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HayleyR said:
Hello everyone, just want to introduce myself 🙂. Have my training this week for Online Community Host role and really looking forward to getting started! Hayley
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Welcome Hayley.
I look forward to hearing more from you.
If you are happy to do so it would be great to know how you manage your T1
MDI/pump/HCL?
Which insulin?
 
Hello, thanks for the warm welcome 🙂. I'm on Levemir morning & evening and Humalog before meals. Also have Libre Freestyle sensor which for me has been fantastic as I know at any time what the bloods are doing, particular helpful as I'm a regular gym user. Would be interested to hear from pump users as my control could be improved and I'm wondering if it could help? Thanks!
 
Hi and welcome..... 😎
 
Hello hello!! :hello:
 
Hi and welcome from me too.

Not a pump user myself but love my Levemir for it's flexibility. Do you adjust your Levemir yourself to account for exercise etc? I find I have to adjust my evening dose following exercise because my muscles suck glucose out of my blood whilst I sleep to replenish their stores, so I always drop low overnight after exercise and need to reduce my evening dose as a result.
I am devastated that they are discontinuing Levemir in 2026. Not sure if you were aware of that or not, but forewarned is forearmed as they say!
 
HayleyR said:
Hello, thanks for the warm welcome 🙂. I'm on Levemir morning & evening and Humalog before meals. Also have Libre Freestyle sensor which for me has been fantastic as I know at any time what the bloods are doing, particular helpful as I'm a regular gym user. Would be interested to hear from pump users as my control could be improved and I'm wondering if it could help? Thanks!
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Hi Hayley
Worth looking in the pumping thread as there are a variety of comparisons and also descriptions of the impact of the change.

For me the switch to a pump gave me a lot more flexibility and far better control. It reduced the incidence of hypos especially at night as I was able to match my basal delivery to what I needed hour by hour. It also allows me to reduce my basal for exercise just an hour or a couple of hours before I start the exercise. Using a pump in manual mode involves a fair amount of work to get it to suit your personal needs, and to review the settings at regular intervals.

I did the switch from MDI before there were any sensors available. Sensors have made life a lot easier as we see what is happening in between pre-meal BG checks. I know that there are quite a few who find that MDI along with a sensor suits their lifestyle.

For me I did the switch to HCL over four years ago and that has also had a big impact. I can now ignore my diabetes for extended periods of time and can go through a day just interacting with the pump at meal times. The rest is managed as the pump and sensor have a chat every five minutes and adjust my basal as necessary.
 
Hi @rebrascora I've certainly found that it helped me s witching to Levemir, didn't know it's going to be discontinued next year though :(. I don't tend to make any adjustments to this for exercise sometimes lower the humalog especially after a spin class....
rebrascora said:
Hi and welcome from me too.

Not a pump user myself but love my Levemir for it's flexibility. Do you adjust your Levemir yourself to account for exercise etc? I find I have to adjust my evening dose following exercise because my muscles suck glucose out of my blood whilst I sleep to replenish their stores, so I always drop low overnight after exercise and need to reduce my evening dose as a result.
I am devastated that they are discontinuing Levemir in 2026. Not sure if you were aware of that or not, but forewarned is forearmed as they say!
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SB2015 said:
Hi Hayley
Worth looking in the pumping thread as there are a variety of comparisons and also descriptions of the impact of the change.

For me the switch to a pump gave me a lot more flexibility and far better control. It reduced the incidence of hypos especially at night as I was able to match my basal delivery to what I needed hour by hour. It also allows me to reduce my basal for exercise just an hour or a couple of hours before I start the exercise. Using a pump in manual mode involves a fair amount of work to get it to suit your personal needs, and to review the settings at regular intervals.

I did the switch from MDI before there were any sensors available. Sensors have made life a lot easier as we see what is happening in between pre-meal BG checks. I know that there are quite a few who find that MDI along with a sensor suits their lifestyle.

For me I did the switch to HCL over four years ago and that has also had a big impact. I can now ignore my diabetes for extended periods of time and can go through a day just interacting with the pump at meal times. The rest is managed as the pump and sensor have a chat every five minutes and adjust my basal as necessary.
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Hi , I'm liking the sound of HCL, think I need to enquire at Clinic. Thanks!
 
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