I read today about a woman by the name of Catherine (KK) Patton - who became diabetic when she was pregnant back in 2001. She hated giving insulin shots - and she came up with something similiar to what I use with my insulin pump which is a port for the insulin to go thru'. Instead of pumping with a pump - you simply use your needle/pen needle to inject the required doseage of insulin thru' the cannula inserted under your skin! I have used my port from time to time this way - when I am wearing a tight dress and don't want the bother of wearing the pump (I am from Montreal - semi-Fashionist <lol>) - and it's worked for me - just at a box of 10 for $200 CDN - it's abit pricey - so I'm curious to know what the charge is for this device. Catherine by the way has been wearing this device now for the past 3 years.

Would you consider using this if it means you only have to place this port into your body every 3 days rather then multiple injecting? When I was MDI - I would inject as much as 10 times a day with two types of insulin - so that's 30 pricks into your skin over 3 days. To have the option of simply injecting into a port like this might have been something I'd be interested in rather then perhaps plunking down the big $$$'s for a pump (mine was $7,000 CDN - 80% covered by private work insurance - still abit of change when you think about it). Plus for some people - wearing a pump with tubing, a mini PC strapped to their waist/thigh - no thanks - I don't want it.

I have called up the company - and they will be getting back to me on costs associated with their product(s). Unfortunately, for those of you living outside of the US - it's not available to us. I know here in Canada - many medical products go thru' a barrage of tests - so things tend to come out abit later for us - and the same may apply to other countries around the world. Once they've coughed up some info - hopefully I'll be posting abit more here for you to read.

Here's the website for further information - I'd love to know if any of you would consider giving it a try - I know I would (and maybe I will one day!) ....

http://www.i-port.com/

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Anna from Montreal
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Diagnosed 1968
Presently using Animas 2020
Oct 2008 - A1C of 5.9