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Scott-C said:
Hi, mate, I'm not a pumper but here's how it works. On mdi, we've got basal and bolus, and the basal is just a bolus insulin which has been chemically tweaked to slow it down so it gets absorbed gradually over a much longer period, about 16 to 24 hrs, instead of the quickish 3 to 5 hrs that bolus does.

With pumps, they just use bolus insulin like Novo or Fiasp, but feed it in very slowly, in small amounts so it ends up having the same overall effect as a basal, to provide a gradual background cover, and then you'll occasionaly tell it to fire in a lot more if you need a bolus for a meal.

You've basically just got bolus insulin in the pump, novo or whatever, but it does the two roles, basal and bolus, slow steady delivery at small amounts as background basal cover, and a quick hit as bolus for meals.
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I was thinking I wanted a pump and/or a cgm, now I'm not so sure with all the talk of sticking plasters, calibration, xdrip, blutooth, Miao Miao and the like
Madam's down again 4.3 but I've got kilocreep. Forgot to say, I tried making the roasted soya sauce soaked sunflower seeds and they worked a treat. Can't remember who suggested them but thanks. Hope they're not responsible for the belly wobble
Think I'm going to change my photo and go anonymous
 
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SueJB said:
I was thinking I wanted a pump and/or a cgm, now I'm not so sure with all the talk of sticking plasters, calibration, xdrip, blutooth, Miao Miao and the like
Madam's down again 4.3 but I've got kilocreep. Forgot to say, I tried making the roasted soya sauce soaked sunflower seeds and they worked a treat. Can't remember who suggested them but thanks. Hope they're not responsible for the belly wobble
Think I'm going to change my photo and go anonymous
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Hi @SueJB, did you note how much salt (sodium) was in the soya sauce? The recommended maximum according to the site 'Salt Matters) is 120mg/ml.
 
Morning everyone,

Blood sugar quite well behaved overnight, had a little rise about 5 am, which I corrected with 1 unit, and it's reasonably happy now

It's been a bit erratic for the last few weeks, but seems to be happier now. Not sure why.................or am I lying to myself, and I do know why?
 
Alison54321 said:
Morning everyone,

Blood sugar quite well behaved overnight, had a little rise about 5 am, which I corrected with 1 unit, and it's reasonably happy now

It's been a bit erratic for the last few weeks, but seems to be happier now. Not sure why.................or am I lying to myself, and I do know why?
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Ours is not to reason why, Ours is just to be happy and spry!!!
 
helensaramay said:
I guess pain is relative - I have to order mine from my pump manufacturer but it comes from a different place to my pump accessories so I have to make sure I am home when it is delivered a few days after being home to receive the pump accessories.
When it is close to full, I have to order a new one and contact my council who will pick it up the old one on the next but one Wednesday after I have reminded them where I live because they usually forget. I have to remember to put it outside my front door the night before. And some times the council forget to send the confirmation email telling me when it will be collected so I have to chase them.
Whilst it could be a lot slicker, I guess I should just be grateful I get a pump, the accessories and the sharps bin.
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In Australia we can buy smaller sharps containers from the local chemist and return full ones there for disposal. During our hot summers the smell of a large sharps bin can be a problem over time so the smaller, more quickly filled ones do have a purpose.
 
Good(ish) morning all
7 on waking (NO alarms! during night. Usual breakfast and bolus....just been alarmed....high 10.8 and rising, jsut checked my Timesulin and confirmed that I DID do my jab with breakfast, so T1D 1 Paul 0 today so far :banghead:
 
porl69 said:
Good(ish) morning all
7 on waking (NO alarms! during night. Usual breakfast and bolus....just been alarmed....high 10.8 and rising, jsut checked my Timesulin and confirmed that I DID do my jab with breakfast, so T1D 1 Paul 0 today so far :banghead:
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10.8 isn't great, but it's not a decisive victory for Type 1, you can rerun that later, and win. :)
 
So reduce basal by 2u last night and woke with an 8.0 this morning so not too bad, will reassess wednesday morning.

busyish weekend, apparently it was the weekend for putting up the Christmas tree, so we followed the herd:

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which is extremely rare to do this early, we normally wait until after the wifes birthday!
 
@slip can you pop round and do mine next ?

Have put lights up around the front garden and stopped after that, I live in a close and am the first to add lights so it's hopefully brightened up a very dull corner of the UK !!
 
slip said:
So reduce basal by 2u last night and woke with an 8.0 this morning so not too bad, will reassess wednesday morning.

busyish weekend, apparently it was the weekend for putting up the Christmas tree, so we followed the herd:

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which is extremely rare to do this early, we normally wait until after the wifes birthday!
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Tree looks great.
 
'Ugh Monday morning' is my comment for the day, and it hasn't started well :(
Woke up, BS was at about low 3's - oh great, anyway had a few sweets followed by breakfast, I should've really waited longer for the sweets to kick in but I never have much time in the morning, and what this actually ended up meaning was that I couldn't leave the house til about 15-20 mins later than normal waiting for my BS to rise so I could drive and what this meant was I got to work 30 mins later than normal (the joys of traffic), luckily the only people who noticed don't really care anyways :)
And also now the freestyle sensor I put on yesterday seems to have made my arm very tender where it is - so I flinch if I touch the area, normally I can bump it and I don't really notice - will see how it is by the day, and if still tender I'll give Abbott a call and may change it - though this will then mean I need to change it again on Christmas Eve - d'oh!
Also I seem to be sniffling as well.
So yeah, I don't like Mondays!
 
porl69 said:
Good(ish) morning all
7 on waking (NO alarms! during night. Usual breakfast and bolus....just been alarmed....high 10.8 and rising, jsut checked my Timesulin and confirmed that I DID do my jab with breakfast, so T1D 1 Paul 0 today so far :banghead:
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Hi @porl69 , i had a similar experience this morning and then a seriously ridiculous spike. Woke to an 8.2 pre bolus as normal, only 40 g of porridge so i took 16 un of Novorapid, which included the correction dose.

I hour later it had risen to 12.4 with straight up arrow. 2 hours later it had gone to 16.7. I was seriously starting to doubt i had taken my Novorapid this morning, however 45 minutes later it had dropped to 11.9 before finally settling at lunchtime at 10.3.

So more correction doses given. This type 1 certainly likes to keep us on our toes
 
helensaramay said:
@porl69 and @smc4761 are your BGs high because you are going down with something?
I assume you have not pre-empted the type 1 meet up that was discussed yesterday and going down with the same thing
;)

My first Fiasp experiment of the day is complete and I am rating it a success.
My BG dropped to 3.9 during my spin. OK, not perfect but as my partner's BG dropped to 4.2 when he did a spin class, I consider my drop acceptable.
Maybe next time, I'll try to start with a slightly higher BG ... or maybe drop my basal earlier.
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Not as far as I am aware Helen. Good news with the Fiasp, glad its doing its thing for you :)
 
kitedoc said:
Hi @SueJB, did you note how much salt (sodium) was in the soya sauce? The recommended maximum according to the site 'Salt Matters) is 120mg/ml.
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Hi
No idea about salt, it was Kikkoman's but not reduced. I used 1tbsp but think they would work with less.
Is sodium bad?
 
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