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    Do you currently use an insulin pump?

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    When purchasing condiments or dressings (i.e. ketchup, BBQ sauce, mustard, etc.) do you ever buy the products labeled “sugar-free”?

    Sarah Howard

    Sarah Howard has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Marketing Manager at T1D Exchange.

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    43 Comments

    1. Vivian Moon

      I Never buy anything “sugar free!”
      Translation: “loaded with chemicals!”

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      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. Vivian Moon

      Yes

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Vivian Moon

        NO—not sure how this showed up!
        See comment below!

        3 years ago Log in to Reply
    3. ellencherry

      Once in a while – pancake syrup is great. Most others are too sweet for me. I’d rather use a little regular ketchup.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. kilupx

      Funny you should ask. I have had T1D for 7 years and my order for a Tandem pump is in final review with insurance providers. It should be shipping next week. So the next time you ask this question my answer will be Yes not No.

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    5. Janice Bohn

      Switched from Tandem x2 with control IQ to OmniPod 5 in June.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. pru barry

      Much as I complain, I can’t imagine not having a pump. Wish my four-shots-a-day labradoodle could have one, too!

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    7. Lawrence S.

      Yes, since 1998. Used Medtronic pumps until approx 2016. Now using Tandem X2, plus Dexcom G2 Control IQ CGM.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Mary Grocott

        Same here I used the Medtronic for several years. Now using the Tandem and I absolutely hate it!!

        3 years ago Log in to Reply
    8. Joan Benedetto

      Yes. My son started pumping at age 20 mos, two months post dx. He’s ten now.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Trisha Oldenkamp

      Omnipod with Loop. Insurance won’t cover the intro kit for Omnipod 5 or I would switch to it.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. Jeff Balbirnie

      Far too expensive at the moment, not possible even if I wanted…..

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      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. Bonnie kenney

      I did for 25 years…my Insurance changed and I no longer could afford it. I kinda like not having to worry about the pump.

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    12. Mary Grocott

      tslim

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    13. jpowarz86@gmail.com

      I am working on getting an Omnipod 5, but insurance is being difficult…Medicare…

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      1. Jane Cerullo

        Had an omnipod Medicare says part D. Copay with donut hole cost prohibitive. Happy on MDI. Had an Medtronic’s pump but hated it.

        3 years ago Log in to Reply
    14. eherban1

      I’m currently on a “pump vacation” after nearly 25 years of using one. I just extended my vacation b/c my a1c has not changed under MDI & I’m enjoying not being tethered.

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    15. Richard Vaughn

      I did not know about pumps until the late 1990s. That was more than 50 years after my diagnosis in 1945. I thought I had good control in the 1990s, and my doctor (a GP) agreed. I did notr start pumping until 2007. Then I discobvered what good control really was! I have a picture of a lady using an old pump in 1978.

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      1. eherban1

        I knew a lady who used a “pump” in 1983. At the time, she was one of my best friend’s aunts. My friend moved away and we drifted apart- no interweb back then.

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    16. Linda Zottoli

      Have used a pump since 1998, insulin since 1955. Since I had been giving numerous correction boluses the last couple days to stay in range, before deciding I had to raise my basal rates for my current hopefully-temporary increased insulin need situation (simple activation on already programmed menu of basal rate profiles), I have been really appreciating avoiding extra injections. CIQ will help when the need for lowering comes, and I will able to do it with just the quick acting without having to deal with long-acting insulin.

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    17. Bob Durstenfeld

      Tandem x2 with Control IQ and Dexcom G6. They help me stay 80% time in range and an A1c of 5.9. Better than I could do manually.

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      1. Ahh Life

        Bob — Ditto for me for all things you said except the A1c. Mine is 6.4 and trying to achieve 7.0 because of instability issues (imbalance and falling over). ツ

        3 years ago Log in to Reply
    18. Thomas Cline

      No. Although I hear good things about pumps, it just doesn’t seem worth the nuisance (expense would be covered by insurance so it’s not a factor), AND being in California I always travel with extra insulin supplies in case of earthquake. If I’ve got to have the insulin kit with me at all times (and available for MDI), it is just easier not to also have to bother with a pump. Moreover, with a CGM (which is wonderful), I’d have to have two devices stuck to me all the time if I had a pump. So long as I can keep my A1c where it is supposed to be for someone my age (and the CGM certainly helps), the expense and nuisance of a pump just doesn’t seem worth it. If they ever manage to come out with a truly fast-acting insulin for pumps, I might reconsider, but even the fastest now is so far from the behavior of pancreas-produced-and-delivered insulin that a pump seems a very far cry from being non-diabetic. And of course they can clog.

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      1. sweet charlie

        My feelings exactly!!! 70 years on syrings, and doing fine!!

        3 years ago Log in to Reply
    19. Jane Cerullo

      In January changed to MDI via InPen. Also have IPort so one injection site changed every 3 days. Working well for me. Just came back from two weeks in Italy. No problems. Use Frio paks for travel. So happy not to be tethered to a pump.

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      1. KarenM6

        Thank you for commenting! Your set up sounds very interesting to me. I will have to research the IPort! 🙂

        3 years ago Log in to Reply
    20. Sherrie Johnson

      33 years for me one of the first Medtronic users very futuristic then. This changed my life from upwards of 9 injections a day to a more normal existence.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    21. Leslee Wientjes

      My daughter wears omnipod. I am a CDCES and familiar with several insulin pumps.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    22. Randell Cole

      I started using a pump before they were available in USA, I believe it was made in Britain also used, filled a special glass syringe, fitted with screw drive plunger and you turned a dial on exterior of pump 1/2 turn for .5 units a full turn for 1 unit. next was Auto Syrenge, I believe the next was made by Lilly, not much bigger than my current Tandem X2. the first pumps, you had to dilute insulin with saline to the strength you needed. I may have missed one, not sure right now.
      The Tandem is so far advanced from those pumps of old and getting even more so.
      Pumps have certainly come a long way from those old days as have the different insulins available

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    23. Randell Cole

      Already answered at top

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    24. Marty

      I was diagnosed in 1992, started with a Minimed 506 pump and Velosulin in 1993. It was quite a battle getting insurance to cover it. The insurance agent told me if I couldn’t give myself injections because both my hands were amputated, they would send a nurse to my house every day to give me my injections because that would be cheaper. Before I got my pump, I was a slave to NPH, which had me crashing during my commute almost every day. I’m sure today’s insulins make injections much easier, but I still love being able to modulate basal rates with my Tandem t:slim.

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      1. Marty

        BG crashing, not car, that is 🙂

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    25. Lee Johnson

      Neither my wife and I, T1d for over 45 yrs each, never the desire to use a pump.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    26. LizB

      Diagnosed April 1985. Started my first pump in May 2005 and it changed my life and probably saved my life. I had a number of severe lows prior to getting the pump. Living alone, the ones that happened as I slept were terrifying. After getting that first pump, even though CGMs weren’t around yet, I finally felt secure going to bed each night. When Medtronic introduced their CGM that used the pump as the receiver I got it and that was even better. I have not been off a pump for over 17 years now, not ever for a day.

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    27. Louise Robinson

      Dx’d in 1976 and resisted using a pump until 2011….so sorry I waited so long! It’s been a game-changer and I NEVER want to return to MDI! Started with Medtronic and switched to Tandem T:slim X2 with Control IQ in October 2020. Last A1c was the lowest EVER at 5.8. Life is GOOD!

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    28. TEH

      Been pumping since 2001. I’m on my 5th Minimed pump and cant wait for the 780G

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Randell Cole

        Yes, many years ago , when they first came out.

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    29. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      Once in a while, depending on where /what I’ll be using it.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    30. Randell Cole

      Been using pumps since they first came out, they have gotten better and better over the years. I am now using a Tandem X2, soon to change from Basal IQ to Control IQ

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    31. Iggy1066

      not currently but i have ordered one and it is on the way

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    32. lis be

      oops, i said “other”, but I was answering the wrong question. Yes, I use the medtronic 630

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    33. Bea Anderson

      Yes. 16 yrs with Medtronic. Medicare only covered Dexcom for me. Just switched to omnipod 5 with Dexcom.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    34. Brent Boyd

      No. 50 years on MDI. I do use a Libre for CGM.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply

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