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Old 11-09-2010 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by cstudent
My little one was diagnosed a little more than a year ago. We switched from the gold plan to the diamond hsa and thought that worked better. For example we just got a $7000 dollar insulin pump that was covered. Byrum has been outstanding for supplies. Delta had a United health rep calling us frequently if we needed help. Very nice. There will be scary times ahead. We have found the JDRF to be a great resource. Also as soon as you and your endocrinologist feel comfortable, get an insulin pump. The increase in precision is amazing and lets kids eat like kids.

Those pumps are a life saver. My mother has had one for a few years as well as my cousin. Blood sugars are always in the 80-95 range with it. Before they could be as high as 450!