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<blockquote data-quote="adamrit" data-source="post: 1090948" data-attributes="member: 278857"><p>Type 1 60 years. I've been on Medtronic pumps and cgm for nine years. Now with Medtronic 640G pump and CGM on NHS because of lack of hypo awareness. Far less hassle with injections (once every 3-4 days for pump, every six days for sensor) and no trouble with pumps flying about at night or day. I just wish the pump and sensor could be smarter. Being horribly irregular (widely different BG results given same bolus, basal, food and exercise) makes control very difficult. I have to test BG very frequently because the sensor isn't accurate enough and gives too many low blood sugar alerts (it buzzes) when the actual BG is nowhere near the low limit. On balance pumps and cgms are a huge advance over the old injection, but they aren't intelligent. It would be better if when you told the pump you were doing heavy exercise, that it lowered your basal rate, that if you had an inexplicably continuous series of high BG readings it didn't continue to suggest far too low corrections. Diabetes needs a lot of attention.</p><p>Best wishes</p><p>Adam</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adamrit, post: 1090948, member: 278857"] Type 1 60 years. I've been on Medtronic pumps and cgm for nine years. Now with Medtronic 640G pump and CGM on NHS because of lack of hypo awareness. Far less hassle with injections (once every 3-4 days for pump, every six days for sensor) and no trouble with pumps flying about at night or day. I just wish the pump and sensor could be smarter. Being horribly irregular (widely different BG results given same bolus, basal, food and exercise) makes control very difficult. I have to test BG very frequently because the sensor isn't accurate enough and gives too many low blood sugar alerts (it buzzes) when the actual BG is nowhere near the low limit. On balance pumps and cgms are a huge advance over the old injection, but they aren't intelligent. It would be better if when you told the pump you were doing heavy exercise, that it lowered your basal rate, that if you had an inexplicably continuous series of high BG readings it didn't continue to suggest far too low corrections. Diabetes needs a lot of attention. Best wishes Adam [/QUOTE]
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