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Bookmark or Share- Things I Can't Stand About My Insulin Pump - Diabetes HealthSay what you like about insulin needles, they are pretty convenient. On a basic level, a person with type 1 diabetes needs a syringe and a bottle of insulin. Easy. Pumps, on the other hand, require supplies. You have the disposable pumps or infusion sets. You still have the insulin bottles, along with just-in-case syringes.
- TSA Full-Body Scans Can Cause Insulin Pump, CGM MalfunctionsA report in the October 2012 issue of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics says that airport full-body scans can cause malfunctions in insulin pumps or continuous glucose monitors. Other devices, such as CGM transmitters and Medtronic’s iPro recorder, can also be affected by airport body scanners.
- What are your thoughts on insulin pumps? - Diabetes HealthI spent a month in a major insulin pump center and saw several things. Many of the female patients seemed to have wings on their sides where the pump tubing was inserted and they got lipohypertrophy from localized injections, but that was the least of it.
- FDA Approves New Animas Insulin Pump - Diabetes HealthFDA Approves New Animas Insulin Pump - Diabetes Health - The Animas Vibe continuous glucose monitoring-enabled insulin pump has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use by adults 18 years
- Insulin Pumps: Myths And Reality - Diabetes HealthOne of the basic premises of wearing an insulin pump is flawed, at least in my experience. And that’s the promise that a pump somehow reduces the presence of diabetes in your life, or transforms it into a mere inconvenience. Actually, pumps make diabetes much more real and a present factor in your life. Why?
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