I can't believe you haven't had a reply yet! Well my niece uses a pump - and her life has completely changed.
She can now go on field trips and have a near normal bagged lunch like all the other kids. She can't abuse the carbs - but if lunch involves more carbs than usual - she tells her pump and makes an adjustment. She no longer has to "stick herself" throughout the day with insulin.
She loves it.
There were a few draw backs to deal with but they have learned to live with it and are now trying to encourage my husband to go to the insulin pump!