Note: Simco County Insulin Pump Group and it's organizers makes no warranty nor implied warranty for any of the contents and information understood from it's meetings, speakers nor for anything contained within it's correspondence nor opinions expressed herein nor otherwise and does not intend for any information provided by it's presentors or participants at it's meetings and within it's correspondence to superceded in any way any advice from healthcare professionals. Simco County Insulin Pump Group Minutes 09.21.02 Hello all, This message is being distributed to all who left their email address on the sign-in sheet. A notice of the next meetings is below. We hope you all will come again and in the meantime spread the word about the group and bring another pumper or interested person(s) with you. All meetings: Zehrs (in the community room up stairs) 472 Bayfield Street North, Barrie.: October 26, 2002 9:00 am Ğ 11:00 am November 16, 2002 9:00 am Ğ 11:00 am December 14, 2002 4:00 pm Ğ 7:00 pm ***Note time change*** +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (Very brief) minutes of our last meeting: SIMCO COUNTY INSULIN PUMPERS MEETING # 3 September 21, 2002, 9:00am - 11:00am Zehrs (in the community room up stairs) 472 Bayfield Street North, Barrie: We had 15 attendees in total including some prospective pumpers.Ê Presenters: Michelle Tennant This young woman who recently won the Provincial School Public Speaking Contest with her talk on her relationship with her insulin pump. Michelle gave an energy-packed talk on how the pump had improved her quality of life and then proceeded with a very informative history on the insulin pump. This wonderful young lady fielded several questions including the topic of "school and peer acceptance of pump use".Ê We all enjoyed Michelle's talk and hope to see her at future meetings. Thank you, Michele. Jessica Reynolds, Animas / AutoControl Medical Jessica is the Ontario Territory Manager for Animas Pumps. She provided a fascinating talk on the Animas pump including a show and tell session of a working pump and one pump of which the casing had been cut away to show the internal mechanics of the unit. The Animas pump is truly advanced and loaded with many features including four programs, waterproofness, ultra low programmable basal rates which are delivered every three minutes, the easy to use, menu and sequence alarms which increase in volume if not attended to (as in the case of one being asleep and not being awakened immediately by an occlusion alarm). Jessica was very candid with us and extremely informative regarding this wonderful pump.Ê Discussions: 357's Radio Shack is offering an extended warranty on all it's 357 batteries. (I have taken advantage of this myself). You must ask for the extended warranty when you buy a 357 which costs about a dollar. Under this warranty Radio shack will replace, free of charge, the 357, if it does not last over 3 years. This is regardless of it's use! Obviously this is a potential "free" source of batteries for us! URLS: NEW: http://www.diabetes.com http://www.insulin-pumpers.org (This is the #1 Insulin Pumping site in the world). http://barbchafe.tripod.com/PumpingInsulin (Excellent Tips and Tricks) http://www.pumps4kids.ca http://www.diabetes.ca/ (CDA) http://www.sugarbytes.com/ Any lawyers out there? If anyone has professional contacts such as lawyer friends which we may be able to solicit free advice from from time to time please contact Paul or mention this at the next meeting. For anybody; please feel free to volunteer your own special talent to this growing group! Paul and I can;'t do everything forever! Thanks once again to Zehr's for their kind loan of their Community room and snacks! CONTACTS: Paul Beckwith:Ê p.c.beckwith@sympatico.ca Darrin Parker:Ê darrinp@sympatico.ca -- Darrin Parker Ontario, Canada http://www3.sympatico.ca/darrinp ------------------------------------ I have used the insulin infusion pump for over a year thanks to the support of wonderful internet friends & the http://www.Insulin-Pumpers.org The Pump gave me better control than I had achieved in 27 years of MDI! Best pre-pump HeA1c = 9.2. 1st & 2nd post-pump HeA1c = 5.1 & 7.0