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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 2024395"><p>I transitioned to the pump 3 years ago after 12 years of injecting.</p><p>The pump can be frustrating: mostly because I am a vain woman who hates to have my diabetes on show but also the time it took to set it up, the fear of it going wrong and the extra paraphernalia I have to take with me when I go away. However, I would be very distressed if I was told my pump was going to be taken away from me.</p><p>The main motivation for the pump was to manage my BG when exercising but the ability to adjust the basal profile for different times of the day (and different types of exercise) is great. It is also great when eating larger meals (I found no need to change my diet when I changed to the pump) by allowing the bolus to spread over a period of time rather than having to do multiple injections.</p><p>The pump is not an easy option - you still have to count your carbs ... I was told I would have to be more accurate with my counting because, unlike when injecting, I have no "spare basal" in my body during the day ... you still have to diligently measure your BG and there are more things you can tweak, adjust and get wrong.</p><p>To my knowledge, the Libre does not talk to any pumps so there is no option of a closed loop system with the Libre. But the Libre can still be very useful, especially the trends, to adjust basal levels for different times of the day.</p><p>Talking of Libre - the Miaomiao mentioned above is used by quite a few people on the forum. I am definitely considering getting one but ... Libre v2 is due out soon and it has some differences such as a Blutooth alert and data encryption. The Miaomiao uses freeware phone app which will need to work out how to decrypt the Libre v2 data. Therefore, I am holding back from buying a Miaomioa until Libre v2 has been out for a while and the app developers have overcome the data encryption and any other foibles in the new Libre.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 2024395"] I transitioned to the pump 3 years ago after 12 years of injecting. The pump can be frustrating: mostly because I am a vain woman who hates to have my diabetes on show but also the time it took to set it up, the fear of it going wrong and the extra paraphernalia I have to take with me when I go away. However, I would be very distressed if I was told my pump was going to be taken away from me. The main motivation for the pump was to manage my BG when exercising but the ability to adjust the basal profile for different times of the day (and different types of exercise) is great. It is also great when eating larger meals (I found no need to change my diet when I changed to the pump) by allowing the bolus to spread over a period of time rather than having to do multiple injections. The pump is not an easy option - you still have to count your carbs ... I was told I would have to be more accurate with my counting because, unlike when injecting, I have no "spare basal" in my body during the day ... you still have to diligently measure your BG and there are more things you can tweak, adjust and get wrong. To my knowledge, the Libre does not talk to any pumps so there is no option of a closed loop system with the Libre. But the Libre can still be very useful, especially the trends, to adjust basal levels for different times of the day. Talking of Libre - the Miaomiao mentioned above is used by quite a few people on the forum. I am definitely considering getting one but ... Libre v2 is due out soon and it has some differences such as a Blutooth alert and data encryption. The Miaomiao uses freeware phone app which will need to work out how to decrypt the Libre v2 data. Therefore, I am holding back from buying a Miaomioa until Libre v2 has been out for a while and the app developers have overcome the data encryption and any other foibles in the new Libre. [/QUOTE]
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