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Pumping Insulin: Everything You Need to Know to Use an Insulin Pump Successfully

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This is an excellent reference for all pump users. It should be given to all new pumpers! Many questions are answered that my pump trainer neglected. It is a bit technical, and takes quite some time to read through. It seems to have one big flaw: it needs to be updated to include information on Humalog (lispro) insulin and Soft-serter infusion set info.

The book is amazingly frank and candid about how to control your disease with a pump YOURSELF. There is a lot of information you never will hear from your diabetes educators, because (1) they don't know it or (2) they are afraid of letting the patient take too much control.

The ultimate truth is that a patient can never obtain excellent results with a pump (or any other routine) unless s/he has all information available and is empowered to use it. This book makes that possible.

The only negative is it needs updating for Humalog insulin. This shouldn't be a huge undertaking and I would encourage the authors to do it. (I'll buy the book again if they will!)

It's the "how to" manual for getting your sugars in control,even with the curveballs of exercise and highly variable diets... New edition... will have sections on pregnancy, and children pumping, as well as humalog. (This version is based on regular insulin).

and have been pumping (mostly) since '86. yes, physicians like myself can experience insulin dependent diabetes like anyone else. my diabetologist tells me of new advances in techniques and glucose control since "pumping" published in '94. the book is dated due to new knowledge and experiences from educators, researchers and "pumpers". yet, this book continues the best information in print to help those interested in pumping. i strongly recomend this book and look forward (hopefully) to it's sequel fairly soon. still, it is a great help.