the pump changed her life
hi. my wife who is 48 years old has been type 1 for allmost 40 years.
she is very
brittle.
a few of years ago she had been in the hospital for congestive heart
failure . one of the doctors there told us she should look into the
pump. after leaving the hospital we seeked out the information and
found a endo that was in favor of the pump. my medical insurance paid
for it "thank God". if not she would be using about 6 needles a
day.she now has been a pumper for about 3 years . at first she
thought
it was going to be complicated, but she caught on quick, and i was
amazed how fast she mastered it. her kidneys improved, her whole
outlook on life had changed. her endo said that he wished we found
him
much earlier, before she started having retinopathy. she is blind in
one eye and had extensive laser surgery in the other eye and it’s so
far stable. we were also told she would gain weight on the pump, and
she did gain 10 pounds, only because se can eat more just as long as
she counts those extra carbs and bolis’s for it. for the first time
since she was a child she finally feels that "SHE" is in control of
her diease, instead of the diease controling her.