Pumping Insulin, 7th Edition Coming 2024

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Get ready for the all-new 7th edition of Pumping Insulin, which covers the latest devices in a concise and easy-to-use format.

Pumping Insulin 7 Cover

Update (06/21/24):

Preorder Today!

Thank you for the widespread interest in the 7th edition of Pumping Insulin with Automated Insulin Delivery. Authors John Walsh, P.A., Ruth Roberts, M.A., and Timothy Bailey, M.D., F.A.C.E. are incorporating significant advances in automated insulin delivery (AID) and DIY systems.

You will see PI7 in Summer 2024 with the latest information on AIDs and glucose management. Resource updates in this edition include:

  • the inner workings of different AID algorithms
  • which settings affect your glucose on each AID system
  • how to maximize glucose outcomes and safety with an AID system
  • steps to minimize infusion set issues
  • achieving expert and personal glucose goals
  • how to find your optimal total daily dose from your average glucose elevation
  • a comparison of meal sizing and carb counting for determining bolus doses
  • selecting optimal thresholds for alerts and alarms, when to use them, and when to streamline them to avoid alarm burnout

With all the advances in research and diabetes management, this edition is essential for healthcare professionals and those wearing an insulin pump or AID system. Over the weeks to come, look for teasers, excerpts, and exclusive content to keep you engaged and informed. We’ll let you know the availability once the book is published.

This up-to-date 7th edition of Pumping Insulin with Automated Insulin Delivery contains helpful theory, details, and thorough procedures designed to improve your life on an insulin pump or AID system.

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Pumping Insulin helps you become proficient and confident in managing insulin with a pump, CGM, and an HCL system. Access the benefits of automated insulin delivery for a more flexible lifestyle and enhanced well-being.

Special features:

  • Find your correct TDD and BC settings in a hybrid closed-loop or insulin pump
  • Increase time in range and lessen glucose variability
  • Correct unwanted glucose patterns
  • Improve your glucose while avoiding hypoglycemia
  • Increase Infusion set performance
  • All about carb counting and meal size boluses
  • Meds for stopping glucose spikes
  • Over 300 carb factors, and 150 tables, figures,
    and examples
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27 thoughts on “Pumping Insulin, 7th Edition Coming 2024”

    • Hello Andy,

      Unfortunately, we won’t be able to make the original release time frame. The book’s release has been shifted to early 2024. This decision was made to ensure the highest quality and most comprehensive edition possible, requiring some additional editorial adjustments. We will be updating this page and emailing those who joined the list above. We hope to have a more solid release date soon.

      Thanks for your patience.

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  2. Just wondering how many pumpers use a reactive rather than the usual proactive approach to pumping insulin.
    I have Tandem t:slim X2 with Control-IQ.
    I almost exclusively only use Quick-bolus function and set my carb factor such that I give a convenient 4 presses for a usual meal.
    My pump stays put on my belt and it only takes a few seconds for me to assess all the metrics and deliver the required food or correction bolus and the timing of the bolus. I generally don’t really need to bolus before my meal and I can divide a meal bolus if necessary.
    The main advantage is the effortlessness involved with this approach and I am able to virtually eliminate hypos.
    I am 85.5yo and T1D for 61 years. TDD 22u. I am extremely brittle and also hypo unaward.
    Recent TIR 93%, GMI 6.4%, SD 1.5, CV 21.3, Median 6.9, Low 0%, Very low 0%, Very high 0%.
    So just wondering if this is a good approach.

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    • Love your quick bolus solution for meals, but most pumps do not yet have Tanem’s convenience. We do show how to determine bolus doses for small, medium, and large meals based on an accurate TDD in the 7th edition.

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  4. I’m just wondering how many pumpers use a reactive rather than the usual proactive approach to pumping insulin.
    I have Tandem t:slim X2 with Control-IQ.
    I virtually only use Quick-bolus function and set my carb factor such that I give a convenient 4 presses for a usual meal.
    My pump stays put on my belt and it only takes a few seconds for me to assess all the metrics and deliver the required food or correction bolus and to decide on the timing of the bolus. I generally don’t really need to bolus before my meal and I can divide a meal bolus if necessary.
    I don’t count carbs and I don’t use the bolus calculator.
    The main advantage of this approach for me is the effortlessness involved and I am able to virtually eliminate hypos by keeping my TIR tending in the upper part rather than bordering on the hypo part.
    I am 85.5yo and T1D for 61 years. TDD 20u. I am extremely brittle and I would not manage without the pump. I am also hypo unaware.
    Recent TIR 93%, GMI 6.4%, SD 1.5, CV 21.3, Median 6.9, Low 0%, Very low 0%, Very high 0%.
    I am managing extremely well with this approach and couldn’t help wondering whether this reactive approach is accepted or perhaps discussed or considered in Pumping Insulin, the book by John Walsh and Ruth Roberts?

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    • Hi Peter,
      I’m interested in talking with you about this way of taking care of diabetes. Your stats are amazing! What and how do you eat? Do you live a regular or irregular lifestyle? Do you sleep more than 5 hours uninterrupted most nights? How do you not have hypos? How do you not count carbs if you eat anything other than the same thing each meal? I’m 62 and have had diabetes 51 years. I’m not pumping with Tandem bc of tubing. I like being tubeless, so I am pumping with Omnipod 5. I’d like less ups and downs. My TIR is inconsistent. I would love to have stats similar to yours, and the effortlessness to get there as you describe. I hope you reply, thank you.

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      • Hi Chris,
        Sorry I hadn’t been on this site for some time but hope the following helps.
        My diabetes management with Tandem t:slim. Reactive approach.
        I have tried to make food and correction bolusing as quick and effortless as possible and it seems to work for me as a very brittle diabetic.
        My pump stays clipped on my belt virtually all the time and a quick glance shows at least 6 vital bits of data which I can act on as necessary. Glucose value and glucose graph, trend arrow/s, record of boluses and types of boluses, IOB, Alerts and reminders, Date and time, etc. That’s a lot of info in a single glance.
        I use quick-bolus almost exclusively and my settings are such that a convenient 4 presses will cover my average meal. And one press serves for an average correction bolus.
        It is important that personal profile settings are optimal which helps to ensure reasonable pre-meal glucose values.
        Quick-bolus is set to 5 gram increments. I don’t count carbs. For convenience I set my carb ratio to 1:6 so that one press = 5/6u = 0.83u. and four presses delivers 3.33u for breakfast and lunch repectively. For supper I have to set carb ratio to 1:8 so one press = 5/8u = 0.625u and four presses delivers 2.5u
        For timing of a meal-bolus I tend to err on the side of caution in order to virtually eliminate hypos. With optimal personal profile settings I find that my pre-meal glucose is usually ok so I would hardly ever give a full bolus before my meal. This could obviously vary between individuals but in my case possible slow gastric emptying and possible endogenous insulin? (even after 61 years of T1D) add to the inevitable unpredictability of insulin action. I usually bolus immediately after my meal but I might even give half during and half after my meal depending on how my glucose is trending.
        Control-IQ does a good job doing small corrections but I do sometimes help it with a quick-bolus correction if necessary, especially if I’ve been indiscreet with my diet.
        I might add that I don’t follow any so-called diabetic diet but rather follow a prudent diet which should apply to everyone! I don’t deny myself goodies within reason. I do like a small bedtime snack (not always necessary) and I never have a problem with overnight control which is consistently excellent with Control-IQ. My life-style at my age is quite regular, rather inactive but I recently invested in a walker treadmill which is very beneficial.
        I hope this all makes sense and I’m not saying it’s a piece of cake. But then nothing is that easy when it comes to T1D!

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  7. Hi! Pumping Insulin is our diabetes bible. Outstanding. I live in Sweden and am trying to source 1-3 copies of the 6th edition (have recommended it so much that I feel bad those who became interested can not find it). Is this something you could assist with? Kind regards, Lisa

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  8. Hello, it is May 11, 2024. I am wondering if there is an update on when the 7th edition of John Walsh’s “Pumping Insulin” will be available for purchase.

    Thank you!
    Carol Evans
    Tucson , AZ

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  10. Even simpler:
    Just have a single carb ratio such that a convenient 4 presses covers a standard meal.
    For a smaller meal just use 3 presses.
    For a meal which has interruptions just give half (2 presses) followed by another two as necessary, etc.
    So no stress!

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  11. Hello! I am the father of a son with type 1 diabetes and live in Sweden. I read a lot but my English is not 100%. Is the book available to buy as a pdf and thus be able to translate it. /Olof

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  12. Why is the release of the new Insulin Pumpers book so delayed?! We lead a Diabetes support group & are waiting to use it to help/teach/support T1D. If it is not released soon we’ll have to find another resource. My husband is a T1D & has found the 6th Edition very helpful. But why use an old resource when the new one is about to pop?

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