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Pump & Shift work

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Thomas91

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Hi everybody hope you are all well, ive been Type 1 & on injections since being diagnosed in 2017.
I work 4 on 4 off, days & nights. However for the past 14 months ive been on days only, still on the 4 on 4 off. The reason for this is that I was so fatigued after working the shifts and struggled getting my body back to normal. However id like to trial and return to return to nights for career progression & overtime opportunities. Im seeing the diabetic specialist for my pump in April. So I want to ask that anybody reading this who works similar shifts to myself, do you have a pump? If so which one, and how are you on shifts? My job is labour intensive on the motorways. Anything you do religiously when working nights? For example ive seen a few people say no caffeine after 1am, high protein snacks/meals.

Any help would he greatly appreciated

Thanks

Tom
 
I think it is important to get the correct pump for you. I don't work shifts but I work zero hours contract so go times with no work and then times I work a few or 7 days a week and I do manual work. I'm on a tslim pump which allows me to set my own basals, I have one that I call ' work ' because I need less than half my usual basal when im doing physical work. What you do not need if you are working 4 on 4 off is a pump that ' learns ' your needs, it will learn your days on and then take time to learn your days on. I can't help you with night shifts and caffeine etc, but hats off to you for being able to work nights, I love my sleep too much.
 
Thomas91 said:
Hi everybody hope you are all well, ive been Type 1 & on injections since being diagnosed in 2017.
I work 4 on 4 off, days & nights. However for the past 14 months ive been on days only, still on the 4 on 4 off. The reason for this is that I was so fatigued after working the shifts and struggled getting my body back to normal. However id like to trial and return to return to nights for career progression & overtime opportunities. Im seeing the diabetic specialist for my pump in April. So I want to ask that anybody reading this who works similar shifts to myself, do you have a pump? If so which one, and how are you on shifts? My job is labour intensive on the motorways. Anything you do religiously when working nights? For example ive seen a few people say no caffeine after 1am, high protein snacks/meals.

Any help would he greatly appreciated

Thanks

Tom
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The tandem tslim would be good for this as it has multiple profiles which are easy to switch between

So you could have 1 profile for working data and 1 for nights etc

A pump the learns like the medtronic would not be as good as it bases everything off prior days
 
searley said:
The tandem tslim would be good for this as it has multiple profiles which are easy to switcetween

So you could have 1 profile for working data and 1 for nights etc

A pump the learns like the medtronic would not be as good as it bases everything off prior days
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Thankyou for your reply. Tbe only problem with the Tslim from what ive read about and saw is that the tube could get caught whilst working a manual/hands on job?
 
Ive had a tubed pump for 20yrs now and ive always had manual jobs, I think ive caught the tubing maybe twice, one time was a door handle on a canal boat. The pumps are very easy to keep the tubing inside clothing, I have the same fear of knocking a tubeless pump off me but I'm sure there are plenty of people who will tell me I'm worrying about nothing. I think having the right algorithm is the most important thing with your job. If/when you do catch your tubing it is no worse than a plaster ripping off thankfully.
 
Thomas91 said:
Thankyou for your reply. Tbe only problem with the Tslim from what ive read about and saw is that the tube could get caught whilst working a manual/hands on job?
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I was working hgv driving delivering gas bottles so hard heavy work and in 4 years only pulled it out once

The fact is you can keep the pump in your trouser pocket and Tuck the hose in... And just keep a spare in your work bag
 
I work on a 0 hour contract/shift work. im guaranteed 3 days a week. I work in a bar which is quite small and 5 of us have to get behind it. I have an omnipod 5, my only issue is that it gets bumped and then the canula gets kinked and leaks which defeats the point of having one on. my coworkers are careful but in that kind of high speed closed space on a saturday there's only so much I can do lol. I'm looking into tubed pumps and im gonna go over it with my dr in April.

what im trying to get at is, due to omnipods short canula its prone to getting kinked or dislodged if you bump it in anyway, so if your line of work means bumps and lots of physical activity I'd keep that in mind. the canula dislodging or kinking means the insulin doesnt deliver the whole bolus and/or will deliver it in the wrong place resulting in high blood sugars.

just something to keep in mind, I hope your search for the right pump goes well! good luck :3
 
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