Thank you all. Hmmm..... do you think if I was really good would Santa bring me a CGM for Xmas?
He did for me this year!
and then again for my birthday but we wont speak of that... lol!
If only I could be that good. Hooked you should have been given a black case that you attach to jeans or a belt, I did when I got mine. One tip, watch your bloods on change day, I've seen mine rise a bit, when I'm due a set change( but that may just be me, being strange). You could try pump fashion for a case or cover??
Pump rep should have given you a case silicone or other... Did you meet one?
My advice is to take time to play with it a bit and find out as much about it as you can. Are you running saline at the moment or are you not hooked up at all? Be prepared to do LOTS of testing for the first few weeks - this will definitely pay off in the long run especially if you can get your basal rates right 24/7. My one downfall is that I always underestimate what effect any form of exercise has on my bg (even a short walk to the paper shop) so be prepared to play with the temp basal rate function a bit - again, lots of testing.
I don't use my black case I was given, it makes it too bulky. I just wear mine as it is. I might consider getting a skin for it tho.
Lock it by holding the up and down buttons at the same time for about 3 second. Same procedure to unlock. I use the lock feature for the same reason you do, in case something bumps by mistake.
I am still just using the belt clip and keeping it my pocket. I did get a little belt case thing in my bag of stuff. Spibelts are supposed to be good so if you have one of those, go for it
Yes I found that out by accident too. And if you have the CGM running, that top button (the otherwise useless Audio Bolus button) also displays the CGM screen, which otherwise takes about six button presses to get to.Another little trick they don't tell you is that when the screen is black, if you press the button on the side with the light bulb on it it's a quick way of telling you your IOB. Anyone else got any other tricks?
I have set it up, I just don't find it useful. It's a faff to use and it doesn't use any of the 'ez' wizards. If it used the carb wizard, and maybe even took the BG wizard using the CGM data (ho ho!), I would go through the learning curve of using it. I guess it might come in handy during a long meeting at work. Or if I was wearing the pump tucked away somewhere. For now I just fish out the unit and use the on screen bolus.You could always set up audio bolus though Spiker, if you really wanted to...