I asked this question ten years ago, so thought I'd ask again, I'm thinking of asking about having one of these - has anyone had one, and if you have, how have you found things? Have you suffered as a result, ie complications of the drugs, etc etc?
Dear pumpers, hello! I'm on the Minimed 640. I've been on a pump since having a minemed and then Deltec Cozmo a LONG time ago - also the Minimed 570, the Veo and then the 640. Actually I was on the original Mill Hill pump in the early 80s. It was ghastly.
I have recently become aware of the...
I've just had my yearly check up via phone. My 640 pump is out of guarantee, extended till August 31st because of Covid. I have also spoken with a rep. from Medtronic who thinks the new one should be out September/October time. Is anyone else waiting until then to hopefully get the new pump, and...
Does anyone else have Fiasp in their pump?
I have had it for the last two weeks.
It is miraculous for after meal blood sugars. I wanted it to grapple with after breakfast highs which were uncontrollable on Novorapid. I was warned not to use it more than TWO minutes before a meal, which i stick...
I have had to use this meter for a few years since I am on a Minimed pump - it was the worst, most inaccurate meter i have ever had, giving results like 17, which I was sure I was not, I'd do another test immediately in either the same finger or another and it would be 10. O r even 8(Having...
As I put in my breakfast bolus I noticed cracks diagonally either side of the screen. I most definitely have not dropped the pump.
However I have been out in the 30 degree heat and back in again into my very cool thick-walled 600 yr old cottage quite a few times a day.
Medtronic are sending...