Here is the web site for ipump

http://www.ipump.org/donations/pumps_1.html

I donated mine and they were very easy to work with.

rick phillips

Comment by Kristin on July 14, 2009 at 5:26am

Hi Falynn! Great idea! You can see if you cannot donate it to ipump.org. You cannot donate personally to someone through TuDiabetes, as this is a prescription item, but hopefully IPump will be able to get it to someone who needs it!

Comment by Falynn Alexandria Rickards on July 14, 2009 at 5:20am

I have a Paradigm 512 Pump that i no longer use. I have an upgrade. Does anyone know anything i can do with this older pump. I have asked JDRF if they know of anything i.e donating to someone who maybe cant afford to buy a pump or doesnt have insurance. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Comment by Louisa on July 6, 2009 at 9:01am

Hi there, newbie (to tudiabetes) here, I've been pumping for 3 months and I can't believe it took me so long to start.

Comment by Chris Morones on July 2, 2009 at 12:53pm

hello all...new to TuDiabetes and new to pumping..going on my 6th day..IT'S GREAT, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

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