Hybrid pump and CGM Kiteboarding?

[Marks]

I am wondering about insulin pumps and in particular a hybrid pump and cgm and how practicable it might be for my lifestyle.

I do various sports the most extreme of which is probably kite surfing.

At the moment I use Libre 2 with the Suggah App and bone conduction headphones to keep me up to date on blood glucose values and trends. This works really well.

Does anyone currently use an insulin pump or, slim chance I know, hybrid system and kite surf, sail, slalom kayak or anything like that I wonder?

Any comments would be very much appreciated

 

[SB2015]

Sorry not to be able to help you with this @Marks
I use a HCL but don’t take part in your list of sports!
I look forward to seeing other replies.

Just one thought is whether your pump is waterproof.
I drowned my pump when I went swimming as I had a crack in mine.
The Omnipod is waterproof and I know people swim with that, but I await info from others.

 

[SimonP]

I'm also interested to hear any responses, I'm afraid I'm not an extreme sports person, just ride bikes.

Please let us know of your experiences - if there's no one else at the moment, your information will likely be a very useful starting point for the next person who comes along with a similar question.

I'm interested to know how and how often Suggah gives you your BG reading? Do you need to prompt it somehow or does it automatically read out e.g. once ever 5min? Have you considered a smartwatch or a Garmin with the BG data displayed on it? Though I guess for kite surfing you have your hands busy so it's not ideal.

 

[helli]

My activities tend not to be water related but some will consider climbing to be an extreme sport. Using my pump when climbing has really helped. The adrenaline release from climbing tends to push my BG up so I can adjust my basal to counteract this. I do have to plan ahead as insulin does not work fast enough to expect it to react automatically.
With my first (tubey) pump, I struggled to find a suitable place to clip my pump (or hold it in a pump belt) which did not get 8n the way of my climbing harness. On one climb up an attacking wall (with a large overhang), my pump came unclipped. Thankfully the tube held it in place and the cannula did not pull out but it was a little precarious having a dangling pump on some tricking moves.
My latest pump is a patch pump which is much easier to position out of the way of my harness and there is no chance of it becoming unclipped.

I do not have HCL so cannot comment on that. But my CGM is never an issue whether I place it on my arm or torso. I do keep my mobile phone in the pocket of my leggings so i can keep an eye on my numbers.

 

[Marks]

I'm also interested to hear any responses, I'm afraid I'm not an extreme sports person, just ride bikes.

Please let us know of your experiences - if there's no one else at the moment, your information will likely be a very useful starting point for the next person who comes along with a similar question.

I'm interested to know how and how often Suggah gives you your BG reading? Do you need to prompt it somehow or does it automatically read out e.g. once ever 5min? Have you considered a smartwatch or a Garmin with the BG data displayed on it? Though I guess for kite surfing you have your hands busy so it's not ideal.

Hi Simon
You can set the ‘speak interval’ to anything from 1 minute upwards. With my blood sugar is pretty stable when I go on the water I tend to set it around 8 mins, which is very easy to do. That allows me to miss an occasional reading when in the middle of a trick or when I happen to have fallen in something like that!, and to still be confident I’m not heading for a hypo or a high blood sugar.