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Hi all is anyone else finding their Medtronic extended 7 day Cannulas’s don’t actually last 7 days? More like 5-6 days?

Hi Does anyone else find that they have some days where their blood sugars are high snd others when they are just going low with no clear reason why? Like I swear I have days where it’s like the insulin is super active and others where it’s practically asleep! Also then I feel I’m doing...

Hello I’ve just signed up for a freestyle libre and I was wondering if people have tried other sensor locations other than on the upper arm which is quite obvious? Personally I’d prefer to locate sensor on my back, thigh or worst case inner arm. Have people had success with any of these...

Apologies In advance, this is only a rant-changed cannula yesterday evening all good, working fine until this morning when BS started to rise and point blank refused to come down with bolus. Have ended up changing cannula again but am at a loss as to why it’s gone bad so quickly when it worked...

Hi this is a bit random. I disconnect pump to swim and sometimes find when I reconnect if there is no bolus (only standard basal rate) blood sugar shots up very quickly as though the standard basal isn’t getting in. Does anyone else experience this? Thanks

Hi I wasn’t sure if anyone else had this problem-a few days into use the cannula seems to stop absorbing the insulin into me or at least decreases absorption rate significantly? I notice because I need 3*as much insulin but then when i take it out it all seems fine and insulin flows normally? I...

Hi, thank you all for the previous pump help. I'm on the Medtronic pump so use the paradigm mio cannula and was wondering if people had experienced it bending during use? As in all goes in okay, works fine for a day or two and then bends and you only realise with rising blood sugars? I also...

Hello, I recently got a Medtronic pump after 26 years with pens and I seem to be struggling with the insertion sets. Can anyone offer any advice how I can get up to speed with this and avoid making lots of mistakes? I try and be very careful but i have gone through all the insertion sets first...

Hello, I was just wondering what a typical hbA1c result is for a type 1 as I'm worried mine at 5 is on the low side? Thanks Claire

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone else experienced similar post drinking alcohol challenges to me? I tend to have low blood sugars for 2 days after I've been drinking (which from reading seems quite normal) and then on day 3 my blood sugars are incredibly high and I can barely eat anything...

Do people ever experience days where their blood sugar is unusually high and much greater amounts of insulin are required despite eating fewer carbohydrates/sugars than normal? Thank you