T2 Pumping???????

Are there T2 diabetics who use insulin pumps? I'm a T2 and have been on insulin for a while (on Lantus, and just started Humalog). Does the Endo make the call as to when you go on the pump?

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Permalink Reply by Unicornzzz on December 9, 2007 at 8:25pm: Depends on the insurance company. My insurance company made me go through an endo. I have been trying to get on a pump for about a year now. I finally got an appt with an endo. last month and the insurance company denied me because she did not attach my history. I see the endo next month again and I am going to ask her to reapply for my pump. I am going to have her reapply everytime I see her until I get a pump. Please make sure that you have letter of necessity, medical records and the paperwork from the pump company go to the insurance company all at the same time. Do you know what pump you want? You can contact the pump company and they will do the leg work for you. Good luck with getting a pump. I too am a type 2 diabetic.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cody Turner on December 9, 2007 at 9:53pm: For Medicare you have to meet certain lab requirements as a type 2 diabetic. That is where my problem is at. My labs don't qualify so they won't cover it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Unicornzzz on December 10, 2007 at 2:30am: We were under the understanding that if the dr precribed it then they would cover it. Boy, were we wrong. I have had to jump through hoops every time something new is prescribed for me. This makes you not want to go to the dr just so that you do not have to deal with the hassle. I had the insurance company try to deny covering needles for my syringes. I wanted the cheaper needles because they were smaller. They said they would cover the syringes but not the needles. The needles were not name brand. The needles and the syringes were the same brand. Go figure.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Angela Guenther on December 10, 2007 at 9:16am: how did they expect you to give yourself the insulin?????? i hate insurance companies they think they know it all. Why do we have doctors:????? if the insurance companies know it all???????? :-(; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Angela Guenther on December 10, 2007 at 9:14am: my a1c right now is ranging from 7.6 to a 9.4. I just started Humalog and we are still trying to find the right dose to take care of my after meal highs. I would love to just not give shots anymore.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Unicornzzz on December 10, 2007 at 9:32am: My A1C is anywhere from 6.5 to 7.6 and I am not liking it. I would like not having to stop my life in order to give myself the shots. I hate having give myself shots in bathrooms or my car. They tell you to stay active if your a diabetic but they do not make it easy. I would like to be on a pump so that I have the freedom to do the things I want to do when I want to do them. I would like the freedom to be able to eat what I want to eat and not having to worry about having my sugar levels drop to low because I did not feel like eating very much at that meal.

I have come to the conclusion that if you work in the medical field or the insurance field that you are not allowed to have any medical problems. I am not a vegitarian but I do not eat a lot of meat. I was told by an endo that I just needed to eat more meat so that would even out my blood sugars. That was the last time I saw that dr.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cara on December 10, 2007 at 1:45pm: I am not a Type 2, but I had a friend who was type 2 and pumped for many years. She is now off the pump and off of insulin, due to a drastic amount of weight loss, but it is okay and becoming more common for type 2's to pump. Good luck with that!; ▶ Reply to This