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Message: <blockquote data-quote="weeezer" data-source="post: 301609" data-attributes="member: 41342">thanks for that ladies. so you're new to pump kelly-rae? hope to pick your brains soon then! i see you have a little one, i've got a 2 and half yr old lil lady (sure keeps me on me toes) - do you find your diabetes can take a back seat when stressed/busy/knackered/dealing with kid stuff? mine certainly does. yeh, must be funny to not inject after doing it for years. this basal rate malarkey is intriguing/worrying me! i realise it must be better than long acting insulin but sounds tricky to get right. thanks ihs...i intend to be a bra pump wearer too, not so long ago i would've hated the idea of something interfering with the streamline of my clothes! but i don't care anymore, my clothing is more loose these days (bit 'chubby'!). i'm a bit concerned about the basal rates and how & why they need to be different through the day. worried that there will be no background insulin to 'cover' me, but i realise the constant supply of small amounts must be better, just that you wouldn't know if this was failing unless you test allll the time. i know that whenever i am testing intensely (in pregnancy for example), my control always benefits, but i can't keep that up constantly, i just can't. but, maybe i have to look at it in a different way - it HAS to be done to avoid future probs. i sure hope CGMs become more common in the future, i love the idea of a CGM talking to a pump, but know they are v expensive and no chance of getting on NHS, in my area anyway. hope to be talking to you again soon about pumpy things!</blockquote>

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