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07-15-2008, 07:18 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 18
| |  ooooh HELLO there :D
Hi everyone 
I am a 21 year old female, have Type 1 diabetes (since 1993)
and am currently contemplating switching from Humalog/Lantus to a pump. Big decisions, but I am hoping that the decision will get easier the more information I can get.
I will be moving to the UK in September 2009, so am quite desperately trying to figure out how the UK healthcare services deal with Diabetes etc. Many questions to come in that direction...   -light- |
07-15-2008, 07:24 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,873
| | Hi -light-, Welcome to DF! Glad you found us. I'm an advocate for the pump as I believe it is the most flexible delivery system for insulin... barring a fully functional blood sugar regulation system  But it is simply a tool and not for everyone. There are several members here from the UK who should be able to help you out. Where are you moving from? Do you plan to wait until the move before trying for a pump?
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...subjects lose weight by restricting only sugars and starches, without feeling any particular sense of hunger. Moreover, the less carbohydrates in their diets, the greater their weight loss, even though all her subjects were eating equivalent amounts of calories and protein" - Gary Taubes, describing research by Margaret Ohlson |
07-15-2008, 07:27 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,813
| | Hi light!
Welcome to the crazy house. |
07-15-2008, 08:30 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 6,900
| | | Welcome to Diabetes Forums light. I am sure you will find the answer to all of your questions here.
Enjoy! |
07-15-2008, 09:02 AM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton, UK
Posts: 46
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by -light-  Hi everyone
I am a 21 year old female, have Type 1 diabetes (since 1993)
and am currently contemplating switching from Humalog/Lantus to a pump. Big decisions, but I am hoping that the decision will get easier the more information I can get.
I will be moving to the UK in September 2009, so am quite desperately trying to figure out how the UK healthcare services deal with Diabetes etc. Many questions to come in that direction... -light- | Coming to the UK, eh? Hope you pack a brolly
The first step in getting Diabetic services in the UK is to register with a GP (General Practitioner). If you are type 1, they should refer you to the local hospical's Diabetic Clinic - although the GP might try to make you join the surgery's* centre. Resist! Mostly these clinics are held by one GP who thinks he's about to win the Nobel Prize for Curing Diabetes, and a nurse who took a day off to attend a course in the D. Endos, on the other hand, for all their bad press, at least attempt to specialize in Diabetes .
It should work like this GP -> Endo Clinic -> Other services, help, free meters and specialist support staff.
While your Endo may change your medication, the GP is the one who distributes the prescriptions (you should be able to get a medical exemption from charges), so keep them informed about new changes.
Welcome to the forums, btw
Jen
*local surgeries get funding for 'diabetes nurses' and clinics.  |
07-15-2008, 09:31 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont
Posts: 1,292
| | Welcome to DF!
I hear that you're really fast. 
__________________ Type 2 Dx 9/2007 A1c 8.8, 12/2007 A1c 6.0, 4/2008 A1c 5.7, 9/2008 A1c 6.1
No meds, daily 81mg aspirin and multivitamin, nutrition & exercise. Lacto-ovo vegetarian since Sept 1986You can call me   |
07-15-2008, 09:34 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,683
| | | HI & Welcome. Glad to have you with us!
Karen |
07-16-2008, 01:33 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Universe, Planet Earth :P
Posts: 967
| | Welcome to the forums
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22 years old, diagnosed T1D on october 14th 2004.
On MDI, Novorapid and Levemir, using the NP4
Currently back to pumping with my IR1200, April 2008.
Been using D-tron and Animas IR1200 but prefer the pen |
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