What do you Use

General
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Pump or syringes?

It seems like everyone these days has a pump and im still stuck using needles. Just curious on what the ratio is here.

Syringes

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Syringes. I'm not interested in the pump currently.

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my daughter is still on shots.Not wanting to change.

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Pump (Rex!)

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Why are you "still stuck using needles?"  My son is 8 years old and has been on a pump for a year.  He loves it!  It sure beats giving him 4 shots a day! :-(

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Wolf says he'd have to work an 8 day week in order to be able to get a pump. Or so I recall. :)

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good memory Alyssa! and that is correct. I have no insurance. its all out of the pocket for me. im not even sure if i could afford a bike pump at the moment. :)

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That's too bad...........sorry, I missed the "working 8 days a week conversation"  . 

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its ok. someday i will be hi-tech :) They will probably have the cure by then. ::fingers crossed:: :)

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I sure hope so!!!  That will be the happiest day of my life!

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im on a paradigm 722 purple insulin pump(nemo)

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I've been using pumps for 14 years, currently on Cozmo, and trying to figure out what the next one will be. 52 years of injections was enough for me.  Tom

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I'm on the pump - MiniMed 722.  Keep in mind that it takes a while to switch over if you decide to do it.  For me it was 4 years before I pulled the trigger - after 18 years of shots I was thinking why change if my bs is good.   The switch for me came becuase I wanted my highs and lows in a more narrow range. 

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Doug now that you have the pump and are away from the shots...have you seen a big difference? having a pump, is everything better or the same as it was with syringes. cuz your b/s was good using the syringe.

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I'm using syringes and pens, but switching to the Animas Ping in September, shortly before I lose my parents federal health insurance.

 

Pump companies do have assistance programs, so if you really want one, you should check into it. It's a huge investment, but it sounds like it makes a HUGE difference for a lot of people.

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Animas Ping....what is that?

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I'm on a pump too.  Omnipod.  Love it.  Could never go back to injections after being on a pump.  Life is much easier now.  But I guess it's all relative huh....LOL

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I'm on a pump! Love it, but I can see why some people don't like it. I'm on the Accu Chek Spirit, I know most of you propably havn't heard of it, haha.

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I just switched from pens to the pump 3 weeks ago. So far I like it!

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I am on the omnipod have been for about 4 months now and I love it. but I was on shots for 12 years prior.