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  1. Maryam_Alam

    Switching to TandemX2

    I am using this pump for about 7 years now, is switching available after 4 years or one pump per person kinda thing?
  2. Maryam_Alam

    Switching to TandemX2

    I am in Pakistan we don't have a government insurance. It's an individual plan actually. Thankyou for answering though means alot[emoji4]
  3. Maryam_Alam

    Switching to TandemX2

    Hello. I have a question if I can get some help I'll appreciate [emoji846] I am on a Veo754 pump, having a whole lot of issues with my management and thinking of switching to a new pump. I want to ask does insurance (mine is Cigna Global) cover for getting a 2nd pump and cgm or supplies? I...
  4. Maryam_Alam

    Frustrated...

    @azure yeah I will try doing this from now on. Thanks loads [emoji4]
  5. Maryam_Alam

    Frustrated...

    @azure I bolus only 10 15 mins in advance. My sugar spikes till 300 but comes back to 160 or 170 after 4 hrs. I had gastritis that might be to blame.
  6. Maryam_Alam

    Frustrated...

    @azure I have done fasting basal profile and have set my basal accordingly. I am setting my ICR too but nothing seems to work. I am not stressed of anything except my bloodsugars these days. Quick sets are the only ones available I do insertion with a serter and regularly rotate sites too. Have...
  7. Maryam_Alam

    Frustrated...

    Hey everyone, I need advices to better manage my sugars and overcome all the frustration and depression [emoji22] I switched to medtronic's pump for more than a month now and had dka twice on the pump. No matter what I do my sugar wont come under control. For a day a basal is perfectly fine the...
  8. Maryam_Alam

    Accuracy of Enlite sensor.

    Ohh I get it now, this is a huge help thanks alot :) this thing starts beeping at 6am all the time till 9am and I wasn't able to figure out why and my pump trainer would say this happens but that annoys alot while asleep. Thanks again [emoji4]
  9. Maryam_Alam

    Accuracy of Enlite sensor.

    @AmandaD the first transmitter I had was faulty but after being replaced I get a difference of more than 45 units between the bg and cgm levels but its normal with less difference during the day does this happen to you too? I just annoying beeps in the early morning of low blood sugar even my...
  10. Maryam_Alam

    Accuracy of Enlite sensor.

    We figured out that the transmitter was faulty by counter checking it. I have got a replacement this one works fine now but in the mornings it alerts of low glucose whereas my sugar usually is fine.
  11. Maryam_Alam

    Infusion set and tubing

    Not the pump trousers waistband i guess that its loose that might be the reason thanks loads for explaining [emoji5]
  12. Maryam_Alam

    Infusion set and tubing

    I am a newbie with the pump and got the quick set with serter I want to try other ones later I like the mio one its soft cannula if I get one. Which one you use btw? [emoji4]
  13. Maryam_Alam

    Infusion set and tubing

    Thanks... I will surely get one seems great [emoji5]
  14. Maryam_Alam

    Infusion set and tubing

    Thanks... but when I tuck mine in the waistband it slips down [emoji14] I don't know how to put it right
  15. Maryam_Alam

    Infusion set and tubing

    Thanks :)
  16. Maryam_Alam

    Infusion set and tubing

    Thanks I have experienced now the taping is impressively adhesive but maybe i am not much active these day. The problem I have with the sensor's taping is it itches alot as my skin is quite sensitive.
  17. Maryam_Alam

    Infusion set and tubing

    @Snapsy my trainer said to minimise physical activities for 2 days because I am new to this thing my body will get hang of it then and my mum wont let me bend now because she says trainer is right because she has alot patients so she knows. As opposed to my perception about the pump I felt...
  18. Maryam_Alam

    Infusion set and tubing

    @Juicyj I am using the one that came with my medtronic pump its 9mm cannula and the tubing is maybe 46in I needed the longer one so I could put it on the side while sleeping and when I am falling asleep I move alot I thought it would work fine. My trainer said to minimise my physical...
  19. Maryam_Alam

    Infusion set and tubing

    How do you guys cope with long tubing how you guys coil it? Does the tubing or sensor comeout when we bend or stretch when its on the abdomen?
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