The Three Little Pumps

Once upon a 2018, a Type 1 like myself had three pump choices...Pump A: Tubeless. Doesn ' t hold enough for my insulin needs. A big no.Pump B: My current brand. I like it, but I ' ve never loved it. I may have lied and told someone that I loved it. It has some physical problems that have happened to me consistently, causing me to have traded my pump in at least 3 times before my warranty expired. The physical issue means that I have to have assistance with changing my cartridge. My hands are not strong enough to slide the cartridge on or take it off by myself--I usually have Matt do it for me. I want to avoid this problem in the future (and will blog more of the specifics at a later date).Pump C: The brand I first used when I got my first pump in 2000. I don ' t have anything against them. Have I loved everything they ' ve made? Meh. But I am ready for a change, and I know their CGM is no longer inferior to the other one I ' ve used. I didn ' t expect to get static from my insurance company in trying to get this pump approved, mostly because I ' ve gotten other pumps through the same insurance since Matt has been working at the same company for 10 years. I remember needing some pre-auth stuff, but I did not expect my insurance to go through 2 rounds of pre-auth and a consultation with my endocrinologist to prove my pump was " medically necessary " .Am I trying to prove a point here? Is this one of those " idle chatter " types of blog posts? Maybe a little of both. I have Type...
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