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What about Apidra?? Not sure yet, but I might change back to it this year. It's onset is fast so no need to bolus 30 to 45mins in advance. I'd be hypo if I did that with Apidra esp if my bg levels were ok before eating a meal.

If you haven't already got any, some weighing scales will be needed to enable the carb content of food to be worked out to an exact gram and then from that, an accurate carb ratio can be figured etc. Pumps are not so forgiving as MDI. Get some Emla cream to numb the skin a bit so that your...

For the past 12 months, I have used the front of my fingertips between the nail bed and first digit. This works very well and only a tiny prick is needed to get the blood to flow. I've used loads of different prickers over the years but they're all much of a muchness but some have better...

@Vaper The art of using in insulin safely is in blood glucose monitoring every 2.5hrs and adjusting the carbohydrate correctly if using twice daily, and adjusting the insulin correctly using ratios ideally along with a correction factor.if using MDI or a pump Pumps won't stop hypos but...

My bg levels change during the night..... I might have 3 nights when my levels stay more or less the same but then start to change even with a pump so I then start to address the offending basal rate and use my cgm on my phone as my guide. I tend to stay with the recommended bg of 6mmol to...

Might be that a wait of about 10 weeks is needed to give the CCGs time to generate the funding. Some CCGS will only fund so many pumps per year unfortunately. From the first visit, someone usually needs to have tried twice daily basal injections instead of just one and can use carb ratios ok...

I'm afraid that Dexcom G4 and G5 doesn't respond wonderfully quick in showing a true bg level after treating a low bg warning with glucose juice, sugar etc. It's due to time lag so best not to overtreat the low but wait about 30mins and use the reading from a blood finger stick. I tend to...

Lift up the corners of the sensor over tape and then use an adhesive remover spray like LiftPlus or similar and allow the remover spray liquid to take off the over tape and then use the spray to remove the sensor patch. Afterwards, just use an alcohol swab to remove any residue from the surface...

I don't work anymore thank goodness. It took me quite a few sleep interupt ed nights and make adjustments to the basal rates on my first pump before I was able to get through the night and get up in the morning without being really low or high. I looked like death warmed up and got told off by...

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A sock with a tight ankle cuff is ideal to put a pump in........just make hole in the toe part of the sock and thread a piece of chord, lanyard, elastic or even a spare pump tube through the hole and create a lanyard to go over the neck. Put pump in the sock through the tight ankle cuff and...

Hi pre op..... check with dsn or anaesthetist whether it's ok to treat a low bg with a glucose tablet but nothing else. Glucose tablets are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and don't tend to cause someone to be sick or choke so should be ok but always check first. My advice about...

Hi Good luck with yr op and hope that you dont have to wait too long before going to theatre. Make sure that you take yr insulin, bg meter and teststrips in with you plus glucose tabs, jellybabies in case you feel a bit low in the ward and also some sort of snack stuff to eat.....just in case...

All bg meters will at times play up with not turning on in very cold or baking hot onditions. The way around it is to try to keep the meter close to the body (inside pocket of coat or jacket) in very cold temperatures or buy some little hotties pocket warmers so that the meter is ok and the...

Make sure that the transmitter is locked down on the plastic sensor cradle ok. If one of the grips at the end are not over the grey tags, that will result in ??? . Also, make sure that no water has got under the transmitter in the shower Sometimes I've found that leaving the Vibe in my...

Ally have you ever tried Tegretol (CZ) at all as a way of controlling the manic side of bipolar? Also, although a bit outdated, Haloperidol in small doses can restore normal behaviour in mania within 2hrs of taking it. It does have side effects if taken long term though but it doesn't...

Not sure on this but if you still have the G4 transmitter, then try giving Dexcom a call and just buy one sensor from them. The sensor that you are using should be ok for another 7 days at least.

I tend to set the G4 or G5 to alert when cgm data is 4.4mmol during the night as a girl needs her beauty sleep and use vibrate with the pump against my body. The vibrate usually wakes me up but if I dont acknowledge, the pump will start to produce a loud noise. During the day, the low alert...

Animas should have supplied a go between device that needs the pump to be held close to it so that data from the pump can be uploaded to Diasend. I think it needs a usb port to plug into so if your tablet hasn't got one then that will be the problem. The diasend uploader can be downloaded from...

Animas will supply it but some CCGs object to the cost. I get mine from the company that makes it Opus. It's great stuff and is available as free samples. There are loads of other companies that also make adhesive remover spray for stoma bags. The body glue I use is for glitter but works...