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Ah. I don't get any erratic readings with the Medtronic, they seem to work straight off, brilliantly. So you don't calibrate at all? This sensor asked me to calibrate! How weird. I'll try that with the next one. If you have time I'd welcome knowing how good tech help is and whether it is 24...

Thank you, Duneplodder! I have bought the starter pack Dexcom to see if it works for me. The whole first day and night was a disaster, it just asked for calibrations over and over and didn't accept them. The next day it was behind the Medtronic sensor at all times - ie the Medtronic agreed with...

Hello! I've been using the guardian sensors for a while, and before that the other Medtronic sensors, so have nothing to compare them to. At the minute I am running the guardian alongside the Dexcom to see if the T Slim would suit me and I can see that the sensor application is easier for the...

I put mine in my arm, usually, round the back. I don't soap there so it doesn't get in the way...

How exciting! Please do let us know how you find it. No-one has answered my two posts so I am still trying to find someone who has swapped from Medtronic and has tried both to compare. My team say I can swap and have set things in motion (my Medtronic 640 went out of guarantee in May). I was...

Hello! I used to have a 0 set in the afternoon for a couple of hours. My pump frequently sets zeros for 2 hours at a time on low suspend and often during the night and afternoon, so no, not that unusual. I could mean you are having too much earlier in the day but my needs have always been very...

Isn't that strange, I never worry about a 'naked shower' - you are naked anyway with the pump detached and even with the sensor transmitter in place, they aren't really that big are they?

I'm on a 640G with Guardian sensors. I've always had hard-to-control diabetes, and was on a pump in the early 80s because of this. It was ghastly. But they were around long ago. I was 'pressed' to have another pump for a long time by my consultant, so non-anecdotal evidence here. My first was...

Dear pumpers, hello! I'm on the Minimed 640. I've been on a pump since having a minemed and then Deltec Cozmo a LONG time ago - also the Minimed 570, the Veo and then the 640. Actually I was on the original Mill Hill pump in the early 80s. It was ghastly. I have recently become aware of the...

I've just had my yearly check up via phone. My 640 pump is out of guarantee, extended till August 31st because of Covid. I have also spoken with a rep. from Medtronic who thinks the new one should be out September/October time. Is anyone else waiting until then to hopefully get the new pump, and...

I was reading somewhere that 26% of people over 60 have diabetes. Which could explain the vast number of deaths in that light - older PLUS diabetes = makes you more likely to die. At the very beginning of this, I also saw a post somewhere where you could add up your vulnerabilities and get a...

Has anyone done this? Is it possible?

I love it, I wouldn't go back, now.

smag3 - It wasn't on my hospital's formulary, either, but they okayed it and my GP wrote a paper prescription for me to go round pharmacies and find where it WAS available. Luckily my pharmacy in our village searched and found it for me. Don't take no for an answer - get the go-ahead and then...

It won't help with your doses. You need exactly the same as it IS Novorapid, just with different excipients to make it work faster.

I am. It works a treat. Very quick and injected just before a meal so you can change your mind - and it keeps my BS to about 7 after. In the morning I do a correction or sometimes a correction and a third of my b/fast dose before getting up and then the rest before breakfast which has cured my...

Thanks, Tim. That's interesting. i have completely annihilated my after breakfast whizz up into the clouds with Fiasp, by a correction plus 1/3 of before breakfast dose on waking, and taking the rest of the dose before breakfast. It's like magic. I love its action. But not loving what could be...

I am - what I mean is if I take 10 boluses a day i would have to find 10 extra sites a day.

What I'm interested in is if anyone else has found this. And whether they are worried by the vitamin B content which has probably not been investigated for long term (ie lifetime or at least longer than 3 months or maybe 6 months) use. The small amounts of vitamin B or nicotinamide in the skin -...

I could indeed. But then I am injecting about 10 times a day into different parts of me and sites are precious - for the pump and for the sensor. i'd lose track. It's hard enough as it is! i think what I shall do is use it till the 670 comes out and when I get that go back to Novorapid as the...