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As far as I recall, it is broken down in both kidney and liver. Different references point to one way or the other. It is a protein, so it will be chopped up and reused by the body as amino acids, I would presume.

Great question. What a waste to toss it! I've heard of people using the same pump for upwards of 6 years. They are self funded here and not everyone has a spare 7K just sitting around. The 4-5 years is not a realistic assessment of the lifetime of a pump. Pump manufacturers run a line between...

I have to avoid anything I see as a treat, I will just eat it without need. Then when I do need it, I don't have any left. I am hypo aware, so don't often get into dire straights and can usually head it off with a not too tasty bar of some sort.

Hi @Susan SS, Welcome to the forum. Humulin insulins are based on regular human insulin. I think Humulin I is called NPH outside the UK. NPH is a 'cloudy' insulin with added zinc to give it a longer profile than regular human insulin, it is slower to start and longer to finish working. It is...

@EllieM , can you see what insulin the pump has added, and use that to update the basal profile that it will use the next day? Is the algorithm aggressive enough to temporarily double or triple the basal rate?

Thats interesting. My DP strikes 2-3 hours before I wake up. My BG will sit level all night and suddenly it will start to climb, often up to 12 by the time I wake up. I always take insulin after I wake. If I'm not eating I take a correction.

Fair enough. I assumed Ellie was looping, and she said she increased the basal. I use numbers as examples because I can think in them and do calculations with them. 2.4= 2*1.2=12*0.2 nothing special about those numbers just easy to work with. I bet the algorithm is using numbers to do its...

Still trying to get my head around that. Lets say I start at 1.2U/Hr and absolutely want 2.4U/Hr between 5:00 and 6:00 Then in manual mode where the pump only knows its pointy end, I came up with this schedule: 3:30pump supplying 0.1U/5min, 0.1U/5min of insulin will be released into the body...

Hi @evilclive, I really do appreciate your input. However I do find it a bit ambiguous. Confused. So does "currently thinks is in your body" include or exclude the insulin in the subcutaneous fat? Does it include or exclude the insulin that is no longer in the subcutaneous fat? Yeah, I'm...

Thank you so much everyone. I think DP is worthy of its own thread. that is the crux of this thread. Is that increase just in the insulin put into your subcutaneous fat OR does the pump/algorithm do some fancy calculations so that that is the increase into your blood?

Thanks @evilclive, I'm not good at 'blind faith'. I like to know what things are doing. I think it is worth separating things, a pump without loop vs with a loop, etc. I don't know enough about either. The algorithm being preemptive is scary. It would have to start putting in insulin well...

Thanks guys, Please don't get me wrong, I am not saying that HCL doesn't work, just that I don't understand what it is doing. It is all too easy to forget that insulin while it is in the subcutaneous fat depot is not doing anything to lower your plasma glucose. I have a mean dawn phenomena...

I've been sitting on this question for a while, but I cant think it out. I really like the idea of an IV insulin pump that reads near IV plasma glucose and makes immediate adjustments accordingly - count me in. However pumps are not IV, but inject into an infusion depot. Consequently they...

Hi @abigailsheree , I feel your pain. I too am 25years in, though diagnosed older, and I expected by now I'd have it worked out, but diabetes doesn't work that way. I get abused by HCP's because my body is broken and not doing what they want. I frequently get told I am diabetic and must do ...

Thanks Richard. Another **** company with my personal info. Not on windows, can you get a .csv of your data for each 5 min?