Merry Christmas

[nessa1970]

Hi everyone
Been a few months busy season
Wishing you all a great Xmas and happy new year
Oh I get a pump jan 16
Bit apprehensive, but willing to give it a few months to see if it’s me...
Cheers

 

[Guzzler]

Merry Christmas, lass and I hope all goes well with the pump.

 

[ally1]

Happy christmas

 

[Sibyl]

Merry Christmas to you too! Hope the pump helps - let us know how you get on! X

 

[Robkww]

Merry Christmas and a good 2018 to all!

 

[Juicyj]

Hey @nessa1970 Great news about the pump

Remember that the effort needs to be put in at the start to see the results so be patient with it, the results are worth it eventually.

 

[DCUKMod]

Merry Christmas to you too, Nessa.

It's been a challenging year for you, for sure, but you seem to be coming out of it in a better place than you were in a few months ago. Well done for working through it all. I could see it wasn't easy for you.

Good luck with the pump. I understand they bring their own learning curves, but are worth it in the end.

 

[Diakat]

Merry Christmas to you and your family. Here's to the new year...

 

[phdiabetic]

Merry Christmas! Getting a pump was probably the best day in my diabetic life. Good luck!

 

[TheBigNewt]

Keep us posted on the pump progress. Never been there but am interested. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

 

[Robinredbreast]

Merry Christmas and seasons greetings, wishing you all the best for 2018 ( pump included)

 

[Bluey1]

Merry Christmas all. I get my pump between 18th - 31 Jan. Medtronic say it will be delivered on the 18th Jan to the DE, I just need to get an appointment.

 

[iHs]

My tip re pumps is try to test bg levels every 2hrs during the night. This will help the pump dsn set up the basal rates correctly instead of just using the same amount of insulin for every hour.
Also, walk first with a pump and only run when confident with using the different ways of delivering a bolus.
Get plenty of bg teststrips prescribed ......about 250 and a good finger pricker.
Most pump problems have been discussed on the pump threads.

 

[Adrian1981]

Merry Christmas everyone

 

[Bluey1]

My tip re pumps is try to test bg levels every 2hrs during the night. This will help the pump dsn set up the basal rates correctly instead of just using the same amount of insulin for every hour.
Also, walk first with a pump and only run when confident with using the different ways of delivering a bolus.
Get plenty of bg teststrips prescribed ......about 250 and a good finger pricker.
Most pump problems have been discussed on the pump threads.

Thanks, great advice, however I won't be following the finger stabbing every 2 hrs. I showed interest in the CGM, by the time I got home from the DE there was an email from Medtronic with an order (for me to pay), so I will only be doing 4 stabs a day. The DE said she thinks the basal rates can be stablised in a week or 2 with CGM.

 

[iHs]

Thanks, great advice, however I won't be following the finger stabbing every 2 hrs. I showed interest in the CGM, by the time I got home from the DE there was an email from Medtronic with an order (for me to pay), so I will only be doing 4 stabs a day. The DE said she thinks the basal rates can be stablised in a week or two

Good luck with the Medtronic sensors.