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    Medtronic Reps

    Sorry bit of a rant today was supposed to my start date for my 640g but for some reason or other the rep carnt make it some form of leave this has got me down so much today thankfully a job opportunity arrised but I wanted to give some time to get ust to the new pump iron out any issues The...
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    Omnipod issues

    Hi all I'm having some issues with either a bad batch of pods or issues with sites Maybe 6 out of the 10 pods I have used over the last month have made my blood sugar constantly climb until it gets to the high teens or the low twentys I tried correctives after 4 hours it may have reduced my...
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    Advice on basel rates

    My basal rate was 27.4 and for a while my blood sugars were perfect the best they had been in over 10 years but over the past few days I have been having so many hypo's I have set my basel back to 0.90 p/h and start doing my fasting basel rate all over again I guess my question is; is this...
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    Apidra vs fiasp

    I am about a week away from starting on my omnipod (I have the meeting with the representative on the 23 of Jan.) And I have been asked to consider fiasp due to the spikes novorapid humalog and apidra cause me I tend to hover between 14-18 post meal My main question has anyone found fiasp to...
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    Omnipod

    Getting omnipod in January looking for advice and opinions as it's my first time using any sort of pump
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    Pain when injecting

    Up to no I am carb counting with novorapid as my bolus and using levimir as my basal no mater where I inject in my body I am in horrendous pain. I never reuse needles, I always rotate my sites I use 5mm needles I have tried 4,5,6,8 and 10 mm needles I have tried novorapid apidra humalog...
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    Pump assessment appointment 3 days away

    My first pump appointment is on Friday I'm starting to feel seriously nervous as I've been waiting near enough eight years for this appointment my doctors and nurses that I've dealt with have always seemed very aposed to me getting a pump I recognise that diabulimia was probably the reason that...