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Thread: News: "Insulin pumps linked to injuries, deaths in teens: FDA study"

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05-05-2008, 04:46 PM

condensr

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Feb 2006

Location: Western WA

Posts: 468

I have to agree that frequent BG monitoring be a prerequisite and staple of pump usage. (Of course, it should be for any person with diabetes, but this isn't about that.) When malfunctions occur that interrupt insulin flow, things DO get out of control quite quickly, especially for those type 1s who do not eat a carb-controlled diet (like me).

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