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Thanks, It has a lot of good points. the only thing that puts me off, as im a lowcarber i try stay at 5mmol, and the t:slim looks to allow you to go between 3.9mmol & 10mmol, which is too high for me. And its excercise mode is 7.8-8.9 which is much higher than i want to be when out running. its...

I run 3 times a week, distances between 10k & 10 miles. I dont get issues becuase i dont eat a lot of carbs, so dont have much insulin on board. When i run i try to have a bg of about 6mmol, this stays pretty constant during the runs, but i have a couple of fruit pastilles 1g cho each & a...

The Medtronic teccy i spoke to admited theres a know cracking issue with the 640, if the cracks are around the battery compartment & thats where all of mine have cracked, so its deffo a known fault.

I am in a similar boat though as my medtronic 640 is out of warranty, so for me its the newer medtronic, the t:slim or the ypsopump. I like the t:slim, but its the old x2 model i have been offered & I believe for the past 2 years they have been saying the x3 is due out soon, but as yet no date...

I wouldnt go with medtronic if i were you. Their pumps nowadays seem to be poorer quality. I have had 3 medtronic pumps develop unexplained cracks. I havent dropped the pumps, the cracks just appeared. My pump is in a silicoln case & when its not its in a running belt. My pump is now sadly out...

I have had the exact same issue with medtronic pumps. I havent dropped the pumps, the cracks just appeared. My pump is in a silicoln case & when its not its in a running belt. I have had 3 pumps develop unexplained cracks. My pump is now sadly out of warrantly. The bloke on customer support hung...

I have had terrible trouble since switching from accu-check to Medtronic 640g, the mio do not work for me, kink every time. my hba1c has gone from 40 to 68, I have been in ketoacidosis 3 times. I have only has it for a month :-( I was told to try mio advance but these are not available in the...

I was persuaded to switch from Accu-Chek insight to Medtronic 640g since then my hba1c has gone from 40mmol to 68mmol. I have been in ketoacidosis 3 times. I have only had the pump for 23 days! The MEDTRONIC infusion sets compared to the ROCHE ACCU-CHECK ones seem such poor quality. the mio's...

Became T1 in 1979. hba1c = 40

Hi, I have only ever used the ACCU-CHEK Insight but my pump is up for renewal. BUT now i use a Libre the pump isnt any use as it doesnt allow you to manually enter a bg reading. So I think I will have to swap to the medtronic 640g because that one does. I have sent accu-chek email after email...

I used to work with a really bad Type 1 diabetic, he wouldnt look after himself at all & had constant lows followed by big highs 20+'s He ran himself so high he felt hypo when his blood sugar was 13mmol. At 35 years old he was near to dying & Last xmas he had a pancreas & liver transplant. He...

I'd love if it were true, although I then think that as all these companies are charging the NHS £30 per box of test strips & loads of money for the lancets, then its not going to happen because whats in it for them? It would be like shooting the golden goose :lol:

I was once told by a bloke in the lifescan development team that it aslo depends on how you get the blood. Apparently if you have to squeeze your finger hard to get a drop of blood out he reckons skin cells get mixed in with the blood, which dilutes the sample & gives a lower reading. I think...

Thanks Sid, I too thought 8 year old boys would love a dog tag, although according to my kids there so "un cool". Its just shows you how things change. I'd have loved one as a kid. We are both favoring the one from MEDIBAND, who are an Australian company. He likes the look of it. I like it...

My Doctors surgery has just has a re-vamp, they say for the patients benefit & to help improve service. The result is less doctors & loads of 'Practice Managers' one of whom has told my newly diagnosed 8 year old Type 1 boy we're doing his blood far too often (5 times a day at the mo) & has...

Hi, My son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 3 weeks ago & as he's back at school I wondered what type of ID you'd recommend. I had a quick google & have seen that an Australian company mediband do a jelly type bracelet. But with postage they seem expensive. These wristbands seem good for...