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Hello I’m due to start the Medtronic minimed 640g in the first week of October but I’ve heard that it’s being phased out and it’s being replaced with the 670g. Is this true? I’m part of the Facebook diabetes community too and I seem to see a lot of UK ppl moving off of the 640 to the 670g...

So I’ve been awarded pump funding but on the letter it says for a year. Does this mean I’ll only have the pump for a year or is this how funding is usually given? Is this how they do the funding for people without a very strong case? I’m sure it’s supposed to be for 4 years? I feel like we...

@ruby_jane26 this seems to be a copy of the thread you started yesterday: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/approved-for-a-pump-but.165547/#post-2078913 If you would like your original pump moved you can ask one of the moderators. I see @Diakat, @DCUKMod and @Juicyj are all online at the...

Hello All I have been approved for a pump and I have to choose between omnipod and Medtronic 640g (however I’m going to ask about the 670g). My nurse told me that she only just realised that a letter had been sitting with my file in the office that said I’d been approved since April but only...

So I was diagnosed in 2017 with type 1 and since the beginning I’ve had to deal with it in my own (as I should, right haha). My nurse wasn’t always there and my mum is and was quite helpless with it all. I haven’t had support with this and even when eating normally I’ve gained weight - over a...

Hi guys, I have my hba1c appointment soom which is my second hba1c ever. My first was 12.8 (at diagnosis). I feel like i could benefit from an insulin pump and my dsn said a few weeks ago that it shouldn't be a problem going on a pump, just need to sort out funding. The reason for getting a pump...

Hey So I was only diagnosed with type one in September and before this diagnosis i didnt always eat breakfast, either because I would wake up too late or just because I'm not hungry in the mornings. This became my routine. But since I was put on fixed doses i felt like I absolutely had to eat...

Hi I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes after having DKA and spending time in the hospital. Anwayss... im still on fixed doses (until my carb counting course) and they are currently 8 units at breakfast, 8 for lunch and 11 at dinner time. I am on novorapid in the daytime. I am on 30 units of...