I Got My Insulin Pump Today
I saw my CDE today and she and I programmed all the numbers into the new insulin pump, filled the reservoir, found a non-hairy spot on my abdomen before she could break out a razor, and got me...
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Bogie7129, Can you give us some more particulars? How old are you? Do you have other conditions? Are you skinny or fat? Did they use some kind of "screening criteria" to determine your appropriateness...
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No problem! I'm 6'0", currently about 248#, down from 265 in the past month. I'm 50% SC combined, I have a hiatel hernia, PN bilat lower extremeties, some dimes and some zeros, muscular under the fat,...
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Bogie you gave some good information about that pump. I'm taking more notice now and I have a question for you. Is the pump something you wear? Is there a tube that runs from the pump to the injection...
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Wrench, My son has been on the pump for years. He wears it on his belt like a pager and the needle is basically taped into different spots around his belly. jDave 2/8 Cav 1967 MAT IV-22 1968
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Wrench, - Is the pump something you wear? Yes, you "wear" it on your belt in the same sense you wear a pager or a cell phone. It clips on and has two or three attachment methods. It comes in four...
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Bogie: I went to my Clinic last week. In the last two months I have been diagnosed with asthma, am currently 60% Diabetes - 40%DM 10%pn each lomb. What scared me at my last clinic is that they found...
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Tatoo, I have the Medtronic MiniMed Paradigm 715 unit. That has the remote glucometer. That is, you use the meter to take you B.S. and it transmits it directly to the pump. Then you push some buttons...
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