Hi,miranda from cheshire,been on the pump for a year ,it gives you so much freedom from daily injections,set meal times you can even have small treats in moderation.When i first went on it,basically its trial & error with insulin doses &suger levels but when you get past all that its the best thing i've ever done.It might be different in the states to here you have an infusion set  that you fire into your stomach !sounds terrible but its not ,i change mind every  two/three days.The only down side is you have to sleep in it which can take a bit to get use to.The pump i'm on is called "medtronic"mini med".You can even put in your suger level & how many carbs you are having it tells you how much insulin to give,you do have to count carbs also.It can also help you loose weight i dropped 12lbs which can be a problem  if you do'nt need to loose any, i looked like a stick! but that evens its self out.I go rock climbing every week & run it just gives you so much freedom i would never go back to injections,how this helps,regards.