Recent Content by monski

Red-necked wallaby

I think the request has to come via your diabetes nurse/clinic then your doc can put it on your repeat prescription. I don’t think they will do it automatically.

Today I'm Retired Extremely Dangerous. SHORE

Keeping this old girl in the road.

Can Heavy Energetic Elephants Run? HEAVY

Your outdated goals are simple. TEPID

Ensuring that your bg is ok before the class, you could disconnect for an hour then connect back up to the pump and do the (basal rate what would have been delivered over that hour) as a bolus.

Why don't you disconnect while getting changed,then just reach through and connect up again?

Apologies for hijacking a thread and yes I agree about the medication it just annoys me exactly as you've said. We "kinda"volunteer the info about us, yet get penalised when we try and help ourselves. Aaaaaaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhh. Go pick on someone who isn't trying their best to be...

Why can't it be used before driving?

are you filling the cannula correctly? e.g a 9mm cannula takes .5 units to fill and if your basal is 1.5 per hour your gonna be that .5 short after that hour. just a thought.

as the previous replies have said "you'll be fine" I've had mine for a year now and you really do forget where it is a lot of the time. you haven't said which pump your getting, so i can only speak about the Minimed 640G. some of its infusion sets have really long tubes and i sometimes just clip...

I'm on a pump now but when i was on MDI i would inject before meals, i found it better as the insulin can kinda start working as the carbs are getting absorbed. dont panic to much about spikes in your blood readings as the areas of your body have different absorption rates.

Aldi Rice cake bars at only 11 carbs a bar, ive only tried the milk choc and orange choc ones.