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Christmas emergency!
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Hello Liam
so sorry to hear this.
there used to be a FB group called ‘Help forgot T1 kit!’ But I think Facebook shut it down.
do you have pens or a backup?
could you get a syringe from a pharmacy and refill the old reservoir using that?
sorry not to be closer. Hope you managed to sort it somehow!
so sorry to hear this.
there used to be a FB group called ‘Help forgot T1 kit!’ But I think Facebook shut it down.
do you have pens or a backup?
could you get a syringe from a pharmacy and refill the old reservoir using that?
sorry not to be closer. Hope you managed to sort it somehow!
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The only other scrap of hope I can offer is that the MM640G will continue to deliver insulin after the reservoir reads 0u on the display.
Medtronic don’t really advertise this as they don’t want people to rely on it, but I get the feeling that there might be 10-20u of capacity hidden there. Might be enough to get you through overnight on basal only until folks can drive again?
Medtronic don’t really advertise this as they don’t want people to rely on it, but I get the feeling that there might be 10-20u of capacity hidden there. Might be enough to get you through overnight on basal only until folks can drive again?
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Did you manage to get this sorted? Sorry, I can't help as I am nowhere near but fingers crossed you were okay throughout the night.
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Hope you got through your emergency one way or another.
If it is any consolation, I went to bolus just before sitting down to my Christmas dinner, for my Echo pen to click once and stop, indicating it had run out. I had changed my Levemir pen the night before and the batteries in my BG meter that morning and dug out a new pot of test strips so I had plenty but had not noticed the Fiasp was running low. I was 30 miles from home with dinner being served so had no time to head home and get some more, so I just had to eat very low carb which I do most days but had hoped to relax that a bit for my first Christmas as a diabetic.... as a result, no stuffing, roasties, yorkies, parsnip or dessert for me on the big day. I did enjoy a nice plate of cheeses though!
If it is any consolation, I went to bolus just before sitting down to my Christmas dinner, for my Echo pen to click once and stop, indicating it had run out. I had changed my Levemir pen the night before and the batteries in my BG meter that morning and dug out a new pot of test strips so I had plenty but had not noticed the Fiasp was running low. I was 30 miles from home with dinner being served so had no time to head home and get some more, so I just had to eat very low carb which I do most days but had hoped to relax that a bit for my first Christmas as a diabetic.... as a result, no stuffing, roasties, yorkies, parsnip or dessert for me on the big day. I did enjoy a nice plate of cheeses though!
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