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08-26-2006, 09:40 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 3,358
| | | Got a child with T1 DM? Watch this video
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08-27-2006, 09:05 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Strathclyde University
Posts: 789
| | | I'm convinced by that, and numerous other things about pumps, just need to find funding in the UK. |
08-27-2006, 09:48 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
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Originally Posted by Lorna I'm convinced by that, and numerous other things about pumps, just need to find funding in the UK. | I hear you. They certainly aren't cheap. I'm lucky that insurance covers the bulk of the cost. |
08-27-2006, 02:06 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Posts: 611
| | | It's not so much the initial cost of the pump as the running cost of infusion sets and reservoirs. They come to 220 euros / 280 US$ a month. The average salary here is exactly 220 euros. I make around 400, so I am on the pump when I can afford it and go mdi when I can't.
Sorry for the thread steal. Yes, it's a great video! |
08-27-2006, 04:18 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
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Originally Posted by June91 It's not so much the initial cost of the pump as the running cost of infusion sets and reservoirs. They come to 220 euros / 280 US$ a month. The average salary here is exactly 220 euros. I make around 400, so I am on the pump when I can afford it and go mdi when I can't.
Sorry for the thread steal. Yes, it's a great video! | $280 a month? That's not how much they cost here.
10 sets $74 to $146. (I use the Sure-T's which are $74)
10 reservoirs = $33
total is only $107. How come you come up with $280? because you are not in the US? |
08-28-2006, 12:43 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Posts: 611
| | | I think someone's probably making a quick buck. Set + reservoir = approx. US$ 24, I checked again. Still, that's 2.5 TIMES the price! Even with customs, shipping, etc...
Fortunately, I'm going on Wednesday to finally pick up my 712 and get a 6 month supply of sets. |
08-28-2006, 12:45 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
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Originally Posted by June91 I think someone's probably making a quick buck. Set + reservoir = approx. US$ 24, I checked again. Still, that's 2.5 TIMES the price! Even with customs, shipping, etc...
Fortunately, I'm going on Wednesday to finally pick up my 712 and get a 6 month supply of sets. | Capitalism at it's worst!
Which pump models have you owned? did you keep the old one(s) for backup? |
08-29-2006, 02:15 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Posts: 611
| | | Ah, long story. I still own a perfectly good 507 from 1998, which I haven't used most of the time because I lived in Botswana and it was difficult to be the only person in the country with an insulin pump and I was doing great on mdi.
But since I moved back to Serbia my dp has really gotten out of hand and I went back to the pump. Now I can't get any sets on prescription unless the pump itself was approved by insurance (the ONLY health insurance). So I had to go through the whole process of getting a new pump only to be able to get sets and reservoirs.
I posted already about various catch 22 situations I've had with this issue - it's been a year now since I've started collecting paperwork, so this is only a small part of the entire sorry saga.
And I'll be keeping the 507 for some poor diabetic who's going through the same ordeal. |
08-29-2006, 02:21 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 3,358
| | | What a hassle! I guess things could be worse--you could be uninsured. (Trying to find a bright spot for you! <g> )
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09-11-2006, 04:42 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
Posts: 1,573
| | | you have to pay for a pump on the NHS??
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Type 1 Since - 24/7/2006 HbA1c
13/10/2006 - 7.2%  | 15/12/2006 - 6.0%  | 29/06/2007 - 7.1% | 02/11/2007 - 7.8% | 29/02/2008 - 6.5%  | 07/08/2008 - 6.8
Insulin - Levemir and NovoRapid | Meter - Accu-Chek Compact Plus GT  Pasta is a gift that just keeps giving... |
09-12-2006, 06:01 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida
Posts: 14
| | | Pumps - alternative devices & other choices.
A really great video, none of my kids (4) have diabetes, however I have one grandchild that does. I also found another interesting video about obesity and children: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...678&q=diabetes
I'm sure many know there are many alternatives out there. One of the best places to view most can be located at the Phytomedical Web Site
For those that are new to diabetes, or who simply want to learn more, it's a great resource site where I learned more then I ever could have expected.
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