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<blockquote data-quote="ann34+" data-source="post: 840866" data-attributes="member: 94348"><p>Hi, Auckland Canary, it is very early days, as you say. Allow at least a year!! Or more! Some things are not good about the pump, but it is great for ironing out hypos, as you will see if you persevere - I gave up for a while, went back to it and tried the steel cannulas, and now would not go back. Important to know - your insulin uses will probably drop and drop, showing that one of the reasons for the hypos may have been too much insulin, i was told to expect 25% less, and it ended up at probably 30% less, and I now use average 18 units. I still have hypos, but a lot fewer, and mainly when there is disruption due to illness. The base rate is the important thing - every tiny tweak is important - i still have not got this quite right, it is frustrating, the thing about the pump is that you are learning all the time, every day. Your HbA1C will probably go up a bit - my doctors told me this was because it is an average, and so without the hypos the figure will rise a little. Hope it all sorts out, Ann</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ann34+, post: 840866, member: 94348"] Hi, Auckland Canary, it is very early days, as you say. Allow at least a year!! Or more! Some things are not good about the pump, but it is great for ironing out hypos, as you will see if you persevere - I gave up for a while, went back to it and tried the steel cannulas, and now would not go back. Important to know - your insulin uses will probably drop and drop, showing that one of the reasons for the hypos may have been too much insulin, i was told to expect 25% less, and it ended up at probably 30% less, and I now use average 18 units. I still have hypos, but a lot fewer, and mainly when there is disruption due to illness. The base rate is the important thing - every tiny tweak is important - i still have not got this quite right, it is frustrating, the thing about the pump is that you are learning all the time, every day. Your HbA1C will probably go up a bit - my doctors told me this was because it is an average, and so without the hypos the figure will rise a little. Hope it all sorts out, Ann [/QUOTE]
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