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    Infusion set and tubing

    Just try a few different tubing lengths to find what works for you and where the you wear the pump and cannula. Don't worry about bending and physical activity dislodging infusion sets; they are pretty sticky and robust. Just be careful how much tubing is left outside clothing as it seems to be...
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    Has anyone tried the new-ish Mio 30's...?

    The failures are blockage more than anything else. Looking back on over BG results, I would say it happens once or twice a month. I use CGM so am aware of unusual trends fairly quickly.
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    Has anyone tried the new-ish Mio 30's...?

    I've been on them since they came out and like them a lot. I use them on my thighs where it is a bit leaner as I wanted to give my stomach a break from nearly 30 years of syringes, pens and infusion sets. I've found they have a slightly higher failure rate than the standard mios and have had a...
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    Pump seems worse than injection

    I agree totally with @CarbsRok. Life has thrown some terrible things at you which is really difficult. But many of us here have had varied life challenges thrown at them; that is not to try and take away anything of what you have been through, just to say you are not alone in adversity coupled...
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    Minimed pump supply cost UK

    Infusion sets, reservoirs and batteries are fully funded
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    Pump outcast

    You raise a very important point about how diabetes affects us psychologically. I was on the receiving end of some pretty horrible discrimination in the workplace just after diagnosis in the early 1990s and it has always made me very reticent about sharing that I am diabetic with work...
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    insulin pumper-to-be

    Jen, My HbA1C was 6.7 - I was so chuffed. My previous one post DAFNE was 7.2. The 6.7 was after about 9 weeks on the pump of which the first three were not good while I was adjusting basals and carb ratios etc. So next time I am expecting better... The CGM kit you can get direct from...
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    insulin pumper-to-be

    Jen, I've been on the Medtronic Veo since October last year and I get my first HbA1C results tomorrow (here's hoping!). The first few weeks were rather stressful and in hindsight there were a few things I had done differently. This first thing that I found was try not to do set changes when you...