Detailed site map
List of all the pages available on the Insulin Pumpers UK website
- Home
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Home page for Insulin Pumpers UK
- Subject index
- Selected subject index with links to relevant pages on this site
- Detailed site map
- List of all the pages available on the Insulin Pumpers UK website
- Glossary
- Glossary of terms commonly used on diabetes websites and discussion groups
- Pumps in the Republic of Ireland
- Information about pump use in the Republic of Ireland
- Experiences
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Pump users' perspectives about pumps and the decision to switch to pump therapy
- What is an insulin pump?
- General description of an insulin pump and its use
- Pros and cons of pumping
- Discussion of the many advantages and disadvantages of insulin pump therapy
- Just like wearing a yoyo
- Elizabeth OShea describes how she initially wore a yoyo instead of a pump to get used to being attached to something 24 hours a day
- Not controlled, but in control!
- Clare Sneddon reflects on how she came to accept her diabetes and gain control using an insulin pump
- Rewriting the diabetes rulebook
- John Neale discusses how his insulin pump changed his life
- Insulin pump evaluation
- Mike Jensen, who lives in New Zealand, discusses his experience of using an insulin pump for a trial period of three weeks
- Wearing a pump
- Diana Maynard discusses the solutions she has found for wearing her pump especially when ballroom dancing!
- Wearing a continuous glucose sensor
- John Davis talks about how he used a continuous glucose sensor. See the results, and the extraordinary things that his blood glucose did!
- To pump or not to pump?
- Audrey Sheal talks about her decision to use an insulin pump
- Pumps in pregnancy
- Kate Clapham tells us how a pump made her third pregnancy much easier than before
- Life on a pump
- Richard Oppenheimer tells why he decided to use an insulin pump, and gives extracts from his diary over the first few months
- My perfect pump
- Richard Oppenheimer looks at what he wants from a perfect pump
- Using the insulin pump during pregnancy
- Susan Morrow compares her first pregnancy, on multiple daily injections, with her second, on an insulin pump
- My pump
- How Diana Maynard came to use an insulin pump
- My CGMS test
- Diana Maynard tested a continuous glucose monitor, and found the results erratic
- A look back over year one
- Audrey Sheal wrote this letter to her diabetes doctor at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. She looks back over her first year with an insulin pump
- Diabetes UK Family Weekend
- Seven-year-old Sam Dysch went with his new pump on a Diabetes UK Family Weekend. His father Andrew Dysch tells us all about it
- I want the best for my son
- Alison Richard pushed hard to get a pump for her 11-year-old son Simon. She fought and won
- Active News - April 2002
- An article about pumping and exercise reproduced from the Diabetes UK website
- Finally got plugged in
- Donald O'Donnell works in the kitchens of the National Theatre, London. He tells us about his first few days on the pump
- Eleven months and counting
- Andrew Dysch looks back at the first 11 months, since his son Sam started using a pump
- Back to injections
- Abigail King used a pump for a few years and then went back to injections. She says why
- Using a DiaPort
- Lesley Jordan talks about starting on the DiaPort - where the insulin goes straight into you, and not into the fat under your skin
- An insulin pump for Sasha
- A look back on the journey to get a pump for a young girl, Sasha
- Advice
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Advice on various aspects of insulin pump therapy
- Bad infusion sites and high BGs
- How to check if a high bg is caused by a bad infusion site
- Menstruation and diabetes control
- How menstruation can affect diabetes control in women, and methods for tackling the problem
- What is a square-wave bolus?
- Description of a square wave bolus, how it is used and how to simulate it
- Calculating carbohydrates for recipes
- How to calculate the carbohydrate content of a recipe with no nutritional information
- Infusion sets
- All about infusion sets: what's available, where to put them and how to insert them
- Blood glucose converter
- Converts blood glucose values between American units (mg/dL) and UK units (mmol/L)
- CGMS accuracy
- Nanette Freedman wore MiniMed's glucose monitor several times. She looks at how accurate the results were
- Hypo review
- Melissa P Ford considers a review of hypos by Stephanie Amiel and David Kerr
- What insulin can I put in my pump?
- Melissa P Ford looks at the different types of insulin you can put in a pump
- Problem with D-TRON adapter
- Roche announce recall of D-TRON adapters
- Obesity
- Melissa P Ford looks at obesity in relation to diabetes
- Other drugs
- Melissa P Ford looks at other drugs that may be used in the treatment of diabetes
- Where to wear your pump
- Where do you wear your pump in normal or unusual situations? We asked around and got some strange answers!
- UK issues
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Current information on pump use in the UK
- NHS funding for insulin pumps
- John Davis, who runs the pump support group INPUT, looks at the current funding situation in Britain
- UK pump news
- Latest news from Britain and around the world on insulin pumps and diabetes
- Diabetes UK on pump therapy
- Articles on the Diabetes UK website about insulin pump therapy
- UK pump support groups
- A list of insulin pump support groups and organisations in the UK
- Discussion groups
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Information about the discussion groups run by Insulin Pumpers
- What is the Insulin Pumpers UK group?
- What the Insulin Pumpers UK discussion group is, and who can join
- Join the Insulin Pumpers UK discussion group
- Application form to join the Insulin Pumpers UK discussion group
- Rules for the Insulin Pumpers UK group
- What you can and can't do in the Insulin Pumpers UK group
- Other related discussion groups
- Other discussion groups run by Insulin Pumpers
- Send email to discussion group
- Send an email to the Insulin Pumpers UK discussion group
- Read Insulin Pumpers UK group archives
- Archives of the Insulin Pumpers UK discussion group
- The other members of the Insulin Pumpers UK group
- A list of all the members of the Insulin Pumpers UK group and a bit about each person
- Read international mail archives
- Archives of all the Insulin Pumpers discussion groups
- Search discussion group archives
- Search the archives of the Insulin Pumpers UK discussion group
- Chat rooms
- International Insulin Pumpers chat rooms, in which you can arrange to meet other group members
- Products
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Information about pumps, accessories and books which are available
- Basic info about UK insulin pumps
- Pat Reynolds takes a quick look at the insulin pumps sold in the UK
- Infusion sets
- All about infusion sets: what's available, where to put them and how to insert them
- Find local supplier
- This page helps you find your local supplier of insulin pumps
- What I don't like
- Members of the Insulin Pumpers UK discussion group say what they don't like about their own insulin pump
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Information about the MiniMed Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Cygnus GlucoWatch
- Information about the GlucoWatch Biographer by Cygnus
- MiniMed
- Website of MiniMed, a manufacturer of insulin pumps
- Disetronic
- Website of Disetronic, a manufacturer of insulin pumps
- Books to help with diabetes
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Recommended books relating to diabetes, also enabling you to buy from Amazon.co.uk
- Amazon associates program
- This page describes the relationship between Insulin Pumpers UK and Amazon.co.uk
- MiniMed Solutions: Pumps and Meters description
- A description of 'MiniMed Solutions: Pumps and Meters' software
- MiniMed Solutions: Pumps and Meters FAQ
- Frequently asked questions about 'MiniMed Solutions: Pumps and Meters' software
- Links
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Links to other pump and diabetes websites
- Search discussion group archives
- Search the archives of the Insulin Pumpers UK discussion group
- Other pump websites
- Links to other useful sites about insulin pump therapy
- Other diabetes websites
- Other useful sites about diabetes in general
- Webrings
- Links to other diabetes websites via the webring system
- Personal websites
- Personal websites of members of the Insulin Pumpers UK discussion group
- About us
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Further information about Insulin Pumpers UK
- Feedback and comments
- Form to send us your feedback and comments
- Insulin Pumpers US website
- Insulin Pumpers sister website serving the United States
- Copyright notice
- The copyright terms under which the information presented on this site may be used
- Privacy statement
- Describing Insulin Pumpers policy towards the privacy of personal information which you submit
- Medical advice disclaimer
- Medical disclaimer limiting the liability of Insulin Pumpers with regard to advice received from the discussion group and this site.
- What is Insulin Pumpers?
- History and official status of Insulin Pumpers, and how you may support its work
- Donate
- How to give financial support to Insulin Pumpers UK
- The list of principal donors
- Our list of principal donors, and memorial donations
- Our website writers
- A bit about each of our website writers
- A memorial to Jeremy Grainger
- A memorial to Jeremy Grainger who died on Sunday 17 June 2001