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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2512962" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>[USER=68789]@Fairygodmother[/USER] I thought at first, did I lose a day??? It happens with retirement!</p><p></p><p>[USER=541430]@Yaya10_10[/USER] I hadn't wanted to mess with the tubing of a pump and resisted a pump for years until I heard about Omnipod, a patch pump system. Then I was all in. I use a lot less insulin on a pump because it allows more exact dosing. It was funny, my endo when she told me about it, told me here's what it looks like and then starts patting all over her body to find where it was. I find myself doing the same thing now lol.............you forget where it is. But I wear a patch pump, I'm just not enthused about having tubing.</p><p></p><p>I think you are less likely to have hypos with a pump, because instead of giving a shot or two to cover the food you eat. You can give a small amount before, an amount when you eat and an adjustment later if needed all with a press of a button. I know on MDI I was likely to only give one shot to cover, maybe a second one and then making sure I ate what I took bolus dosing for. And you can change your basal rates. I have the highest dosing starting in the am and then I have the lightest dosing starting in the evening through most of the night .</p><p></p><p>Most insulin is a lot hardier than you think. I know some people say fiasp is touchier with heat. But Humalog and Novalog are pretty hardy. Body temperature is fine. If you want to test outside temperature. Put some in a syringe and carry it everywhere you go for a few days and then use it and see! You can even tape it to your body to see. I know I leave my Humalog in a car without any cool packs all the time and I know people that leave Novalog in their car. But our temperatures could be different than yours. so testing carrying it around would let you see.</p><p></p><p>There are downsides. It can be costlier if your supplies aren't covered. The biggest downside is you can get failures, in my case pods, which can be the same as insertion failures with a tubed pump. Your levels can go up fast. I have alerts from my Cgm, but sometimes you don't know if it's your pump yet or a misjudge of dosing? I change mine out pretty quickly. but it still can catch you. But insertion/pod failures are a thing that happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2512962, member: 475037"] [USER=68789]@Fairygodmother[/USER] I thought at first, did I lose a day??? It happens with retirement! [USER=541430]@Yaya10_10[/USER] I hadn't wanted to mess with the tubing of a pump and resisted a pump for years until I heard about Omnipod, a patch pump system. Then I was all in. I use a lot less insulin on a pump because it allows more exact dosing. It was funny, my endo when she told me about it, told me here's what it looks like and then starts patting all over her body to find where it was. I find myself doing the same thing now lol.............you forget where it is. But I wear a patch pump, I'm just not enthused about having tubing. I think you are less likely to have hypos with a pump, because instead of giving a shot or two to cover the food you eat. You can give a small amount before, an amount when you eat and an adjustment later if needed all with a press of a button. I know on MDI I was likely to only give one shot to cover, maybe a second one and then making sure I ate what I took bolus dosing for. And you can change your basal rates. I have the highest dosing starting in the am and then I have the lightest dosing starting in the evening through most of the night . Most insulin is a lot hardier than you think. I know some people say fiasp is touchier with heat. But Humalog and Novalog are pretty hardy. Body temperature is fine. If you want to test outside temperature. Put some in a syringe and carry it everywhere you go for a few days and then use it and see! You can even tape it to your body to see. I know I leave my Humalog in a car without any cool packs all the time and I know people that leave Novalog in their car. But our temperatures could be different than yours. so testing carrying it around would let you see. There are downsides. It can be costlier if your supplies aren't covered. The biggest downside is you can get failures, in my case pods, which can be the same as insertion failures with a tubed pump. Your levels can go up fast. I have alerts from my Cgm, but sometimes you don't know if it's your pump yet or a misjudge of dosing? I change mine out pretty quickly. but it still can catch you. But insertion/pod failures are a thing that happens. [/QUOTE]
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