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Insulin Pumps

I am an active teen, soon to get a pump. How do I prevent the tubing from being ripped off?

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How do I test my son’s overnight basal rates? He uses an OmniPod insulin delivery device.

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Our 10-year-old was diagnosed in October 2006. We want to get started with pump training, but our clinic will not do this until one year after diagnosis. Is this a common practice? Isn’t our daughter entitled to a pump? What should we do?

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Recently, while on vacation, I had to re-use some pump sites. Once, I was quite high for a couple of hours. Will this affect my A1c?

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I have the chance to get a MiniMed Paradigm� REAL-Time Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitoring System for my five year old. What should my concerns be?

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My daughter’s endocrinologist was reluctant to give me a prescription for a pump because he felt my daughter was too young. Then, my daughter has a low so he told us to stop NovoLog. What should I do?

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Since going on an OmniPod, we find we need to treat our daughter’s lows twice because it takes much longer to bring up her blood sugar What might be causing this? Should we suspend the pump to help bring up her blood sugars?

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If a child is on an insulin pump, would they be on an unrestricted diet, meaning that they can eat anything in any quantity and not have complications?

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We will be traveling at the end of the month to Ireland with my five year old daughter who has diabetes. Do you have any knowledge about how Type 1 diabetes is treated in Ireland?

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We have been considering the use of the insulin pump to help control our six year old son’s blood sugars, but are alarmed at the fact that DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis) occurs twice as much (or twice as often) in pump users. Are there any steps being taken to help correct this situation?

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