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pottersusan

pottersusan

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Is it really four years since I got my pump? In many ways it doesn't feel like it. I certainly wouldn't want to revert to MDI - emphasis on the M... I was injecting possibly ten or more times daily😱.

Tomorrow, I'm off to Bournemouth to get my new pump. It will be interesting to see how the Insight compares with the Combo.
 
I remember it well when you got your pump Susan 🙂 Hope the new one works out just as well, if not better (things ought to get better after 4 years! 🙂)
 
Totally different in a lot of ways Susan. Good luck!
 
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Tomorrow, I'm off to Bournemouth to get my new pump. It will be interesting to see how the Insight compares with the Combo.
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Good luck with the new pump, I'm a Bournemouth pumper too, give my best to those wonderful DSNs there, I'm there for a 'pump refresher' course in two weeks - on the basis that there's always something worth learning! Look forward to hearing your thoughts on the Insight, I'm not eligible until November but I'm not sure I want it - did you get a choice?

I have just been reading Diatribe's 'Adam's Corner' about Low Carb diets. I wish I hadn't, because I do recognise so many similar effects, I just can't bear the thought of giving up bread or rice (my preferred carbs!) Here is the link if you (or anyone else!) are interested - http://diatribe.org/low-carb-vs-high-carb-ii-my-diabetes-diet-battle-continued
 
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Good luck with the new pump, I'm a Bournemouth pumper too, give my best to those wonderful DSNs there, I'm there for a 'pump refresher' course in two weeks - on the basis that there's always something worth learning! Look forward to hearing your thoughts on the Insight, I'm not eligible until November but I'm not sure I want it - did you get a choice?

I have just been reading Diatribe's 'Adam's Corner' about Low Carb diets. I wish I hadn't, because I do recognise so many similar effects, I just can't bear the thought of giving up bread or rice (my preferred carbs!) Here is the link if you (or anyone else!) are interested - http://diatribe.org/low-carb-vs-high-carb-ii-my-diabetes-diet-battle-continued
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No choice!

having now got my shiny new pump I'm decamping back to Dorchester, as they now do pumps. Time will tell with the Insight.
 
36 hours in - it is definitely slower to do things than the Combo.
 
I have just been reading Trophywench's response in another post here about Medtronic's artificial pancreas - she certainly isn't impressed with its speed. What a shame. I am now at a point where it takes me along time to learn how things work, if it is time-consuming and complicated I might not be able to...? Perhaps I can use this to refuse an Insight? Are they still even making the Combos? Did you get one exactly 4 years after getting your first pump?

Sorry - hope you will suddenly find it has things you love - best of luck with it!
 
I certainly don't find it an improvement Susan, all that is better for me is the fact that I don't have to fill a reservoir now, And that is THAT.

However - none of us know whether any other make or type of pump would be 'better' in our view, do we?
 
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I have just been reading Trophywench's response in another post here about Medtronic's artificial pancreas - she certainly isn't impressed with its speed. What a shame. I am now at a point where it takes me along time to learn how things work, if it is time-consuming and complicated I might not be able to...? Perhaps I can use this to refuse an Insight? Are they still even making the Combos? Did you get one exactly 4 years after getting your first pump?

Sorry - hope you will suddenly find it has things you love - best of luck with it!
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Yes I've just been told that Roche are still making Combos so we are going to get another one. We seem to get quite a good choice though, could have Medtronic, Animas, Roche Insight or Roche Combo if we wanted. Some people don't get any choice, so good luck!
 
It's irritating little things so far - like the case for the handset being a very tight fit and having to recharge the battery every night.
 
Yup - and not being able to use the meter/handset while it's still in the case - I nearly always did that with the Combo one.

And why the hell do you need to tell it 3 times that you want the bolus it's told you?

Accept - yes thanks.

Do you want me to deliver it? - well yes, why would I have accepted it if I didn't?

Could you confirm that please? - FFS - OK then - bloody well just do it, will you? - my dinner's getting cold !

Or as Thora Hird's Birmingham landlady used to say 'Gerron with it - yo'll ave it dark!' whilst watching Saturday afternoon football on TV !
 
as someone pointed out to me - giving people with diabetes a touch sensitive screen is not very clever if you've been using the pads of your fingers for fingerpricks for years (as some people have undoubtedly been doing)

I used to be able to deliver myself a small bolus for my free Waitrose latte while it was brewing. Now I'm only half way through when my coffee's ready🙄

We have to remember it's an improvement🙄🙄
 
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