Recent Content by Cbrennan

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I can carry on with the Medronic pump the omnipod and two others one beginning with a R and one with an A it was a telephone call I received from the hospital which is why I’m not sure of the other two however I will ring them back to find out more details

I’ve never heard of your pump and I haven’t been offered it Is it tubeless ?

Thank you Does the patch pump ever fall off you?

I have been using medronic pumps for aprox 6 years and as my current one is coming to the end of its warranty I have been told I have a choice to continue with a medronic 640 or choose another brand like an omnipod etc? Does anyone have any advice for me please? Thanks

I have been on the pump now for 18 months and am nervous about travelling from uk to NewZealand at Christmas the flights last about 34 hours any advice please?

Where did you begin as what you use to be like is me now. I regularly have hypos when doing any exercise so the temptation is not to do much

Medronic have told me all year that yes my pump is able to go through body scanners

Yes they are sending me a new one tomorrow The hospital however believe it is more to do with the body scanner at the airport as both pump failures have happened within a few days of going through scanners at airports

I have been on the pump for a year now and after a great start for the first few months I have encountered problems I never had with the pen e.g Keytones More recently my pump has broken for the second time with Button Error Medronics believes it is because of a hairline fracture and because I...

The problem does seem to be my cannular.It is a real shame that the manufacturers have not been able to invent something yet to let you know that the cannular is not in properly After a full day of testing my bloods and keytones things seem to be okay now.However I am exhausted

Hi I. Have been a diabetic for 25yrs and for the last year I have been on a pump Unfortunately I got keystones 3weeks ago because my cannular was not in properly so had been without insulin for several hours.I became very ill very quickly vomiting etc The keystones were at 3.9 I eventually...