Why wouldn't you?

It is amazing to live in a day and age where medical advancements are coming quicker than ever. Technology as a whole is making it exciting to be alive.

• I grew up seeing the introduction of the VCR to DVD and now to online streaming.
• We have gone from having a fixed land line phone which you had to stand at the wall to talk to someone to now having your phone in your pocket any time of the day anywhere in the world.
• Computers have been introduced into homes and now your phone has more capability than computers that came out just 10 years ago.
• The internet has changed the world as we know it. Information is now at our fingertips and you don't even need to leave your home to do your weekly shopping.
• The world is becoming globalized.

This is only a brief touch on the amazing advancements in general life. What really amazes me is that we accept and adapt to these changes. We are connected to a device nearly 24x7, whether that is a laptop on your desk which then transfers to your phone when your out. We expect everything to happen now if not yesterday and the children of today want it even faster. 

With all this said when we are talking about medical benefits why are we even considering not moving to the most advanced technology we have at our fingertips for T1D management. We hear how the majority of people with T1D still giving manual multiple daily injections and testing manually through out the day and possibly never knowing about the peaks and troughs that can happen day and night.

Something that is even scaring me further is the lack of adoption from the medical fraternity. Even though it is slowly getting better I believe that a large reason why T1D's are not moving to the latest technology is the fear from GP's and Endocrinologists not to recommend making the move. This could be the fact that learning something new will add workload to their busy schedule or it could be that they think it is just to difficult to help manage their patient now that they would have more control and responsibility of their diabetes.

No matter what it is I ask you "Why wouldn't you?" Rather than "Why would I?"

Moving from multiple daily injections to the insulin pump, which is now Medtronic 640g with continual glucose monitoring is the smartest move I have ever made for both myself and my 5 year old daughter.

We are at the eve of going on a large overseas holiday and instead of stressing about how we are going to cope with our diabetes while away all we are stressing about is making sure my wife doesn't pack too much. 

Our A1c results have never been better and to tell you the truth in the last 17 months that we have been on the new pump we have not had any dangerous Hypo's at all. We have effectively eliminated them from our lives which is amazing.

People worry about having something connected to them but I also put it to each and everyone of you with T1D - "Do you have a SMART phone / mobile phone?" If you do then I would also say that that it is probably on or close to you through out the day and the amount of people who have to look at their social media first thing and last thing in the day is probably more time than I look and manage my pump on a daily basis. 

I suppose what I am saying is that we need to put our health first and we are in a day and age where technology is making a difference each and every day. Old methods work but that would like going to an old wired telephone that is attached to the wall in your home and expecting that to be enough for all of your communication in this day and age.

Why wouldn't you?