Insulin pump and boat diving

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Dr Paul Thomas once bubbled...

As is so often the case we seem to have wandered well away from answering the quesion the original poster made and have got ourselves bogged down into argueing the toss over minutiae and confusing the issue to no good purpose.

I apologize that you took my post to be argumentitive as I did not mean for it to be. I am very passionate about furthering my knowledge of diabetes especially when it comes to scuba diving, and I kind of get carried away sometimes. I very much value your thoughts and opinions as well as the other doctors on the board, and I realize that I am certainly not qualified to argue with any of you medically speaking.

Dr Paul Thomas once bubbled...

I have no doubt that before long we will have automaticaly controlled pumps that will calculate the body's insulin needs on a minute to minute basis but we are not there yet. My hope for the future is the promising possibility of islet cell transplants. This has the considerable benefit of "curing" the patient and freeing them from dependence on a machine to keep them alive and healthy in much the same way that kidney transplants free patient from dialysis.

I agree. That would truly be a blessing!!