Pump Therapy Basics
Manage your diabetes with confident control and real-life flexibility
You didn’t choose to live with diabetes, but you can choose to improve the
quality of your life through better diabetes management. The
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Insulin pump therapy equals power over your life by restoring spontaneity and
giving you the option to eat when you wish, and go where you want, accompanied
by your
It all begins with a partnership between you, your healthcare team and Disetronic Medical Systems. First, you and your physician determine your therapy. Then, Disetronic Medical Systems will work with you and your healthcare team, providing the technology and support needed to carry out your prescribed treatment. All of us working together can help you achieve greater control over your diabetes—and your life.
Insulin pump therapy and frequent blood glucose monitoring can help you
achieve excellent control, and, at the same time, help you live life your way.
Studies in prominent medical journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, show that intensive insulin therapy can help minimize the development of long-term complications such as kidney disease, impaired vision and nerve damage. That’s why most diabetes professionals who have type 1 diabetes prefer to use an insulin pump. In a study published in The Diabetes Educator*, 60% of the members of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and 52% of American Diabetes Association (ADA) professionals with type 1 diabetes said that they use an insulin pump.
* Graff M, Rubin R, Walker E. How diabetes specialists treat their own diabetes: findings from a study of the AADE and ADA membership. The Diabetes Educator. 1997;26(3):460-467.