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I've literally just taken mine off and have got my pens out of the fridge :( It's only been three months but I just don't think I can be doing with managing the pump. I don't think it's going to suit me.

I had to change my steel sets THREE times on Monday! Was due my usual set change which I did in the morning. Waking BG was 4.9. 2hrs after set change and my usual breakfast they'd shot up to 16.6. No pain from the cannula, also wasn't bent when I removed it. I checked the tubing and think I saw...

This was the case with me, also. Most of the time they would come out straight but yet they clearly weren't working. I appear to have had better luck so far with the Sure-T. I've only had two blips, that one I already mentioned further up the thread, but then in the early hours of the following...

Yes, it seemed like the right thing to do. I was at a perfect number 2hrs later. Went down to 3.8 about an hour and a half after that, but I just figured that maybe a bit of the original bolus had worked but certainly not all of it, and a 3.8 is remedied in a couple of minutes as opposed to...

Yes, exactly. You would definitely need to be on the same page. I think my problem would be that if I meet someone who has T1, I would just be inclined to chat about that all the time, because I'd just want to know all the details of their management and all their diabetic experiences. I'd...

This is a good topic ;) I have been on and off dating sites for almost four years. I remember starting out very optimistic and saw it as something that was full of potential but I can definitely now say that my spirit is well and truly broken, ha ha. To be fair, I've been out on lots of dates...

What's interesting with the steel is that you tend to know when there is a problem. It was DonnellyDogs who told me that you will feel pain if a steel cannula bends and that is your little alarm signal to change your set. This came true this morning. I changed my steel cannula and it's about my...

I work in a large college as a support assistant and was covering an English class with a tutor I'd never met before. About a week later, I was in the toilets and as I was washing my hands I heard some very familiar beeping sounds and the winding up of a flexpen. I actually hung around the sink...

I was plagued with quick-set problems and could not see anything that I could do to avoid a dodgy insertion. I started on 9mm, which were far too big for me, then went to 6mm but still had problems. I'm now using the steel ones to see if I fare better on them. Must admit, though, if a cannula...

I'm using the Medtronic and initially I was using the quick-set 9mm (nothing but problems), then the 6mm (led to my first ever proper diabetic sick day) and now I'm on the steel. First two set changes and I was sky high after 2hrs, so it appears I need to bolus when I change sets. Like you, I...

For me, personally, I don't have any symptoms if I'm high. If I were walking around with my blood sugar at 14 I wouldn't feel any different. So, not everyone will exhibit symptoms if their levels are higher than what they should be. Your boyfriend certainly did experience a strange episode (as...

I've been on my pump for a little over two months and if anything is going to make me come off it, it will be due to the insertion sets. I think I can achieve excellent levels on a pump, but I'm plagued by insertion problems. The cannulas just don't seem to want to get on with me. I switched...

I'm the same. Perhaps, I don't need quite as much but I still definitely need insulin.

I stayed on 2x injections for 4yrs, mainly as I had a very prolonged honeymoon, but I was also a bit scared on MDI. When I switched to MDI, I wondered why I hadn't done it a lot sooner as I had so much more freedom and choice with my diet. Obviously, you need to learn and understand...

Ya know, this is so interesting as prior to the pump I always used 8mm needles as this is what I was originally prescribed and it was only until a few months ago that I realised smaller needles were available! Honestly, that might sound dense of me, but it's true. Bear in mind that I've got...

Square boob! Arg! :mad:;) Must admit I'm finding it massively awkward to wear with my 'outdoor' clothes. Fine when I'm in the house wearing baggy t-shirts/night-shirts and baggy slouch pants but all my proper clothes are tight fitting and as I'm very slender the pump sticks out like a sore...

I'm having loads of problems with my quick-set cannulas on my medtronic. However, I AM underweight. But boy! I really do wish there was a magic calorie pill to help me gain weight because it just doesn't happen. I've never been a weight gainer. I even avoid exercise that I know will burn...

Thank you all again for the further responses and advice. I am still persevering with the much appreciated help of kind members of this forum. I rang Medtronic but they don't actually send out samples I have to speak to my DSN for her to write to them so they can send me a different box of...

Thank you for the positive encouragement, noblehead. I find the people here priceless :) I also noticed Medtronic to steel needle infusion sets. Are these a good alternative? Anyone use them?

Yes, I have the book, thanks. It's just getting my head in the right place to start properly getting into it. I am genuinely worried now that I shouldn't have taken the pump on. Donnelly ~ I'm on Medtronic. They have the Quick Sets and the Silhouette. I'm also very slim and I've read that the...