Comments on: hello from newcomer

By: edgardo1000

edgardo1000 — Sat, 31 Jan 2004 04:28:11 +0000

The answer is yes things are better check out the minimed site and the
disetronic site and ask for their videos and info packs i am sure you will be
delighted.
the needles come either as a real needle very small to slightly bigger to the
kind that the needle comes out and a plastic canula stays in for three days
and you can’t feel either type once in we find My daughter is 10yrs old that
the canula type are a little painful putting in but has a rapid disconnect
feature that some people like she prefers the tiny needle kind and says it
doesn’t hurt at all and stings a little with the first bolus of insulin but
doesn’t bother her after that. and the pumps have changed they are smaller
and lighter and hold 315 units of insulin at a time.
she loves hers and doesn’t ever want to go back on the shots
kathy

By: carmen15

carmen15 — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:08:06 +0000

Hi Laurie:
You’re going to hear a lot of stuff from all of us telling you how great the
pump is!!!
As a nurse, been on insulin about 8 years now, before, the pills - I’m a type
2. Been on the pump 1 year coming up in April and I would never go back! I
think you’ll hear the same thing from all of us. so just fire away with
questions, we’ll all answer then, and WELCOME!!! Joan:)

By: harrison_400

harrison_400 — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:44:16 +0000

I’m sure they have Laurie but we have some people that are a lot better
qualified to answer that question them me. I have been using it for 4 years
and have had great success with it myself. The pump is the size of a pager
now and I’m sure the are a lot more choices in Infusion sets now. But I have
to throw it in the lap of some of the long time pump users in our group.
Good Luck Laurie.