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<blockquote data-quote="tigger" data-source="post: 1444070" data-attributes="member: 11023"><p>Hi [USER=170820]@NinaB73[/USER] i'm also on a pump and use porcine insulin. I've been on that insulin for many years and refused to switch. With a bit of help from arguments and info from iddt the hospital came round quickly. No i didn't get much help from the dsn but i'm quite confident about changing doses and quite aware of my usual peaks and troughs and operated accordingly. Ultimately all a dsn can do is try and interpret whether your highs and lows are due to basal or bolus. Read pumping with insulin and you can get a good feel on this too. Where they are good (in some cases) is showing different sets and different ways to insert. Also bear in mind that if you switch between sites this may alter your basal.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend that if you do it again it's worth buying a libre to observe your usual schedule before going on the pump and the effect once you're on the pump as to whether your basal is right. You can buy a single libre for £50 and read it off a smart phone. A sensor lasts for 2 weeks.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with whatever you decide to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tigger, post: 1444070, member: 11023"] Hi [USER=170820]@NinaB73[/USER] i'm also on a pump and use porcine insulin. I've been on that insulin for many years and refused to switch. With a bit of help from arguments and info from iddt the hospital came round quickly. No i didn't get much help from the dsn but i'm quite confident about changing doses and quite aware of my usual peaks and troughs and operated accordingly. Ultimately all a dsn can do is try and interpret whether your highs and lows are due to basal or bolus. Read pumping with insulin and you can get a good feel on this too. Where they are good (in some cases) is showing different sets and different ways to insert. Also bear in mind that if you switch between sites this may alter your basal. I would recommend that if you do it again it's worth buying a libre to observe your usual schedule before going on the pump and the effect once you're on the pump as to whether your basal is right. You can buy a single libre for £50 and read it off a smart phone. A sensor lasts for 2 weeks. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. [/QUOTE]
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