Guest guest Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 The new pumps do automatically measure your BG-although this means you have to insert 2 catheters instead of 2. Unfortunately, despite constant request, they are not blind accessible yet. My own endo said I should not get one of the newer models that do that because if the pump beeped when my sugar went up, I would have to do a blood sugar anyway before letting the pump inject any pre-set amount of insulin. Even the sighted user has to give the pump permission to bolus any insulin. All the pumps have button n them that allow injecting various amounts of insulin when you eat. My pump will let me give myself as little as 0.5 unit of insulin (which is often all I need) or as much as I want. They are manually set to give differing amounts every hour of the day. For instance, from 12 midnight-3 AM, I get 0.3 units and then between 3 and 6 I get 0.5 units and between 6 and 9 I get 0.7 and then the amount goes down during the late morning and early afternoon, up again before dinner and down again before midnight. I then bolus however much I figure I need according to what I eat at meals. pump question Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then automatically inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above the normal range of bs points? Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs consumed? If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to inject the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. Thanks for your help in making this possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 How many buttons do you have on your pump. Can you push a button for .3 units of Humalog, 4., 5., and so forth. It does not sound like the doctors trust the continuous glucose monitor, if they require you to double check with a sugar meter before dosing with a push of a button. Does the pump beep when you go out of range say over 120? Or does it vibrate? pump question > > Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then automatically > inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above the > normal range of bs points? > Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs > consumed? > If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to > inject > the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? > Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? > The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid > blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. > Thanks for your help in making this possible. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 My pump is an older model; the newer models either beep or vibrate to let a person know that your sugar is over what level the person sets it at to tell them. A sighted person does not need to do a blood sugar with these new pumps. All they have to do is look at the pump and it ells them what their level is, but being blind, I would have to do a blood sugar on ymachine. There is a button that lets me give 0.5 or more. Every time I press it, it will mean 0.5 units so If I press it 4 times, that will give me 2 units. Some of the newer pumps have more buttons and you can give yourself as little as 1/10th of a unit. Re: pump question How many buttons do you have on your pump. Can you push a button for .3 units of Humalog, 4., 5., and so forth. It does not sound like the doctors trust the continuous glucose monitor, if they require you to double check with a sugar meter before dosing with a push of a button. Does the pump beep when you go out of range say over 120? Or does it vibrate? pump question > > Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then automatically > inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above the > normal range of bs points? > Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs > consumed? > If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to > inject > the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? > Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? > The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid > blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. > Thanks for your help in making this possible. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 Can you just go ahead and get the newer model? If you can inject as little as a tenth of a unit at a time, then it sounds like you could stay within the normal range practically all of the time, provided you did not let it go above 115. pump question >> >> Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then automatically >> inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above the >> normal range of bs points? >> Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs >> consumed? >> If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to >> inject >> the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? >> Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? >> The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid >> blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. >> Thanks for your help in making this possible. >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 After my next doc visit-which isn't until January, I will ask him to have the rep from the company who does this new pump come out to see me. Re: pump question Can you just go ahead and get the newer model? If you can inject as little as a tenth of a unit at a time, then it sounds like you could stay within the normal range practically all of the time, provided you did not let it go above 115. pump question >> >> Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then automatically >> inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above the >> normal range of bs points? >> Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs >> consumed? >> If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to >> inject >> the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? >> Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? >> The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid >> blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. >> Thanks for your help in making this possible. >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 Let us know how it goes. pump question >>> >>> Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then >>> automatically >>> inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above >>> the >>> normal range of bs points? >>> Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs >>> consumed? >>> If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to >>> inject >>> the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? >>> Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? >>> The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid >>> blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. >>> Thanks for your help in making this possible. >>> >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 The pump with the CGMS system in it is still far from perfect from reports I've heard. It tends to become less accurate near high or low values so that even sighted people are told to test if the pump alarms at them for a high or low blood sugar. Four finger sticks a day are also still required to callibrate the pump. I think I will wait till the second or third generation of these products before looking into them seriously. Jen pump question > > Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then automatically > inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above the > normal range of bs points? > Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs > consumed? > If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to > inject > the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? > Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? > The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid > blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. > Thanks for your help in making this possible. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 The pump I am looking at tonight, the Cozmo, allow adjustments in as little as 0.05 of a unit (1/20th of a unit). The Animas pump allows fine-tuning to 0.025 (1/40th) of a unit. To me these incriments sound too small to make a difference, but according to all the pump users I've talked to, they're important. I know someone who has no rise in blood sugar from the dawn phenomenon simply by increasing her insulin pump to deliver an extra 0.05 of a unit each hour between 3:00 AM and 9:00 AM. If she didn't have this she says she wakes up high every morning as I do, no matter what her bedtime and overnight readings. I will post a " blind accessible " reivew of the Cozmo pump tonight when I see it. The rep is coming in just over two hours from now. Jen pump question >> >> Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then automatically >> inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above the >> normal range of bs points? >> Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs >> consumed? >> If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to >> inject >> the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? >> Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? >> The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid >> blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. >> Thanks for your help in making this possible. >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I agree Jen. Am also hopeful that at some point they will listen to those of us who are blind and make the pump more blind friendly. Re: pump question The pump with the CGMS system in it is still far from perfect from reports I've heard. It tends to become less accurate near high or low values so that even sighted people are told to test if the pump alarms at them for a high or low blood sugar. Four finger sticks a day are also still required to callibrate the pump. I think I will wait till the second or third generation of these products before looking into them seriously. Jen pump question > > Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then automatically > inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above the > normal range of bs points? > Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs > consumed? > If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to > inject > the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? > Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? > The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid > blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. > Thanks for your help in making this possible. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Looking forrward to your future post about the pump. pump question > >> > >> Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then > automatically > >> inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above > the > >> normal range of bs points? > >> Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs > >> consumed? > >> If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to > >> inject > >> the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs > level? > >> Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? > >> The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will > aid > >> blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. > >> Thanks for your help in making this possible. > >> > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Hi Harry, The continuous glucose monitors are still very new. They have just come onto the market in the past year or two. It is like the first generation of any technology, they need to find out what will work and what doesn't. I personally will wait at least a few years before looking into any of it seriously. The current systems sound too cumbersome and inaccurate for me, although I do know people using it successfully. On the 6th I will be attending a meeting where one of the attendees just got the new pump with the CGMS system, so I'm definitely planning on asking her how it is, even though I've now decided on another pump (mostly I don't like the sounds of the company for the other one). Jen pump question > > Does the pump automatically measure your bs levels and then automatically > inject the amount of insulin required to deal with any bs level above the > normal range of bs points? > Are the doses of insulin manually set according to the amount of carbs > consumed? > If so, does it then require the diabetic to push a button in order to > inject > the pre-subscribed amount of insulin to deal with a particular bs level? > Are the pumps independently used and calibrated by a blind person? > The pumpers out there can answer these simple questions, which will aid > blind potential pumpers to make a good decission. > Thanks for your help in making this possible. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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