lahl
05-08-2008, 05:34 AM
Hello Folks:
i suspect that things like shoe size, the colour of my eyes and how many sibling I have are not very relevent in a diabetic forum.
i've been diabetic for 46 years, using a pump for 20 years. i'm very blessed to be canadian, in victoria B.C., for even being on medical welfare (not for my diabetes), i can thrive. i have great medical care. i have almost no complications and my HgA1c runs at around 5.8. i've earned that level, i do everything i can to keep it there: vegetarian, exercise 6-10hours a week ( i walk everywhere whithin an hour of my house and have been doing that or cycling for 20 years, even when I worked full-time), test my blood sugar 6-15 times a day, cook all my own food, blah blah. most of you know the schtick.
a few days ago, totally by fluke, for canadian diabetics have not yet been told by the company, i found out that disetronic has discontinued my pump.
i joined this forum to try to get a sense of what pumps folks like and what problems they might be having.
it's such a huge decision to make, this pump business. after i figure out which one to purchase, i gather piles of paperwork, letters, etc and beg welfare to get me a new one. rumour is that no-one has ever been approved by welfare, though all the folks who have tried thus far have been folks trying to get a pump for the first time.
i have a good case and am also hoping that by going through this process with welfare it might make make it easier for the next diabetic who needs a pump.
in canada, there are 4 (i think though some companies now seem to make more than one pump) pumps available: Accu-Chek, CozMore, Animas 2020, MiniMed Paradigm.
i need to make this decision fairly quickly due to the red-tape i have to go through and am hoping i can find info in the forum on how to do this.
any direction on how to use the forum for this use or suggestions as to who folks chose one pump over the other would be gratefully appreciated.
thank you muchly for being here, i felt a great deal of relief when i accidently found this forum.
Lahl
i suspect that things like shoe size, the colour of my eyes and how many sibling I have are not very relevent in a diabetic forum.
i've been diabetic for 46 years, using a pump for 20 years. i'm very blessed to be canadian, in victoria B.C., for even being on medical welfare (not for my diabetes), i can thrive. i have great medical care. i have almost no complications and my HgA1c runs at around 5.8. i've earned that level, i do everything i can to keep it there: vegetarian, exercise 6-10hours a week ( i walk everywhere whithin an hour of my house and have been doing that or cycling for 20 years, even when I worked full-time), test my blood sugar 6-15 times a day, cook all my own food, blah blah. most of you know the schtick.
a few days ago, totally by fluke, for canadian diabetics have not yet been told by the company, i found out that disetronic has discontinued my pump.
i joined this forum to try to get a sense of what pumps folks like and what problems they might be having.
it's such a huge decision to make, this pump business. after i figure out which one to purchase, i gather piles of paperwork, letters, etc and beg welfare to get me a new one. rumour is that no-one has ever been approved by welfare, though all the folks who have tried thus far have been folks trying to get a pump for the first time.
i have a good case and am also hoping that by going through this process with welfare it might make make it easier for the next diabetic who needs a pump.
in canada, there are 4 (i think though some companies now seem to make more than one pump) pumps available: Accu-Chek, CozMore, Animas 2020, MiniMed Paradigm.
i need to make this decision fairly quickly due to the red-tape i have to go through and am hoping i can find info in the forum on how to do this.
any direction on how to use the forum for this use or suggestions as to who folks chose one pump over the other would be gratefully appreciated.
thank you muchly for being here, i felt a great deal of relief when i accidently found this forum.
Lahl