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    Does anyone understand the nitty-gritty of looping?

    This is one of the big things that pumps do well - no using slow acting insulin, they only use fast. With slow insulin, if your requirements don't match the flattish curve that they supply, it's not going to work. No adding a little peak or dip. With the pump, you just add the little peak or dip...
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    Does anyone understand the nitty-gritty of looping?

    Different pump to mine - some are a bit more manual still. :-) That's why I suggest just trying it. The pump definitely adds flexibility - you can just put more in yourself when you want, it's a lot less hassle and pointy than another injection. And I think after the learning period, they are...
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    Does anyone understand the nitty-gritty of looping?

    We're now talking about two different things - loop mode and manual mode, and we're also getting a bit into pump-specific things. Specifying a rate per hour is manual, not loop. And some pumps won't let you specify a rate per hour while in loop mode - you set up a basal schedule as a starting...
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    Does anyone understand the nitty-gritty of looping?

    The numbers the pump deals with and the numbers it shows you are the related to the amount it pumps. It will tell you how much has been pumped, when, and how much insulin it currently thinks is in your body based on a lifetime of a few hours. That latter number is related to what you're...
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    Does anyone understand the nitty-gritty of looping?

    It's not blind faith. You've got the monitoring, so you can see what your sugars have done, and you can see what the pump has done. There's an experimentation and learning phase, for both the pump and for you. But ultimately a pump is a really simple device - little doses of insulin come out...
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    Does anyone understand the nitty-gritty of looping?

    My short answer to this is it seems to work, so it's possible you might be overthinking things - if there is the option, just try it. But remember all pumps don't work instantly, they need a learning period. There are also two ways a pump can handle DP. One is the one we're talking about, which...
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    Does anyone understand the nitty-gritty of looping?

    By "insulin depot", do you mean the area of subcutanous fat where the infusion bit sits? The pump is pretty straightforward - X amount of insulin comes out of the sharp bit. That's what it knows about. If it's giving you 1U/hour, it'll do that in drips over the hour. Eg Omnipod doses in...
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    How do we get u100 insulin?

    Or indeed any insulin? I know the starting point these days is genetically modified yeast or bacteria (or algae?) which creates a lot of the insulin protein, rather like yeast creates alcohol in beer. So I'm assuming they start with a vat of nutritious soup, put the starter yeast or whatever...
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    Seeking Your Insights on Closed Loop Systems and CGMs

    "You should also indicate the carbohydrates you have consumed by setting the amount of insulin to inject to zero." - I'm struggling to make sense of that sentence. Do you tell it "I've eaten Xg but don't give me any insulin for that"? Regarding time of day - nah, not helpful :-) Closed loop...
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    Seeking Your Insights on Closed Loop Systems and CGMs

    Yes, closed loop refers to combining a blood glucose sensor with a pump. The loop is read sugar level, dose appropriately, see which way blood sugar level is changing by reading, dose appropriately, repeat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-loop_controller I will suggest that "You will not...
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    What pump do you want and what are the infusion sets like?

    I think that was "Some pumps cost between 2000 and 4000 GBP before consumables" and "4 year obligation"
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    Wedding dress and an insulin pump

    I'm not going to be able to actually help, but do you have an idea of what your dress will be like? I'm guessing that's going to be quite an important piece of information to help with pump location ideas. (omnipod on the garter line :-) )
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    Omnipod

    Well, I've had an omnipod for about 9 months now, and overall, despite the problems (see my other recent posts on things I don't like about it), it's working well for me. Hybrid closed loop is the way forwards - once you've got that ability, control is just better IME. More when it needs to...
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    Pump and sports? And other questions…

    Given we're talking about grown ups, and you mention falling asleep, what sort of contact sports are we thinking about here? :-) (Omnipod is fine...)
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    omnipod 5

    Have a read of these two threads for a start : https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/omnipod-5-freestyle-libre-2-plus-hybrid-closed-loop.204232/ https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/whats-your-experiences-on-the-omnipod-5-pump.209735/ Short answer - yes, it's not as good as it could...
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    An unintentionally helpful thing about Omnipod for cyclists

    This will be helpful to hardly anybody. And anybody who uses omnipod will only want about one or two of these at most, rather than the 100/year they get. But... In the omnipod packaging, the cover you tear off looks like Tyvek - very strong paper-like material. It might not be actual tyvek, but...
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    Omnipod 5 & Freestyle Libre 2 Plus Hybrid Closed Loop

    Sort of accurate, but also sort of not accurate. The Omnipod 5 doesn't just deliver the insulin, it is the device which talks to the libre (or dexcom), and the calculations to determine how much insulin to deliver based on the BG level are entirely within the Omnipod itself. (If you don't need...
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    Omnipod 5 & Freestyle Libre 2 Plus Hybrid Closed Loop

    I was wondering a bit about the monopoly thing being why they're not very good at making what I think would be simple and useful improvements.
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    Managing BG on through hikes

    Different weather conditions, but when doing a 5 day ski trip last year, the thing I wanted was a sugar based energy drink powder, because maltodextrin (normal sports energy drink powder) doesn't drop the freezing point as much. I use fruit juice for day trips, but for longer I'd want to not be...
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    What's your experiences on the Omnipod 5 pump?

    Well, I was just thinking about this after about 9 months of using mine. First, I'll start with saying it's been better for me than MDI. And I've not had the problems you've mentioned. But I will note that they take a while to learn how to correct for you - eg the first pod doesn't make any...
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