Ypsomed driving me mad

[trophywench]

Why on earth does a Medtronic pump, whether it'd HCL or not, have hourly rates? - how the hell does it know how much basal to give anyone, when?

 

[Lauren]

Why on earth does a Medtronic pump, whether it'd HCL or not, have hourly rates? - how the hell does it know how much basal to give anyone, when?

It's a hybrid closed loop, the same as the Ypsomed, so it communicates with the sensor and works it out 🙂
It does have a back up basal rate but mine had been set approx 2 years ago so weren't accurate to copy across to the Ypsomed. Also I personally cope better with a more reactive correction system. Everyone is different I guess!

 

[trophywench]

Just Ah.

Considering before being issued with our first pumps, all of us getting ours the same day had to do several repeated 24 basal tests over a week, the results of which needed to be with our DSN a week before the appointed day to give em time to decide how to spread the basal over the 24hrs 'for starters'.

I think I could have probably done with repeating that exercise prior to my start day with the Ypso - but we all usually have 20/20 vision with hindsight, don't we!

 

[Lauren]

Just Ah.

Considering before being issued with our first pumps, all of us getting ours the same day had to do several repeated 24 basal tests over a week, the results of which needed to be with our DSN a week before the appointed day to give em time to decide how to spread the basal over the 24hrs 'for starters'.

I think I could have probably done with repeating that exercise prior to my start day with the Ypso - but we all usually have 20/20 vision with hindsight, don't we!

My nurse worked mine out based on my total daily dose, but yes I would have happily done this, had they asked! Never mind. I think some lessons can be learned here for users switching between looping systems perhaps.

 

[trophywench]

My nurse worked mine out based on my total daily dose, but yes I would have happily done this, had they asked! Never mind. I think some lessons can be learned here for users switching between looping systems perhaps.

Hear Hear - my thoughts exactly!

 

[PattiEvans]

Hmmm I'm beginning to wonder if I've done the wrong thing asking the DSN to order the Ypsomed for me. I found the Omnipod 5/Libre 2+ system nowhere near aggressive enough for me.

 

[Lauren]

Hmmm I'm beginning to wonder if I've done the wrong thing asking the DSN to order the Ypsomed for me. I found the Omnipod 5/Libre 2+ system nowhere near aggressive enough for me.

It is supposed to work very well once you get past the initial 3 week period where it works out its algorithm (according to my DSN). It just wasn't an ideal time for me to switch. I saw my consultant earlier today and she told me it is the least proactive pump in terms of correcting, which isn't great during pregnancy.
There were things which were good - I found the app and its data very user-friendly. My basal rate was perfect overnight - just struggled massively whenever I ate.

 

[Lauren]

Update!

I saw my DSN this morning. She was very happy for me to come off it as my highs were quite 'extreme'! She is going to feed my experience back to Ypsomed.
We have agreed that I will stay on the Medtronic and use hacks to get my BG lower than the target. She is going to pass my data onto Medtronic to be used as a case study, so they can acquire some evidence-based data to inform their research. Apparently they are working on technology for pregnancy, but won't make changes without evidence, and it's hard to get evidence during pregnancy, because it's unethical to test and trial on pregnant people. So I'm happy to be helping people, potentially!

Also I had my scan this morning and the baby is looking good with a strong heartbeat 🙂