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The pump would not respond at all to the meter, communication failure everytime. The bluetooth function was turned on but it would just not talk to the old meter and when I got a new meter it failed on the pairing. The bluetooth symbol the (odd B shape) never showed on the pump, unless you got...

Old post but for me the problem got worse and worse. I have had bluetooth issues since October, to the point this time bluetooth communication became non existant. My pump last communicated with the meter at the end of april, so in effect I had been self managing, like the old spirit pump. In...

Hi, when I got a piston failure it was when I was doing a cartridge change. You know when you have this failure as all the alarms start happening and it instructs you to remove the batteries. I did this 3 or 4 times before it actually fully retracted. ref my own bluetooth failure this is...

Thanks for the responses. Finally managed to get it to pair back to the meter yesterday. This morning had an electronic error when doing a cartridge change...never had one of those before. Took 8 attempts of changing the battery and restarting to get the piston rod to return. My confidence...

I have had this pump since May 2009, and was one of the first to get this in the UK. Over the last 2 weeks the blue tooth connection has been getting worse and worse, to the point now it dosnt work at all. I have changed batteries in both devices, but not made any difference. I had a spare...

Wow...I feel so bad. I too have put my wife through hell, and she has in the past phoned ambulances as I have been choking and biting down on my own tongue whilst fitting due to low blood sugar. I have found better control over the last 3 years, but I know that only through the grace of God, I...

I have been on the accu chek combo now since jun 2009. I noticed someone stated earlier that they didn;t realise the combo is water proof....it is only certified waterproof on leaving the factory, I would never risk going swiming with it, I think its basically splashproof and it would be awful...

hi still holds 315 units, but the spirit combo, unlike the spirit now does .01 increments

it does have the insulin onboard feature. so it takes into account the full spectrum as to what is happening, it has different body status as well, eg exercise1+2, stress, illness, premenstual. So if your insulin regime is different due to any of the above, you can take this into account. I am...

I got this pump on Friday, and this is very good. It's the next generation of treatment. I have not been on a pump that long approx a month. Was using the accu chek spirit, which is now my spare. This new one is amazing, the main advantage is the remote, I have struggled in the past in doing...

I am scheduled to get this on the 3rd july. is anyone else due to get one? I got the Spirit last week...new to th pump, but was told that the spirit would be my reserve pump, and I will go onto this on the 3rd.

many thanks for the responses. I am thinking perhaps with me going away in less than a month, that reverting to the "old" medication may be best...it is just for two weeks. I did cap the end of the cannula, but the one year old caught this and kicked it half out, so I had to get out of the...

I got accu chek spirit, on Monday, so I have been on this for nearly a week. This w/e I stayed at a hotel with a pool...and got advise that it was ok to be disconnected from the pump for upto 2 hours but no more. Followed this advise but thought 1hr 45mins tops...this and blood sugar felt...

sounds so familar...I was in the same situation when I was 16...and wanted to gain weight. Wish I could turn back the clock....I did start to gain weight...and more weight. Before you know it you have gone past your ideal weight and then trying too loose it becomes a mare. Be happy with your...

When I was 17 I had a real bad hypo (20 years ago) which resulted in me going into a hypo coma in the night whilst asleep, I had to be injected with glucagon, by my poor parents to be brought round, luckily I was in the same apartment and the fitting noises had disturbed their sleep. My control...