"...First of all think hard about how you would feel about being attached to something all the time, which is quite important. It does have it is own demands in terms of regular blood testing, so possibly it is more work initially..." - patient age 18 who is useing an insulin pump to help treatment of her type 1 dibeties
..."Before I received my first implantable pump in 1992, I was the poster child for diabetes care. My control was superb, and I thought I was doing quite well. But the day after I had my implantable pump installed, it was as if I were a new person. It absolutely changed my life. As I said to a friend of mine, ‘Holy Toledo, I feel incredibly good. Is this what normal is?' The difference is not describable to a person who hasn't experienced it, unfortunately, but all of us will tell you this: It's a phenomenal difference...."
-Greg Peterson, patient age 58
..."Before I received my first implantable pump in 1992, I was the poster child for diabetes care. My control was superb, and I thought I was doing quite well. But the day after I had my implantable pump installed, it was as if I were a new person. It absolutely changed my life. As I said to a friend of mine, ‘Holy Toledo, I feel incredibly good. Is this what normal is?' The difference is not describable to a person who hasn't experienced it, unfortunately, but all of us will tell you this: It's a phenomenal difference...."
-Greg Peterson, patient age 58