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<blockquote data-quote="sarah88" data-source="post: 434069" data-attributes="member: 31468"><p>Hi Sabantha, </p><p></p><p>I got my pump on the 22nd of April this year, I didn't have saline for a start and had only handled one for about 5 minutes before I was given my own! Personally I found the transition quite easy. Cannular in and off I went! I had a couple of days learning about it the month before and a full day on the day I started. </p><p></p><p>My DSN and the rep from Roche (I've got the accu chek Aviva) helped us all work out our basal rates from our mdi doses and programmed our pumps and it was just a case of getting used to it for the first few days. Everything was the same as normal apart from the delivery of the insulin. Thankfully I didn't have any problems over the first couple of dys, one of the guys who started at the same time had an occlusion the first night and had to call the helpline and get sorted but he was fine after that. We all went back a few days later and started to tweak things like ratios. But I'm still doing that now. I'm sure you'll be fine <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I was scared for a start but you've already had way more practise that I did! Good luck! X</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sarah88, post: 434069, member: 31468"] Hi Sabantha, I got my pump on the 22nd of April this year, I didn't have saline for a start and had only handled one for about 5 minutes before I was given my own! Personally I found the transition quite easy. Cannular in and off I went! I had a couple of days learning about it the month before and a full day on the day I started. My DSN and the rep from Roche (I've got the accu chek Aviva) helped us all work out our basal rates from our mdi doses and programmed our pumps and it was just a case of getting used to it for the first few days. Everything was the same as normal apart from the delivery of the insulin. Thankfully I didn't have any problems over the first couple of dys, one of the guys who started at the same time had an occlusion the first night and had to call the helpline and get sorted but he was fine after that. We all went back a few days later and started to tweak things like ratios. But I'm still doing that now. I'm sure you'll be fine :) I was scared for a start but you've already had way more practise that I did! Good luck! X Sent from the [url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig]Diabetes Forum App[/url] [/QUOTE]
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