Type 1s - Are you the only one in the clinic waiting room?

I am desperate for a pump, but my clinic is being unhelpful. I mused that actually I am generally the youngest person in the waiting room, and also the only type 1. Although at one appointment I did actually meet a young woman who was Type 1. It used to be one of the best diabetes clinics in the country, but since that particular consultant has retired, I don't really know how good it is.

Do some clinics actually deal with more Type 1s? And if so where are they? Are they a bit more open to discussing pumps?

I'd be very interested to know

Thanks
Helene.

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Permalink Reply by Sue on February 9, 2011 at 4:27am

It's quite interesting that good old-fashioned fruit juice is getting so much coverage -- most of the shop-bought stuff will have either added sugar, or preservatives (it makes sense as the main food preservers are either salt, sugar, fat or chemicals). They are often made of concentrate -- the point being they are likely to raise your blood sugars (if you are diabetic, hence they are great as hypo-treatments, I only use for that purpose). But even freshly squeezed fruit juice will have natural sugars which will also raise sugars. Also, because they are squeezed into liquid form, your body is not having to digest much to get the energy out (so will raise sugars faster than eating the fruit itself). You are likely to use more than one fruit to make your drink. So it's the sugar equivalent of two or three oranges (for example).

Permalink Reply by Redshaw on February 9, 2011 at 10:51am

Exactly.

Permalink Reply by naz on November 23, 2011 at 1:56am

hi im a type 1 in australia and only visit tis site have few spare minutes, your comment is right as all fruit juice are confusing now since i beeen diab i seem to stop having oranges and watermelon and grapes even shopping for fruit has changed for me, some of those kind of things sound like great esy snacks for people and they raise your sugar levels uncontrollably so its a tricky thing in life

Permalink Reply by SpikeJ on March 29, 2011 at 2:41pm

Getting a pump isn't easy by any means. If your consultant has not heard of them or will not even consider using them, you have two choices. Either get referred to a different clinic if they haven't heard of them, or refer them to the NICE guidance. It is not for a clinic to say they cannot afford them. That is why NICE produced the guidance. Pumps do require more effort from the patient but the benefits are fairly universally found to be massive. the NICE guidance is here If you take a look at INPUT you will find much which is useful in your pump fight.

As to clinics which deal with more Type Is, it would seem that they all deal with a lot more Type IIs because there are a lot more of them. It would be useful if there were some sort of league table of which clinics have more pump users but all I can find is what is on INPUT. My hospital apparently has over 100 diabolics on pumps

Hope this helps