Posts Tagged ‘Pump’

If i get an insulin pump which should i get? i think i should get the omnipod but what do you recomend?

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Hi everyone. This is part 4 of 4. In this set of videos, I show you how I change my insulin pump, how to set up insulin pens, and talk about injection sites. copingwithdiabeteswithmystory.blogspot.com

I am thinking in using an insulin pump but I am worried about how to make love with it. Do you have to remove the needle? it needs to be used all the times? I have diabetes type I

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This how to change your site on a One Touch Ping with an Infusion Set. This also is the same steps as the animas IR2000 IR2050 and 202. Feel free to ask any questions or send me a message!

I’m writing a story about a teen with diabetes. He carries an insulin pump. Now I know a lot about diabetes itself like the fact the body cannot produce insulin and When you get a hypo you feel tired dizzy and moody and to get yourself on track you eat something thats high on carbs without covering it with insulin, but I don’t know all the parts of the pump. I also need to know… Do you still prick your fingers if you have a pump, and why and how many times a day?

The infected site is a lump under the skin, is warm and red on the outside.

Jess, a Type 1 Diabetic, shows how she installs a luerlock INSET insulin infusion set and how she hooks it up to her Minimed Paradigm Insulin Pump by using a special reservoir she found available from fifty50medical.com.