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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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Hello all, I am in a bit of state and would really appreciate some insight or experience from other people who are using the 780g.
Is there anybody on the 780g who have decided to use it only in manual mode?
I was previously on the Medtronic 640g pump with Freestyle Libre 2 sensors. I have been moved on to the 780g with Guardian 4 sensors and put into smartguard / automode. I have only been in smartguard for 8 days and I know it takes much longer to 'learn' about you. However I don't think I can handle being so reliant on this thing.
I thought the pump was fantastic during the 2 day warm up period, I could see it suspending my basal and preventing lows which was amazing. I felt very confident.
Then smartguard kicked in and it was great for two days, until the algorithm decided to adjust all my meal boluses and only give me maybe half of what I needed. This has resulted in highs that last all day and only come down whilst I'm sleeping. Time in range is about 40%-50% as opposed to the 80% and above that I had during the warm up and first two days.
I have had an issue with a sensor that gave up early and I was back in manual mode for a few hours with high sugars and no idea what to do. I had a horrible night of panic with elevated ketones. I had another panic last night when the pump just stopped giving auto-corrections for no reason - called the Medtronic helpline and the lady clearly had no idea why it would do that but blamed me for changing a carb:insulin ratio earlier in the day?? Eventually managed to fix it by turning smartguard off and on again, and completely changing my reservoir and cannula set, this all seemed to kick it back into gear and then it gave me one big correction bolus, so I stayed up most of the night to watch that it wouldn't send me low.
I am absolutely filled with anxiety, stress, panic, and I am not eating much due to being high all day. I am at my wits end with it and just want to go back to how things were during those first couple of days. I did actually turn smartguard off for a day but my sugars were still so high, I felt I had no choice but to go back onto smartguard to have it bring me back down gently. Now I am panicking that I am stuck relying on this piece of tech and I no longer have to ability to manage my sugars myself.
Really sorry for the long ranty post - but I feel completely hopeless. I know it sounds dramatic but I have cried every day since smartguard started making these decisions. I have lost all confidence, I think about nothing else all day long, shaking with anxiety and pacing around. My poor husband is calming me down from panic attacks every day.
Has anybody else decided that smartguard was not for them?
Thank you
Is there anybody on the 780g who have decided to use it only in manual mode?
I was previously on the Medtronic 640g pump with Freestyle Libre 2 sensors. I have been moved on to the 780g with Guardian 4 sensors and put into smartguard / automode. I have only been in smartguard for 8 days and I know it takes much longer to 'learn' about you. However I don't think I can handle being so reliant on this thing.
I thought the pump was fantastic during the 2 day warm up period, I could see it suspending my basal and preventing lows which was amazing. I felt very confident.
Then smartguard kicked in and it was great for two days, until the algorithm decided to adjust all my meal boluses and only give me maybe half of what I needed. This has resulted in highs that last all day and only come down whilst I'm sleeping. Time in range is about 40%-50% as opposed to the 80% and above that I had during the warm up and first two days.
I have had an issue with a sensor that gave up early and I was back in manual mode for a few hours with high sugars and no idea what to do. I had a horrible night of panic with elevated ketones. I had another panic last night when the pump just stopped giving auto-corrections for no reason - called the Medtronic helpline and the lady clearly had no idea why it would do that but blamed me for changing a carb:insulin ratio earlier in the day?? Eventually managed to fix it by turning smartguard off and on again, and completely changing my reservoir and cannula set, this all seemed to kick it back into gear and then it gave me one big correction bolus, so I stayed up most of the night to watch that it wouldn't send me low.
I am absolutely filled with anxiety, stress, panic, and I am not eating much due to being high all day. I am at my wits end with it and just want to go back to how things were during those first couple of days. I did actually turn smartguard off for a day but my sugars were still so high, I felt I had no choice but to go back onto smartguard to have it bring me back down gently. Now I am panicking that I am stuck relying on this piece of tech and I no longer have to ability to manage my sugars myself.
Really sorry for the long ranty post - but I feel completely hopeless. I know it sounds dramatic but I have cried every day since smartguard started making these decisions. I have lost all confidence, I think about nothing else all day long, shaking with anxiety and pacing around. My poor husband is calming me down from panic attacks every day.
Has anybody else decided that smartguard was not for them?
Thank you