| My reply
This is my reply to the person in Denmark:
My A1c had been below 6.0 for several years before I started pumping. It has not been significantly different since I began pumping in June, 2007. The reason I wanted to pump was to reduce the number of highs and lows I was having. It is a well kown fact that a roller coaster type of control can lead to diabetes complications even when the A1c's are consistently good. After adjusting to pumping my BG's are in the range 70-130 (3.9-7.2) about 90% of the time. Before pumping it was in that range about 70% of the time and I had rather frequent highs at 170 (9.4)or greater, and lows below 50 (2.8) that sometimes required my wife to feed me glucose. That has not happened for two years now. My roller coaster has leveled out considerably, it is no longer a bumpy ride. I was having mild retinopathy and some neuropathy before pumping. Those problems have vanished due to my more stable control, even though my A1c's have not improved. My pump has enabled me to be complication free. I know many Americans who are using much less insulin, are losing weight and have considerly lower A1c's than before pumping. I rather doubt that your statistics are valid for pumpers in the USA.
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"Yesterday is hisory, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift."....Eleanor Roosevelt
Age 70. Type 1 for 64 years. Using a Minimed 522 pump. No complications. A1c = 5.8 | 
