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  1. fairylights

    Pump approved

    I have only been on my pump for 3 months but can't imagine being without it now. I don't even feel the need to have a shower when I do a set change as i always shower in the morning and set change in the evening so I have had the cannula attached constantly it just feels like part of me. Also...
  2. fairylights

    Do you want to live to 120!

    It probably depends on quality of life, I'm sure if you'd asked my mother 40 years ago if she 1) thought she would live to 80 or b) would want to live to 80 she would have said no. However, at 82, she is more capable than most 60 year olds she still drives, walks faster than me is probably more...
  3. fairylights

    Minimed 640g

    you can use it without, it links to the contour next bgl, so your readings get wirelessly sent to the pump.
  4. fairylights

    MiniMed 640 CareLink Help....

    I log into Carelink. Click on upload. Choose Minimed Insulin Pump, click next Choose 640g, click next click next, enter pump serial number click next, choose contour next, click next, click finish
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    MiniMed 640 CareLink Help....

    Sounds like your meter is not linking to your pump, are you sure it is? When I contacted them with a carelink problem it took 4 days for them to get back to me.
  6. fairylights

    Your day in the life....

    One of the things I picked up was - should I bolus the missing basal before I disconnect and have a shower. I think the answer is probably yes, because I have an horrific dawn phenomenon my basal setting are a massive 3.1 for 2 hours before and after I get up. My 20 minute disconnection for a...
  7. fairylights

    Your day in the life....

    Pre pump HbA1c was 68 8.4% - really hoping that my next one will be below 7% after going on pump despite yesterday's blip!
  8. fairylights

    Your day in the life....

    Context - I have been using a pump for only 3 months and have had no problems, in hindsight I should have realised earlier that there was problem as my BGL started rising around 8pm Sunday , last set change had been 8pm on Saturday evening. So this is not a typical day. Went to bed at 10pm on...
  9. fairylights

    MiniMed 640....help

    I have the contour next link meter - as in the picture above the opposite end to where you put the test strip has a cap that comes off and is a usb, once you have set this up to link to your pump you can use it to download to the carelink site.
  10. fairylights

    Pumpers - A few questions :)

    Hi Maxy, i have been pumping with 640g since August, using mio with maybe 40cm tubing (the middle one) my DSN said that for mio you should fill cannula to 0.3. I am quite happy with mio and tube length, my pump is in a sock in the middle of my bra, clipped to my pyjamas for sleep, or in a belt...
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    NHS Pump Queries

    My NHS area does it in groups so they do 6 at at time. I had to wait from April to August but they did 6 when I started and then 6 the next week. They do this a few times a year. I think they do it like this as there are 3 hospitals and they start 2 from each each week, you are there for 1...
  12. fairylights

    DAFNE confusion

    I found DAFNE very useful because of the way it teaches you to check and make adjustments in a much less haphazard way than I had been doing previously. Because I met other real life diabetics, Because I got to know the DSN and dietician much better. Because I didn't feel like a failure any...
  13. fairylights

    Were you wrongly diagnosed?

    Despite being very overweight at diagnosis, because I had BGL 30 + and ketones my GP immediately referred me to diabetes unit at nearest hospital where they treated me as type 1 (although suspecting I may be type 2) whilst waiting for gad and c-peptide results which confirmed I was type 1.
  14. fairylights

    Low

    If you will swim for 30 mins or less bolus 90% the meal before - if more than 30 minutes try bolus of 75% the meal before, of course if it is then more than an hour before you go swimming your BGL will rise a little. You should probably still bolus 90% fro meal after swimming as well. I am...
  15. fairylights

    Low

    If it is more than 3 hours since you have had a food bolus you probably need to take extra carb aroung 50g for each 100kg of body weight for each hour. Also lower basal to 80% for at least one hour before and after activity (if you do activity regularly then this should be long enough to reduce...
  16. fairylights

    Low

    What level of intensity:- moderate - feels like you could keep going for ages, short of breath but can hold short conversation vigorous - on the verge of becoming uncomfortable, short of breath , can speak a sentence. very hard - difficult to maintain, can hardly breath, can't speak how close...
  17. fairylights

    Low

    My dsn sent me some info on exercise and changes to try, it depends on whether the exercise is within 3 hours of a food bolus either before or after, whether it is stop/start , short sharp or endurance exercise and how intense. I am just getting my head around it and it depends on basal settings...
  18. fairylights

    Insulin pump eligibility tool?!

    I tried it out and it said i wasn't eligible - lucky my DSN and consultant disagreed - since I started on a Medtronic pump a couple of months ago.
  19. fairylights

    Received letter, good or bad news?

    I have a 640g without cgm. I use the contour next - it sends bgl results to pump but does not suspend if you have a low reading, you can bolus from meter but it doesn't use the bolus wizard so wouldn't be much use to me.
  20. fairylights

    Swimming with pump

    I take mine off even though it is waterproof. I go in the sauna too and not sure it would like the heat.
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