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- 216
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
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- People that talk with their mouths full of food.
Morning all.
Been using the Accu-chek Spirit combo for three years. Lots less hypos but I'm at a bit of a low spot (burning out - 20 odd years of T1) and pretty bad at testing my levels at the moment. I do a couple of times a day, but not as often as I should.
Anyway, my health insurance has OK'd a pump upgrade so I'm switching to the Medtronic with CGM which I'm pretty chuffed about and should receive soon.
Just wondering if anyone has any tips that my team might not necessarily know or advocate? I carry my Spirit in my jeans pocket as it feels in the way clipped onto my belt - the Medtronic seems a little bigger? How does everyone else carry?
I'm assuming the kit will also have a glucometer as it seems I need to calibrate the CGM twice a day? Exciting times ahead and a bit of a kick up the bum for me to get back on track. My GP did me a bloods form but I've not done it as I know my Hb will be rubbish (but I guess a good time to do it as my levels should improve with the new pump and CGM?
Been using the Accu-chek Spirit combo for three years. Lots less hypos but I'm at a bit of a low spot (burning out - 20 odd years of T1) and pretty bad at testing my levels at the moment. I do a couple of times a day, but not as often as I should.
Anyway, my health insurance has OK'd a pump upgrade so I'm switching to the Medtronic with CGM which I'm pretty chuffed about and should receive soon.
Just wondering if anyone has any tips that my team might not necessarily know or advocate? I carry my Spirit in my jeans pocket as it feels in the way clipped onto my belt - the Medtronic seems a little bigger? How does everyone else carry?
I'm assuming the kit will also have a glucometer as it seems I need to calibrate the CGM twice a day? Exciting times ahead and a bit of a kick up the bum for me to get back on track. My GP did me a bloods form but I've not done it as I know my Hb will be rubbish (but I guess a good time to do it as my levels should improve with the new pump and CGM?