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[meredith2023]

Hi, I'm Paul and to my surprise went straight into type 1 Diabetes in my early thirties, about 15 years ago. After huge struggles with intensely fluctuating sugars I went onto the Medtronic pump and cgm system which was a big positive.

 

[Josh DUK]

Hi, I'm Paul and to my surprise went straight into type 1 Diabetes in my early thirties, about 15 years ago. After huge struggles with intensely fluctuating sugars I went onto the Medtronic pump and cgm system which was a big positive.

Hello @meredith2023 ,

Thank you so much for posting. How have you been finding the pump? also when did you get it?

 

[meredith2023]

The pump has been life changing, or particularly the cgm that reads the sugars. Been on it for about ,6 years now. Doesn't stop the hypos I was having but they are much less and I catch them much quicker and avert many more beforehand.

 

[trophywench]

Hi Paul - presumably you know by now it's not at all unusual for adults to be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at any age, at least up to 70+ anyway, just out of the blue with no family history or having treatment for something else which is instrumental in T1D manifesting.

What piques my interest is your comments about hypos. Now - I know mine are 99.9%/100 caused by human error on my part - usually wrongly estimating carbs and therefore under-dosing bolus insulin. As such there's little I can do to prevent em. However what I have found the Libre I've had prescribed for a couple of years really useful for is identifying any trends - which I start looking for once I get two hypos the same week - and making adjustments to base rates where necessary - sometimes only for an hour.

So - tell us more about your lows please - one of the main advantages of being on a forum with literally 100s of years of lived experience between us all is that we then each can have the benefit of hearing what may have helped all the others! You just never know when anyone might suggest something you haven't already tried.

 

[SB2015]

The pump has been life changing, or particularly the cgm that reads the sugars. Been on it for about ,6 years now. Doesn't stop the hypos I was having but they are much less and I catch them much quicker and avert many more beforehand.

Hi Paul

Are you using your sensor and pump in a closed loop. This requires the use of the Gaurdian 4 (or3) sensors and a transmitter. The looping allows the pump to make adjustments every 5 minutes to the basal rate based on the sensor data. I have been using this for two years now and it has eliminated my hypos on ‘normal’ days but I still have a few due to human error or when exercsising a lot more than usual.

as @trophywench says there is a wealth of experience to tap into on here, so fire away with any questions that arise. It will be good to hear more from you.