Hello everyone!

[Ekat]

I randomly came across this site and am now a new member. Type 1 diabetic for 15 years now. My second week on Medtronic pump 530G...it's definitely a change.

 

[catherinecherub]

Hello @Ekat and welcome to the forum.

Looking forward to your posts. Plenty of pumpers here and advice and questions from Type1s.

 

[Tm6t7]

Hello and hope you are coping with the pump

 

[daisy1]

Hello and welcome to the forum. Good luck with your new pump.

 

[JTL]

Hello good evening and welcome .... who could live in a house like this .....
Where was I .....WELCOME TO THE FORUM.

 

[Daks]

The matrix has you!

 

[Ekat]

Thank you everyone!

 

[Ekat]

It's so nice not to feel so alone. Nothing like being able to talk to another diabetic; ) awhh I'm home! Lol

 

[Daks]

It's so nice not to feel so alone. Nothing like being able to talk to another diabetic; ) awhh I'm home! Lol

Dusts off your chair*

 

[Patricia21]

Hello and welcome.

 

[dtennant9]

Welcome to the forum.

Hope you are enjoying being on the pump.

 

[Ekat]

Welcome to the forum.

Hope you are enjoying being on the pump.

so far so good thanks

 

[dtennant9]

so far so good thanks

You'll notice a huge change after being type 1 for so long.

 

[Robinredbreast]

Hello and a big welcome to the forum all the best with your pump.

Best wishes RRB

 

[himtoo]

Hi @Ekat
welcome to the forum

always nice to see a fellow T1 --i am waiting to go on a pump right now.

are you finding it helping with smoothing out and preventing the lows at all ??

 

[Ekat]

Hi @Ekat
welcome to the forum

always nice to see a fellow T1 --i am waiting to go on a pump right now.

are you finding it helping with smoothing out and preventing the lows at all ??

Yes it's helping smooth out and preventing lows. My nurse is working with me closely adjusting my basal rates.

 

[himtoo]

that's excellent to hear. my hypo recognition is patchy so my endo thinks the pump will help prevent some of the lows and soften more of the rest.
thanks for the reply.

 

[Ekat]

Will you be able to get a GMS with your pump? My training for that is this Tuesday. I think it will help because I don't even feel myself getting low until it's like 40 or 50. The GMS is suppose to send a signal to the pump and alert me of my lows.

 

[himtoo]

No - CGM ( in the UK) is not normally funded by the national health service. you are in the USA ??
we can purchase the new optium freestyle libre system but it does not alarm in connection to the pump.

 

[Ekat]

Yes I am in California near San Francisco. I know this is a UK site but I don't know of any US site like this one.