[Diabetes-talk] pumps

[Mike Freeman]

Dar:

I don't know what your insurance carrier requires but from the standpoint of medicine, the pump works equally well for people with Type 1 and people with Type 2 although the latter aren't prescribed the pump all that often since most Type 2's still make some of their own insulin. To read a blog from a Type 2 that does use the pump, go to http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com and read the blog of Jan Chate; she's a Type 2 that uses a pump but don't think her pancreas makes much insulin anymore.

As a practical matter, however, if you aren't interested in using rapid-acting insulin and carb-counting, you wouldn't want to use the pump since, as with intensive management using rapid-acting and basal insulin, you must count your carbs and adjust your insulin dose accordingly.

Mike Freeman
 

----- Original Message -----
From: d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net>
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Wednesday, Mar 4, 2009 20:57:21
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] pumps

>
>
> I find this quite interesting.
> I didn't get one hundred percent coverage for my medicines last year 
> from the social security office.
> this is what Karen shared with me from the council of aging.
> So I am waiting for a letter to come to me to help me with my medicines.
> Fine,
> Until then I pay what they ask me to pay.
> Yesterday I spoke with my diabetic educator asking if the pump would 
> cost me less.
> First I need to be a type one diabetic.
> Even though my doctor isn't a type one he uses the pump for convenience.
> He is a type two.
> I also was told the insurance I am on only pays what Medicare pays.
> So I still couldn't afford it.
> I was told they could put me on the fast acting insulin, but I said no.
> that the homology's I am using works just fine.
> I sure didn't need to have other problems.
> When this one is working out well.
> Even if the price is higher.
> Am I being told correct that you must be a type one instead of type two?
> Hope this all makes since smile.
> thanks,
> 
> -- 
> -comDar
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