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<blockquote data-quote="Garthion" data-source="post: 333445" data-attributes="member: 37317"><p>Hi John,</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the pump club. I have had mine since the summer and it has been the most wonderful thing I've ever had. It takes a while to get the setting "spot on" but once you do things are even better. </p><p>Lucy,</p><p>I have the Medtronic Paradigm Veo, it is a wonderful pump with a 1.8ml reservoir that just does it's job, even using a bolus wizard where you use your current BG reading along with how many Carbohydrates the meal you are eating contains which then works out how much insulin to give you, from as little as 0.025 of a unit <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> to what ever you (or your DSN team) set as a maximum bolus. My lifestyle is inconsistent, I get up at 5am 5 days a week (Tues, Weds, Thurs, Sat and Sun) for work (though the Sundays are going to be changing to evening shifts in just over a week) but I get up much later on Mondays and Fridays. With the pump I can skip breakfast if I wish or delay it if I need to (I work in a shop so my morning break can be as late a 11am at which point I actually have my breakfast) </p><p>Sleeping with the pump is very easy, I use a pump pouch from a site known as funky pumper (Others are available) which lets me have my pump in a comfortable position overnight. I have not yet been woken up by rolling onto it over night <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Overall I would say that a pump is <em>Far</em> better than MDI ever was, it brought my HbA1c down by 2% in just 2 months, and I certainly would not go back to injections.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garthion, post: 333445, member: 37317"] Hi John, Welcome to the pump club. I have had mine since the summer and it has been the most wonderful thing I've ever had. It takes a while to get the setting "spot on" but once you do things are even better. Lucy, I have the Medtronic Paradigm Veo, it is a wonderful pump with a 1.8ml reservoir that just does it's job, even using a bolus wizard where you use your current BG reading along with how many Carbohydrates the meal you are eating contains which then works out how much insulin to give you, from as little as 0.025 of a unit :o to what ever you (or your DSN team) set as a maximum bolus. My lifestyle is inconsistent, I get up at 5am 5 days a week (Tues, Weds, Thurs, Sat and Sun) for work (though the Sundays are going to be changing to evening shifts in just over a week) but I get up much later on Mondays and Fridays. With the pump I can skip breakfast if I wish or delay it if I need to (I work in a shop so my morning break can be as late a 11am at which point I actually have my breakfast) Sleeping with the pump is very easy, I use a pump pouch from a site known as funky pumper (Others are available) which lets me have my pump in a comfortable position overnight. I have not yet been woken up by rolling onto it over night :D Overall I would say that a pump is [i]Far[/i] better than MDI ever was, it brought my HbA1c down by 2% in just 2 months, and I certainly would not go back to injections. [/QUOTE]
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