Monthly Archives: April 2006

My intention with this series of posts on pump therapy as we have experienced it in our family, has been to give as realistic an impression of the therapy as possible and to share the experiences we have made ‘on … Continue reading →

A few words about the actual pump, Emilie has been using: A D-Tron Plus from Disetronic – or, rather, Accu-Chek, which is the brand name after Roche’s acquisition of Disetronic’s pump business in 2003. The pump was easy to learn, … Continue reading →

Skin reactions, too, was a concern in the beginning. We had read, that it could be a good idea to apply some kind of coating to the skin before inserting the needle, in order to protect the skin from the … Continue reading →

One problem, which posed a bit of a challenge during Emilie’s first year of pumping was infections at the infusion site. In total, Emilie has had around five of those, of which two had to be treated with antibiotics.The most … Continue reading →

Our evaluation after the first couple of months on the pump was, that daily life had almost immediately become easier. Emilie’s initial focus on the needle disappeared after a week or so, she quickly became accustomed to taking her boluses … Continue reading →

We set out with a flat basal rate of 0,5 U/h and made adjustments from there. After a few months, we had a basal profile with four different rates in 24 hours that worked quite well.Since then, naturally we have … Continue reading →

Of course, it was not easy from day one. Predictable calculation of bolus insulin only applies when the basal rate of the pump is set correctly. Until that you are still in a situation where the basal insulin might influence … Continue reading →

February 18th 2002 we turned up at the County hospital in Glostrup, Copenhagen. We had arranged to have some days off both of us, and our son Tobias had a short vacation at his grand parents’. Emilie was to be … Continue reading →

In the beginning of 2002, things were finally falling into place. We had the pump and had meetings with our endocrinologist about the start up. She is a highly qualified diabetes expert but Emilie was to be her first patient … Continue reading →

Talking about pump therapy, of course, it was crucial to ensure, that Emilie herself was in fact interested in this kind of therapy at all … Therefore, at an early stage, we had told her that this alternative method to … Continue reading →