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Kol

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Type 1
Hi all,

Out of interest does anyone have knowledge on whether pump eligibility criteria was less strict in past years compared to now?

Thank you.
 
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Edit to add: not sure if I could have got along with something attached to me, must take a bit of getting used to.
 
Kol said:
Edit to add: not sure if I could have got along with something attached to me, must take a bit of getting used to.
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Yeah I thought that and I was very wrong, if that’s the main or only reason you are not considering it I would have a think about it.
I hardly notice and Omnipod 5 is a patch pump. It’s worth it.
 
Kol said:
Edit to add: not sure if I could have got along with something attached to me, must take a bit of getting used to.
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I was really hesitant because of that very issue. I’ve got really sensitive skin, and bruise easily thanks to the HEDS. In the end I had no choice but to try a pump because I couldn’t get any control with MDI. I use the omnipod 5 and Dexcom G6 and I won’t lie there are moments when I wish I wasn’t hooked up to two gadgets, but you have to fight me to the death to take them away. It’s life changing. Having had three years of really horrible hypos this is a dream. I feel like I’ve got my life back, so having those little gadgets attached is no bother at all, like Phoebe I forget they’re there most of the time, and the times I get a bit irked by them are worth it. The advantages for me far outweigh the irritations, but everyone is different. If I had excellent control on MDI like I used to not sure I’d have taken the plunge, but with hindsight I think that would have been a mistake, if only for the amazing stability the pump brings.
 
Kol said:
Edit to add: not sure if I could have got along with something attached to me, must take a bit of getting used to.
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I was worried about this at the start. I use the Medtronic 780 with their Simplera Sync sensors, so it is a tubed pump. I have only ever used this type. I have a sensor in my arm which is very similar to the Libre with the same insertion technique. I have a cannula in my abdomen, which lies very flat to the skin. There are odd ouch moments when I insert it and the odd bleeder when I take it out, but apart from that I don’t notice it is there and have to hunt around to find where it is sometimes. I then tuck my pump away where I want to according to what I am wearing/doing. For me the transition to a pump made such a positive difference to MDI: fewer night time hypos and a much more flexible life.

Like @KookyCat I have found that using the HCL has given me my life back. I now think a lot less about my diabetes and let the system do the work in the background and usually have a TIR in the 80s or 90s.
 
SB2015 said:
Like @KookyCat I have found that using the HCL has given me my life back. I now think a lot less about my diabetes and let the system do the work in the background and usually have a TIR in the 80s or 90s.
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Yes for me even the move to the manual pump improved the quality of my life in ways I couldn’t imagine. Better TIR, hb1ac, less hypos and now the HCL improved it all again, and the sleep, this is the first time in nearly 20 years I sleep like a normal person.
 
PhoebeC said:
Yes for me even the move to the manual pump improved the quality of my life in ways I couldn’t imagine. Better TIR, hb1ac, less hypos and now the HCL improved it all again, and the sleep, this is the first time in nearly 20 years I sleep like a normal person.
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I am now so used to the sleep, I had forgotten just how magic that is after years of waking up in the night.
 
Kol said:
Edit to add: not sure if I could have got along with something attached to me, must take a bit of getting used to.
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It’s not half as difficult as you might imagine. I got used to my pump in a few days 🙂 I’ve used tubed pumps for more than 20 years and much prefer them. You can put the pump where you want and you dont feel the cannulas. I often have to pat myself to find where it is!
 
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