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Pumpers-British Summer Time

Poppy2

Poppy2

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hello Everyone! Have been thinking about the commencement of British Summer Time! Please remember to change your 24 hr clock on your Insulin Pumps and Blood Glucose Monitors (presuming they don't change automatically!!)
 
Surely pumps would self adjust like smartphones ?
 
masonbason63 said:
Surely pumps would self adjust like smartphones ?
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I really don't know! I have only been pumping for 9 weeks. My old blood glucose monitor needed manual changing! So thought it was something to look out for, maybe some long term pumpers can enlighten us?
 
Sorry been pumping 15 yrs and am on a very old style pump that has to be manually changed I was wondering more along the newer pumps, going onto insight early next month
 
Smartphones take a network signal to tell them to adjust. Unless it is in a pump calendar somewhere, I'm not sure they would.
 
Poppy2 said:
Hello Everyone! Have been thinking about the commencement of British Summer Time! Please remember to change your 24 hr clock on your Insulin Pumps and Blood Glucose Monitors (presuming they don't change automatically!!)
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No they don't change automatically, you need to adjust as late as possible before bed time. Which is normal time for lowest basal section :)
 
:( Mrs DeeJay put our bedside clock forward last night so she would get up in time to go kayaking, and it's a "smart" clock which adjusts itself at midnight, so there I was putting the kettle on at 6.30am on a Sunday morning :mad:
If I had a pump I know where I'd stick it
Oops, only joking, dear
 
Just thought whilst on the subject of times etc, I also take 2x500 metformin 1 at 12 midday and 1 at 10pm "yes I know it's strange times but it's always been this as no-one told me when to take it" it's never really fazed me before I've always taken them same time whether clocks go back or forward just wondered if anyone does the same or should I be altering things?
 
I had to change mine manually as well, don't think I did it until a bit later in the morning.

I did think though, my body needs more basal in the morning would that not just stay the same or does your body just adjust to the times your getting up?

I am on a basal of 1.0 p/hr from 05:30am - 9am, thats now like 06:30-10 since the clocks have changed but I assume you don't have to worry about that?
 
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