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When I started out on this game, we were told to eat a set amount of carbs each day and given a list of "exchanges" each of which were called "Black Lines". One black line was a portion containing 10g of carb, one Red Line had 10g of protein (I think). I can remember that a glass of milk - 7oz -...

Deb, More or less exactly the same process I went through - DAFNE course led almost automatically onto a pump - just had to ask! Both were the best thing ever for me - puts you in absolute control and gives you a logical and rational method for adjusting insulin and food intake - better than the...

This is a tough one. What follows is MY personal opinion and advice and no more. To give you some idea of where I am coming from, I was diagnosed at age 11 and that was some time ago. I used to try and get by by missing injections for a day or so and then firing in a syringe full of insulin to...

Martin, I have had my pump since last May, T1 since April 1967. (but it wasn't called Type anything then as far as I can remember!). This last week, I have been sorting out my basal rates by being carb free - at least during the day! I get up, cook myself a couple of rashers of bacon, scrambled...

Like many, I don't carry anything apart from my test meter when out and about on the basis that I am rarely more than an hour or so from home and although it would often be inconvenient, could always get "back to base" before anything dramatic happened. Saying that, the other week, I made a...

Richard, Difficult to answer for me as I only have experience of one pump and that is the Medtronics Paradigm 522..... which is fine and dandy - does everything it says it does and has inbuilt functions for the use of the Medtronics CGM system. I believe that the Paradigm VEO is being reworked...

Kegstore, Ahhh - 'tis me misreading your post - sorry. I have my bolus wizard set up with exchanges so my "ratios" settings are numbers like 1.8 and 1.6. Meaning that for every exchange, which in my case is 10g of carb, I take 1.8u or 1.6u depending on the time of day. So.... my ratio - using...

Kegstore, How do you programme your Paradigm to give your carb ratios as you describe? I can only go up/down in values of 0.1? I am looking at your ratio of 1.14 - for me that would be 1.1 or 1.2 - no inbetweenies! No doubt it will be a setting somewhere which I have missed - I am assuming that...

catherinecherub - I know what you mean but you made me smile just the same - pregnancy being a side effect of glucosamine! (Methinks it's bottles of white wine and romantic meals which have THAT side effect!). Being serious for a mo', I tried glucosamine once but it didn't do me any good - bad...

Debloubed, I know exactly where you are coming from - just wonder what you had for your evening meal and how long it was between that and bedtime. Rice, pasta and pizza can take ages to get digested, which may explain the high at bedtime but the subsequent low - when the novorapid was -...

Jonesy, My advice - based on a limited trial of another manufacturer's CGM system, which you make wish to take note of ..... or not: When you get the training, confirm all arrangements in terms of technical support and please please make sure that you understand techniques, how and where the the...

sugar-rush, When I first made noises about using a pump, the first reaction was "DAFNE". In short, it seemed that attendance and completion of a DAFNE course was a criteria which had to be met before I would even be considered for an insulin pump. So .... DAFNE it was - and what a revelation! A...

"Do i tell them it is a insulin pump to treat diabetes?" Absolutely yes but don't expect them to understand what you are insuring! They are most likely to give you a price based on value only. The people on the other end of the phone have little - if any - empowerment to change things like...

Think you are really buzzin' with your pump, hope - and sure - it will continue!! Insurance - ring them up, tell them you wish to add something worth in excess of £1000 to your home insurance ..... and answer the questions - simples (to use the Meerkat advert word!). Absolutely no doubt they...

Kegstore - Yes, the Medtronics CGM associated with a Medtronics 522 Real Time pump. Found out about extending the life from an American website last week and I currently have my last sensor on its 7th day (been checking against finger pricks and it does not seem to have deteriorated any). So...

Hello - my first post here. I have had type 1 for 42 years and following a DAFNE course earlier this year was "approved" for pump use .... and once I had it, immediately started to badger for a trial of a CGM system. A couple of weeks ago, I got to try it out and can only report good things -...