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I don’t know if they do for everyone, but some of us experience seasonal changes in insulin needs. As far as I know, some need more in cold weather, some less. How long is it since you were diagnosed? Maybe you’re one of the lucky ones whose needs don’t change.

Hope that you trounce the cold before it trounces your graph. Stay well.

Hi again. How are you? I’m already on the low target of 5.5 and ratio of 5.0; I’m wondering whether I’ll need to change the basal setting. The bigger waking rise is the most significant season related effect, for me, so for now I’m giving a bit of extra insulin if needed and adding an extra 10g...

Yes, Ellie I am. I think you’re using the Tandem HCL whereas I’m on the Medtronic. So’s Paulaah.

When your insulin needs rise as summer departs, how does your pump cope? I’m asking because mine’s currently giving too little. Set changed, extra bolus given, hello autumn.

I really wouldn’t want to do anything needlessly related in a washroom. Even tho it may look clean, I’m told that the aerosols set off by water and anything else falling on water can hang in the air and settle invisibly on surfaces.

I guess I’m less keen to show my knickers than some; the tables didn’t have cloths on. If they had, lifting a dress to get to my stomach wouldn’t have bothered me.

I’ve had a new set change experience. A change was a last hope when corrections weren’t affecting high sugars. The venue? A cafe overlooking a Parisian Canal. The proprietor suggested the toilet, which was down a winding stair, dark, below canal level. And a toilet! He said ok, if the toilet...

Hope it makes your life easier! I find the pump I use seems to suit me, most of the time, and it’s certainly reduced hypos. I hope the Omnipod suits you and you have a good future with it.

Which pump has your nurse suggested you try?

Can you contact them online by text or email? If not then if it were me I’d phone and ask if there’s a day and place yet, and if not please contact me when there is. Each organisation is different. We don’t know how your diabetes team operate but there’s no harm in your reaching out to them for...

Yes, I had one too where they said they’d provide one box to start with while they sorted out the supply issue.

I use neither, mine’s a Minimed seven eighty g, but this might help with your choice...

Are you still in Smart Guard?

Do you have the Medtronic seven eighty g handbook? See if there’s a section in there that’ll help? The only other things I can suggest is that you look at carb ratios, insulin sensitivity factor and basal set up The DSN who advises when I ask about finer tuning suggests changing these by small...