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Pump opinion

Jaycegeek

Jaycegeek

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Location
Plymouth
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
Self righteousness. Mushrooms. Garlic. Shellfish. Dubstep.
After 48 years of being a T1D, I've finally come round to the idea of having a pump. (Put off having one due to being quite active and clumsy as anything).
I was thinking about getting the Omnipod 5, initially, but my dietitian sent me a list of possible options in case I changed my mind.
One option is the T:slim X2.
Can anyone here who uses or has used the t:slim give me an opinion on it?

Thanks.
 
Personally I love my tslim, it works for me but we are all different. I have been pumping heading on 20 yrs, Roche pumps before and I've had tslim 3.5yrs. I used to work with horses when I first had a pump and can honestly say that an active lifestyle isn't a problem, they are even smaller now so very easy to hide. A good friend is on the Medtronic closed loop and from what she tells me I would not swap because of my lifestyle. I have very varied days activity wise so I appreciate having different basals I can use, having a pump ' learn me ' just would not work as by the time its learnt, my routine will have changed. Different pumps work best for different people. Im also a bit of a control freak and the tslim allows me that and doesn't ever argue with me. I also like to be able to extend my bolus most of the time. Most days I am in range 80-90% of the time and I think that says a lot.
 
I've only been on a pump for two years and I'm very happy with the tslim. It does require more user input than other pumps, which is good for some people and not for others, in that you need to set the basal and bolus rates yourself. As @sninge said, it's great if your lifestyle varies because you can different profiles set for active and inactive days.

It's pretty discreet and not that easy to pull off. (I'm quite clumsy and intermittently active)

I just wish I had opted to go on it when it was first suggested to me 5 years ago.
 
I've been with Dexcom since I started pumping, took the t:slim when it was first released and moved to looping when that software update was released. Its a great pump and I've been very happy with Dexcom sensors. I've been IDD since 1971, was offered a pump about 10 yrs before I took up the offer and wish now I'd not waited.
 
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