Recent Content by Leebee

Riri & Jen, Sounds like we all have the same concerns. Which is good in a sense. I'm from Leigh, not far from Warrington Jen and also work for a large company as a project manager. Stress does effect my levels but the pump so far is giving me a better fasting blood sugar. Since carb...

Hi Jen, I am 28 and had diabetes for 13 years and just moved onto the medtronic veo pump two weeks ago tomorrow. I did research like you and have always had tight control over my diabetes. I have not been able to match my lifestyle with the pens though, having a busy job and active outdoors...

Hi Cheryl, I'm off to Cairgorms late next week, praying for the snow to continue so i can test out the pump before skiing in 3 valleys in Jan. Thanks for the advice going to drop my day rate to 75% of what it usually is, see how I get on! The sure T sets are working like a dream, mannual...

I moved to the sure T steel cannular last night and it is so much better for me than the silhoettes. I'm very slim and athletic and the silhoettes seemed really invasive. I've had 3 changes since I started on the pump a week ago and both shilloettes caused discomfort and stinging no matter...

Re: Silouette infusion sets - discomfort felt on site area Hi Riri, I changed last night to the sure T sets, the manual 6mm steel cannula and it went in like a dream. I've switched to using my thighs. My stomach cannula with the silhoette was incredibly painful yesterday and so I spoke to my...

Re: Silouette infusion sets - discomfort felt on site area Hi Riri, I've been reading this forum for over 6 years, I've had diabetes nearly 13 years and last Tuesday finally migrated from Novo rapid / Levemir pens to a medtronic paradigm veo pump. I have only just joined the forum at long...