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sugar free red bull and the needles become second nature. i have a fear of other people giving me needles though.

i wanted the insight stuck with the horrible medronic 640g, swapsies haha :) juicyj, hope all goes well with the pump!!!

i was at school so not the same but i worked as a hospital porter for 3 years doing various shifts, long hours and 7 days in a row etc. i found being so active and doing a physical job i had to lower my doses a lot. i would def discuss with your team and stress how physical the job is. with...

I only have quite small doses 5u before bed and i don't find there is a peak. HOwever, I find I can't take it earlier than 11pm otherwise I start to rise from about 5/6am onwards, so long as I take it at 11pm I'm ok. I then take my morning dose of 5/6u at 8am.

I know a man who is in his 80s, has had type 1 since his teens, he is still at work! Through choice, part time, but likes to keep busy. Don't despair. Look after your diabetes and your diabetes will look after you. Stay strong x

I have rice krispies and i control the spike by giving my insulin 30/45 mins before i eat, depending on my wake up number.

pump 10.80units basal mdi 11units basal 6u 8am injection and 5u 10pm injection (levemir)

my average daily dose on pump or pens depends on what i eat... but between 25 and 28 units per day.

i use the same amount of insulin on pump or pens, and just have a week off. i did about once a month for the whole 10 years i pumped, it was that or go mad

though first few years were ok, it went down hill fast. you are sometimes made to feel a failure if pump dont work for you or you dont like it cuz everyone says how wonderful they are. that's fine but they are not for everyone

hate my pump, been pumping 10 years, now back on pens. far better, feel i have my life back.

i'm currently on 11u levemir 6u morning and 5u at night with 1.5 -3u humalog when i get up then food at 12pm with humalog then again at 6/7pm with humalog. i am so much happier off the pump. hope things are still going well ?

may just be the diabetes then. my moods can change in the blink of an eye, i know i am being an ar'ehole but can't seem to stop myself. or sometimes i just start crying and can't stop for no reason. moods all over the shop.

Hi, what Insulin are you on? a friend and I were on Apidra Insulin and found it both had a bad effect on our moods and were really down and snappy. i am much better now i'm on Humalog. just a thought

i can't order via medtronic website as the prices are all up there, even though i keep telling them they are yet to sort my account, or can't! i don't know, anyway they charge £5 for 4 AA energiser batteries for the 640g

yes, i did. i needed different profiles for the weekends, mondays and thursdays then a third for tues, wed and friday. usually. was switching all the time.

i used to have 3 on the pump. now, like donellydogs i think about what i have done in the day, how active my shift has been at work i work 3.30pm til 9.30pm and adjust my levemir accordingly, and also always different at weekends. also what i have eaten at dinner or evening snack as that can...

basal test at night, and no, not in the day. i test 2hrs post eating to make sure i am not spiking too much and don't seem to. i prebolus breakfast, lunch but not dinner and snack at work as i am active so dont need to and need much less insulin

the basal at 8pm keeps me level til 10am then i start to rise. the latest i ever get up is 8.30am so it's ok, bit of flexibility. if i skip a meal, rarely do, i always get hungry same time each day, eat same sort of thing, but if i skip i inject 2 or 2.5units to cover me til my next meal is due...

Since coming off the pump I have found I can get best control with the method I was told to do when I was diagnosed in 2001. It's not ideal though as you have to be strict and eat on time. It works for me though and I feel so much better off the pump. The infusion sets would no longer work for...