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<blockquote data-quote="Maco" data-source="post: 2358037" data-attributes="member: 465882"><p>Hi, I’m 26 & been diabetic from the age of 14. I started on injections then moved over to a pump at 15, I was your typical teenage and didn’t take well to it so stopped using it. On the 7th of January I started on the new Medtronic 780G alongside there guardian 3 CGM. </p><p></p><p>I honestly can’t think of any downsides to a pump, apart from it been on show so people can ask you what it is but that doesn’t bother me in the slightest. I’ve told a few people my CGM is a nicotine patch before for a laugh. </p><p></p><p>The 780G has an automode when used alongside its CGM, which basically means it controls all of your basal insulin for you. Shuts off insulin when it senses a low & also gives correction doses when your running high. I’ve gone from having graphs that look like rollercoasters up & down all day long to steady straight lines and I’m 85-95% in range over 24hrs. </p><p></p><p>As for your worries, you can get your doses wrong just the same as you would with an injection. Your diabetic team would work out your carb ratios etc & input these settings into your pump and you would just need to carb count like you would with fast acting insulin. Once you have your correct ratios worked out you shouldn’t have many hypos at all & I think that’s what the new Medtronic pump has done cut out a lot of lows! </p><p></p><p>For me I would never go back to injections unless forced, this new pump is absolutely amazing. Especially if you use the CGM so you can use the automode features because it literally does everything for you apart from carb count. A quick example would be I had a pizza last weekend and completely guessed the carbs, my readings started to spike through the night but automode jumped in to give me correction doses and I woke up with a reading of 7.8. </p><p></p><p>Probably the only down side is needing to change infusion sets and draw up new insulin every 3 days & also the CGM needs changing every 7 unlike the freestyle Libre which lasts 2 weeks. Any questions just ask</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maco, post: 2358037, member: 465882"] Hi, I’m 26 & been diabetic from the age of 14. I started on injections then moved over to a pump at 15, I was your typical teenage and didn’t take well to it so stopped using it. On the 7th of January I started on the new Medtronic 780G alongside there guardian 3 CGM. I honestly can’t think of any downsides to a pump, apart from it been on show so people can ask you what it is but that doesn’t bother me in the slightest. I’ve told a few people my CGM is a nicotine patch before for a laugh. The 780G has an automode when used alongside its CGM, which basically means it controls all of your basal insulin for you. Shuts off insulin when it senses a low & also gives correction doses when your running high. I’ve gone from having graphs that look like rollercoasters up & down all day long to steady straight lines and I’m 85-95% in range over 24hrs. As for your worries, you can get your doses wrong just the same as you would with an injection. Your diabetic team would work out your carb ratios etc & input these settings into your pump and you would just need to carb count like you would with fast acting insulin. Once you have your correct ratios worked out you shouldn’t have many hypos at all & I think that’s what the new Medtronic pump has done cut out a lot of lows! For me I would never go back to injections unless forced, this new pump is absolutely amazing. Especially if you use the CGM so you can use the automode features because it literally does everything for you apart from carb count. A quick example would be I had a pizza last weekend and completely guessed the carbs, my readings started to spike through the night but automode jumped in to give me correction doses and I woke up with a reading of 7.8. Probably the only down side is needing to change infusion sets and draw up new insulin every 3 days & also the CGM needs changing every 7 unlike the freestyle Libre which lasts 2 weeks. Any questions just ask [/QUOTE]
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