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Being on insulin alone can a type 2 have a pump?would be great to control insulin rate while walking etc
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The biggest problem with a pump for a T2 would be the sheer volume of insulin to be injected. As I’ve probably (boringly) mentioned on here before, I take insulin in doses that most T1s would regard as suicide. Currently 150 units of Lantus at night and 60 units of Novo-Rapid before meals. You’d be so busy changing cartridges there’d be practically no benefit over MDI in my humble opinion.
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Wow Teloz you would need one of those water bladder type things hikers have hanging down their backs but full of insulin .With the large doses you need do you have to inject more than once or is there a large quantity pen ?
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@Victoria – As I’m sure you know, most pens will only deliver 60 units at a time, hence my 60 units of preprandial Novo-Rapid every time I eat anything. However, I was recently introduced to the Sanofi Aventis OptiClik which will deliver up to 80 units of Lantus, but as a cartridge only holds 300 units I inject 2 x 75 units every night which limits the number of injections I have to make. To make up the deficiencies in the system, I’m just a bit careful about what, and how much, I eat.
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