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HI Carol. I started my pump in Jan. yes it is attached to me at all times it is a much better way of controlling your BS. my A1C's have gone from the mid 8's to mid 7's. Have a look at the Animas ping. you can do everything from your meeter. if yo...
I attended an information session about pumping the other evening, I've been thinking about starting on a pump. But unfortunately there are only 3 types available and all with tubing, not any of the tubeless kind like OmniPod-which has really put ...
It only take a sec to remove the needle. this is what i do you just need to make sure that you grab the needle as low down as you can or it will break off..
Greg
We are on our second pump since January, pump kept losing prime, upon very close inspection a noticed a tiny crack along seam near light button. Animas replaced without a problem...........
I was reading another forum (where replies are closed) and you said,
"I seems that the PING is not avalabule out sde the USA right now. I live in Canada and Animas Canada can not tell me when it will be avalibule here."
Actually, it was approved...
One thing that you have to rember is that when you upgrade your pump you do not get a brand new worinty. so if you pump is 3 years old you will still only have 2 years of coverage on it. this is some thing you need to watch out for.
I have had the reverse happen over the last couple of weeks. I been pumping since Jan of this year and had great success with the inset II until it started to get hot here and I could not get them to stay on for more than 2 days. I then tried the ...
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- Hometown (where you come from):
- Mississauga
- Do you have diabetes?
- Yes
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Date diagnosed
- October 15, 2007
- Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
- 8
- What glucose meter do you use?
- one tuch
- Type of treatment you use
- Pump, Diet and Exercise
- What pump model do you use, if any?
- Animas 2020
- How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
- Luck
- What do you do for a living?
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Day 5
Day 5
January 27th 2009
Still trying to get these dam setting right. It feels like I am taking more insulin with every meal for the same # of CARBS and an hour after breakfast I will be sky hi and the pump will tell me not to do anything because of the IOB but I will have a snack of 30g when my BG is 4.5 and it will and it will tell me to take 1.?u. I thought that I would have this mastered by now due to all the Research that I did before I stated pumping. Just goes to show that Diabetes managem… Continue
January 27th 2009
Still trying to get these dam setting right. It feels like I am taking more insulin with every meal for the same # of CARBS and an hour after breakfast I will be sky hi and the pump will tell me not to do anything because of the IOB but I will have a snack of 30g when my BG is 4.5 and it will and it will tell me to take 1.?u. I thought that I would have this mastered by now due to all the Research that I did before I stated pumping. Just goes to show that Diabetes managem… Continue
Posted on January 27, 2009 at 7:01am —
Day 2
Today is my first full day on the pump. Looked like I was having a great day got to play pond hockey for two hours with the boy’s, had a nice dinner with my wife for our 3 year wedding anniversary. Then about an hour after dinner all hell broke loose BG of 2.9 to 3.9 for next 2 hours. Had to disconnect the set Temp Basal for 40%- for next 4 hours.
Let hope tomorrow is a better day.
Let hope tomorrow is a better day.
Posted on January 24, 2009 at 8:31pm — 3 Comments
Comment Wall (12 comments)
- At 12:30am on January 25, 2009,
Kristin said… - Hi Greg! I highly recommend the book "Pumping Insulin" by John Walsh. That helped me a lot when I started on the pump!
- At 6:18am on January 22, 2009,
Greg said…
- Jan 22nd 2009
Well today is my last day for MDI....
I will be starting my pump @ 9:00am tomorrow morning. Wish me luck.
I received my pump in the mail on Dec. 24th. Merry Christmas to me, and I have been playing with it ever since (I think it is driving my wife nuts with all if its alarms going off every 15 mins.)
I am vary exited to get going on my pump but I am also a bit nervice and wondering now if I should have booked the day off work?? Well too late for that now.
I will try to keep this updated in the weeks and months to come everyone here have been a great help in motivating me.
Thanks Greg
- At 4:39pm on December 14, 2008,
Steve Goldberg said… - Hi Greg,
Yes we have contacted the Ontario government and had a very good talk with head of the chronic disease management program; where diabetes is a high priority. We are still investigating the possibilities and one is the diabetes registry. I'll keep you posted on any updates.
After a pilot project the ongoing cost to the healthcare team is about $5-10/month/patient.
Recently we were asked to write an article on our plans and future directions. Please let me know and I will get you a draft copy.
If you have any ideas on helping move this forward is very much appreciated!
Thank you.
Steve
- At 11:00am on December 9, 2008,
Preta said… - Hey Greg,
The pump is going great. STill trying to find my basal...but it is coming along. Now to answer your question...I had to send a "quote" from the pump company as to the supplies needed per month. It came out to something like 340 or something around that. I then had to call the insurance company and they told me to send in the quote. At the time I sent in the pump quote too, so I wouldn't have to wait for ADP. They then sent me a confirmation which I didn't understand so I called and they said they would approve the pump up to 6300 and all of the quoted pump supplies.
Then I had to have my endo write up a prescription for the supplies. I had her put the skin tac, cartridges, all the different insets ( i wasn't sure which one I would like), the battery cap, and the cartridge cap. I signed up for Diabetes Express Pump Now Pay later and sent the invoice from them along with the prescription to my pump company for reimbursement.
So the 200 dollars that ADP gives us will not be enough, therefore I can lean on my insurance company for the balance.
Hope that helps, if you have any other questions just ask.
- At 9:50am on December 2, 2008,
Preta said…
- hahaha, no I haven't tried firing my CDE. I'll wait out a couple weeks...maybe she is onto something, time will tell. I will let you know how it goes. 8)
- At 6:10am on December 1, 2008,
Preta said…
- Yup, I went thru ADP. Problems?? I think they have my setting too high, I have been having a lot of lows. Yesterday was the first good day. Also i hate being told what to do..lol, and i feel my CDE doesn't really listen and just follows the book. Also apparently she has misplaced my original ADP application for the quarterly funding for supplies. But I'm sure it will get worked out, I'll make sure..lol
As for the pump so far so good. Just waiting to get all my settings right.
- At 7:11am on November 28, 2008,
Preta said…
- Hey Greg, Thanks for the congrats! So you start your pump Jan 23rd? Are you going thru ADP?
- At 12:00pm on October 17, 2008,
Andrea said… - Welcome to Tudiabetes!
Andrea B.
- At 8:38pm on October 11, 2008,
tracy said… - Hey, Greg! Welcome to the community - I'm sure you'll be able to find answers to questions, people to talk with, and groups designed for your particular needs. Feel free to explore the new member section - it does a lot of very clear, easy explaining about the site. Again, welcome - look forward to hearing more about your journey with the 'betes!!
- At 10:07am on October 11, 2008,
Clare said… - Hi Greg! I was between Animas and Medtronic when I was choosing a pump and I chose Animas for a few reasons: 1) I'm incredibly accident prone and liked that the Animas 2020 was waterproof, 2) When I got a chance to use both of them, the Animas pump was just a bit easier for me to use because of the color screen, and 3) I really enjoyed the people I met from Animas. Don't get me wrong, the people from Medtronic were spectacular too, but I clicked a little bit more with the people from Animas and felt really comfortable going with their product. I'm really happy with my choice, but I know of people love their Minimeds as well. Good luck with it!
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