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I've got an Aviva - splendid bit of kit & you can tinker with all the settings to get things just right! Good one for you - carb counting really works - I only started that about 2 yrs ago (after being T1 diabetic for 38 yrs) - I'm amazed how I managed, well, I DID Carb-count after a fashion...

I found that Lantus wasn't working for 24 hours, it got more & more of a difficulty controlling a background rate when I was eating erratic meals maybe only 1-2 times a day. I wasn't told about pumps either, but my brother (who was working in South Carolina at the time) said. "You gotta chat to...

I love my pump, but on a holiday in the sun I go back into injections. I find that people only stare at what you're looking at. So I sort myself out, sort the dose etc. then lift up my t-shirt - stare stolidly skywards and in-clickedy-click-out! Nobody seems to bat an eyelid. I walked through...

Never heard or experienced nerve damage on fingers. I test 6-10 times a day on various fingers. Sensitivity still good (can pick up & handle the smallest electronic components & use the finest silk when sewing by hand - so the fingers nerves are as good as ever) Sounds like an extreme case being...

Carb counting is absolutely vital for a pump (you enter grams of carb, rather than units directly like you normally think) my AccuChek pump then works out how much insulin you need & takes into account what you've already had. (Yes you have to tinker with all these settings, there's no magic...

Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum I have a feeling it's more to do with the consultants themselves than anything else. Some are "submissive" to "management": others are, "I'm the guy, I know what I'm talking about; everyone else just do your job and support my...

Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum Exactly, so your area is "good". Go to the QHB Birmingham & they'll tell you you've got to do DAFNE, you do it, you carb-count & you test >6 times daily. Then the consultant says, "we'd like to give everyone a pump who wants one, but...

Quite right there! Glad I started eating butter & gold-top milk when they said "oh yeah, we were wrong about eggs". My quality of life is CONSIDERABLY improved!

Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum Cool thanks - it's just that if folk who're looking for a pump know where to go, they'll not waste 4 years moving around trying to find a diabetic centre who have a clue about pumps (like I did).

If there's one open, if they're not far away & if you're thinking straight & not thinking about puking in a hot sweaty fuzz.

Yep - emergency case - 999 - folk on the phone are v helpful. Find somewhere to meet them that's obvious to the ambulance crew.

But ideal for an emergency.

Effel, What're your top list of places to get insulin at, say, 1am in (i) a town, (ii) a city & (iii) "the sticks"? (Yep - this IS a tricky one, especially before breakfast on a Sunday ;)

NMR, What you have, is actually, an emergency. I know it doesn't seem like it, no blood & nobody passing out. But nonetheless that bit of advice from Effel is good. Use the emergency systems to sort yourself, but for goodness sake, do SOMETHING.

You don't have anything to counter a hypo with? :-o sugar & starch are the easiest things to buy anywhere at any time of day! I can't believe a type-1 diabetic doesn't have a stash of something to hand.

You're fine at 5.9. Pump users are advised to get worried at ~14. (Personally, I get to 19 before ketones appear & I feel well ikky) You're still using the leftover Lantus which is controlling the background glucose. Keep it under watch, correct every hour with your novorapid. Get to the chemist...

The pharmacy will usually give you some "on tic" if you're a regular & explain the situation. I've done that before.

Glucose-test, glucose-test, glucose-test. Adjust with rapid-acting. You're gonna get through a good 30 test strips this weekend. No matter. Effectively you'll be doing a kind-of manual insulin-pump affair.

You'll be heading towards DKA in 12 hours or so, for sure. Might be able to stave it off by taking rapid-acting insulin every hour. Try giving yourself your Lantus-dose/20 every hour. This is a last-ditch fixit. Get to the hospital & beg a dose of Lantus.

That's a decent regime! Thanks for the idea.