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<blockquote data-quote="Tracey167" data-source="post: 334150" data-attributes="member: 23764"><p>Hi</p><p></p><p>I had problems when i was put on a pump back in 2010 and it was a medtronics veo but difference being i was put straight onto insulin with no chance to get used to the machine. I kept at it for 3 weeks but had problems firstly with the delivery from TNT for all of the bits, they kept losing my order, then i was told there was an alarm on it to inform me of when my sugars drop but there was no alarm and the final straw was when i went out one day for a coffee with a friend i checked my sugars before i left home and later in theday i felt really ill, when i finally got home i done a BG test and it was through the roof which would'nt even registar on my meter i done a injection of insulin a re-tested an half hour later and my BG was 36. My hubby said i looked terrible my lips went blue i felt so sick i had to go and lay down, i even checked all the tubing there was no air bubbles or kinks in it so i don't know what happened. I was'nt to inpressed with it to start with but when that happened it was the final straw i gave it back and went back onto my insulin pen. To make matters worse i was given a 24hour help number for medtronics and whenever i rang all i got was a answerphone.</p><p>Don't want to put you off maybe mine was a one off, but i myself am not over the moon about the insulin pumps at present and am put off by getting another one as my consultant now keeps going on to me about trying again. My hubby has said NO to it as he said its made out to make you normal.</p><p></p><p>tracey167</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tracey167, post: 334150, member: 23764"] Hi I had problems when i was put on a pump back in 2010 and it was a medtronics veo but difference being i was put straight onto insulin with no chance to get used to the machine. I kept at it for 3 weeks but had problems firstly with the delivery from TNT for all of the bits, they kept losing my order, then i was told there was an alarm on it to inform me of when my sugars drop but there was no alarm and the final straw was when i went out one day for a coffee with a friend i checked my sugars before i left home and later in theday i felt really ill, when i finally got home i done a BG test and it was through the roof which would'nt even registar on my meter i done a injection of insulin a re-tested an half hour later and my BG was 36. My hubby said i looked terrible my lips went blue i felt so sick i had to go and lay down, i even checked all the tubing there was no air bubbles or kinks in it so i don't know what happened. I was'nt to inpressed with it to start with but when that happened it was the final straw i gave it back and went back onto my insulin pen. To make matters worse i was given a 24hour help number for medtronics and whenever i rang all i got was a answerphone. Don't want to put you off maybe mine was a one off, but i myself am not over the moon about the insulin pumps at present and am put off by getting another one as my consultant now keeps going on to me about trying again. My hubby has said NO to it as he said its made out to make you normal. tracey167 [/QUOTE]
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