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when I changed there was no choice your diabetic team controlled your condition and that was what happened. I put on lots of weight and had nothing but problems from then for years. eventually I cried with my diabetologist having almost lost my driving license and he agreed to put me back...

hi I used hypurin porcine with the pump for 6 months but have now changed to apidra as I found that the pump wasn't doing half of what it should. was taking to long to adjust if sugars went up. swore I would never use anything other than the pork but love life with the apidra, took a lot of...

insulin pump has been 6 months now. I had sworn I would never change off the porcine insulin but after long chats with diabetologist and wanting better blood sugars and more from the pump I have changed to apidra. so far so good. much better for pump use than the porcine although it did work...

For a few nights set you alarm for 3 am or 4 am and just see what is happening. If you are going low then special K is very low and used to help stabilise my sugars at night. I have had my pump for 6 months and have lovely stable sugars now but find that my basal needs to vary through the month...

I went hypo when i was 14 in spain and stripped my swinning costume off and dived into the swimming pool where i sat at the bottom staring at the lifeguard. Came to on the side of the pool wrapped in a towel and had no idea what had happened. just wearing my towel. Another time when i was a...

Hi There is a way to check your pen delivers the right amount if you read the instructions. if you hold the insulin needle cap and squirrt 20 units into it it should reach the top of the needle section. if it doesnt then the wrong amount is being dleivere.d My doctros used to replace mine...

Hi I too was on hyprin procine neutral and by night hypurin porcine isophane - i have never had a problem with dreams or nightmares on it. i started taking simvastatin and started having vivid dreams muscles pains and nausea. changed onto atorvastatin and the dreams went away. i didnt twig...

Hi thanks for the replies. I have had my pump with the porcine insulin for a few weeks now and despite a chest infection causing delays with things settling i have not had a blood sugar above 9.1 so far today - feeling really good about this. still a bit more practise yet to get all sorted but...

hi - i got my pump today - an animas vibe. I dont have the cgm bit to work with it yet though. So a few questions if you dont miond. Do you manage to use the facility to predict insulin dose etc for bolus? My diabetic nurse says insulin function and onset is too long too use this. Also i...

i Hve probably had a few funny looks over the years but never any major problems. We can be a very discreet diabetic - although there are some people out there who give us all a bad name. Oh Look at me etc I just check over my shoulder - warn the people i am with not to hit me etc and then out...

Hi thanks for that. I have been on porcine insulin for many years - never had problems when i was a child but had terrible warning signs with human - almost lost my driving license because of it. It is the pump that is new. Will try and read the site and see what it says but any other advice...

Hi does anyone have an insulin pump with hypurin porcine as i get mine on monday. few people seem to have so little advice around. they are concerned about stacking and crystallisation. So if someone is out there also doing this please get in touch - would be interested to hear how it is going. :D

Hi My hospital did a research study on amounts it seemed to much when i started doing it but stopped rebound hypos and fully corrected within a short period of time. basically they recomment: lucozade - 1/3 bottle if between 3-4 2/3 bottle if 2-3 the whole bottle if below 2 follow this with...

Hi I am new to the forum. I have been type 1 for 40 years and am getting an insulin pump on monday. This might not seem like much to many but i use pig insulin. My diabetic nurse is not keen and i am struggling to remain on it. is there anyone else out there who pumps with hypurin porcine...