Pump Start ; potential 780g

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CarysAnnwenT1D

CarysAnnwenT1D

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I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me out?
I'm hoping to be starting on my new pump in in the coming weeks and have been told that my original choice of the medtronic 640g is no longer available but instead it will be the new medtronic 780g.
does anyone know if ill still be using the contour meter with this pump?
im just stressing that I'm going to have to research everything all over again and really need some help!
Thanks in advance guys!
 
Hi @CarysAnnwenT1D i use the 680G pump and it’s using the contour, I think it is a special one for Meditronic because it sends the readings to the pump and I don’t see Meditronic moving to another meter supplier at the moment so you should be fine. The 780g has lots of possibilities as it will work with CGM sensors if you can get them might be worth giving @SB2015 a shout as she is just starting to use the 780g pump this week I think
 
CarysAnnwenT1D said:
I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me out?
I'm hoping to be starting on my new pump in in the coming weeks and have been told that my original choice of the medtronic 640g is no longer available but instead it will be the new medtronic 780g.
does anyone know if ill still be using the contour meter with this pump?
im just stressing that I'm going to have to research everything all over again and really need some help!
Thanks in advance guys!
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I received my 780G on New Year’s Eve, it’s now a accu check guide link.
 
Maco said:
I received my 780G on New Year’s Eve, it’s now a accu check guide link.
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I was just trying to remember your name too @Maco I’m glad you came along with the right info
 
CarysAnnwenT1D said:
I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me out?
I'm hoping to be starting on my new pump in in the coming weeks and have been told that my original choice of the medtronic 640g is no longer available but instead it will be the new medtronic 780g.
does anyone know if ill still be using the contour meter with this pump?
im just stressing that I'm going to have to research everything all over again and really need some help!
Thanks in advance guys!
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The Accu Chek Guide meter is linked to the pump so the BG readings are sent to the pump, but you then need to confirm the reading on the pump otherwise it does not get sorted. I found that linked to the meter fiddly to use, as I don’t have good dexterity, so I am just continuing to use my old meter and then manually entering the BG. No more hassle as I need to get the pump out when bolusing anyway. So if you want to continue using your contour test kit no problem.

I am still working in manual mode at present but will switch to auto ear,y Feb, probably around the same time as @Maco
 
Also I was seeing what will be the benefit of the auto mode when I was out for a long walk today.
I had had to set a TBR, reduced pre walk Bolus, carb top during the walk, ... I have also spent some time sorting basal rates. All important for when the pump puts you back into manual mode.

However once in auto mode the pump will deal with necessary changes. Looking forward to getting to that stage.
 
Maco said:
Happy to help, I start training tomorrow at 2pm so ill keep everyone updated with how I get on.
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Best of luck with the training
 
Ah that’s a real shame they’ve moved away from the Contour NextLink meters and made it a bit more fiddly and button-pressy. The sending of BG results on my Veo and MM640 was always rock solid and seamless.
 
I start on the 780G on Monday, moving up from the 670G. Like you I'll be sad to say goodbye to the Contours. They are a fantastic little meter who've never let me down. I understand the readings are still sent automatically from the meter so no extra steps there, but the confirmation is an extra button press if not using sensors.
If using sesnors the 640G/670G would always ask if you wanted to caIibrate when it got a reading from the meter anyway. But as least it uses the sensor readings for bolus calculations automatically if sensors are used.
Good luck for your new pump!
 
It is good to know the population of 780 users is growing on here.
It will be good to hear how things go.
All the best with your training @Sowerbee and @Maco
 
Sowerbee said:
I start on the 780G on Monday, moving up from the 670G. Like you I'll be sad to say goodbye to the Contours. They are a fantastic little meter who've never let me down. I understand the readings are still sent automatically from the meter so no extra steps there, but the confirmation is an extra button press if not using sensors.
If using sesnors the 640G/670G would always ask if you wanted to caIibrate when it got a reading from the meter anyway. But as least it uses the sensor readings for bolus calculations automatically if sensors are used.
Good luck for your new pump!
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I shall be interested to find out if the need to confirm the reading from the Guide Link meter still requires confirmation once on sensors. I was under the impressions that the confirmation was still required.
 
Paulbreen said:
Hi @CarysAnnwenT1D i use the 680G pump and it’s using the contour, I think it is a special one for Meditronic because it sends the readings to the pump and I don’t see Meditronic moving to another meter supplier at the moment so you should be fine. The 780g has lots of possibilities as it will work with CGM sensors if you can get them might be worth giving @SB2015 a shout as she is just starting to use the 780g pump this week I think
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Thank you so much! i think I'm just nervous as its so new to me hahaha! the last pump I went on was ten years ago and I've been on MDI ever since so I just want to be sure I'm getting the right set for me!
 
Well I’ve had issues with the guide link already, inserted the Lanset then went to replace the cap & it doesn’t fit. The lancet is slightly bigger than the cap so it won’t go on when the lancet is fitted, tried every way possible even tried pushing the lancet further in against a door frame so unsure on the issue there.

Training was pretty simple, only issue I had with it was the fact it’s done in a group so what really should of took no longer than 1hr took the full 3hrs the meeting was scheduled for. Unfortunately I had a 60+ yr old man in my zoom meeting, his son was helping him but he was pretty clueless when it came to technology so every step took forever. Because the meeting used up the full 3hrs just getting everyone’s pump settings sorted we’ve had to reschedule fitting the cgm until next Thursday so now everything’s pushed back a week, so CGM fitted next Thursday & automode the following Thursday where as supposedly auto mode would of been next week and that would of been that. Not exactly an issue apart from my last Libre sensor runs out in 2 hours and for some reason there’s been a delay getting my next prescription delivered so now I’m back to finger testing.
 
That is strange about you Guide Link Meter. My lancet fitted on along with cap,
Are the lancets you are using the correct ones for the finger pricked. It is a fastclix as far as I know and the cartridge of six lancets needs to be rotated to get it in position and then the cover fits on.

Sorry you had a slower training day than you expected. We were told we needed to do a month on manual before going over to sensors, so you are being offered a speedier process than that.

Let us know how you get on

PS there are quite a few of us on here over 60!!!! , but lots of us have used Zoom.
 
SB2015 said:
That is strange about you Guide Link Meter. My lancet fitted on along with cap,
Are the lancets you are using the correct ones for the finger pricked. It is a fastclix as far as I know and the cartridge of six lancets needs to be rotated to get it in position and then the cover fits on.

Sorry you had a slower training day than you expected. We were told we needed to do a month on manual before going over to sensors, so you are being offered a speedier process than that.

Let us know how you get on

PS there are quite a few of us on here over 60!!!! , but lots of us have used Zoom.
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Ive managed to sort it, the lancet was stuck open if that makes sense. Had to put it on the floor and push it down as hard as could then it clicked into place.

My group should of gone into automode next week but because of today’s delay it’ll be 2 weeks today. Zoom wasn’t the problem that all went nice & easy, it was more the setting up of the pump. To be honest I couldn’t think of anything worse than setting up a pump you’ve never used or had anything to do with before over a conference call especially if your not very technology minded.
 
Glad you sorted it out @Maco

I just put a new Lancet cassette this morning, and remembered that I read that if you take out the cassette it won’t go back in again. Could that have also been an issue.

I can imagine entering the basal rates in a group would be time consuming. It takes a bit of getting used to the different ways of doing this. I had done mine beforehand, they checked my total and helped me copy the profile to others so that I could then adjust them up or down.

I hope that next stage goes smoothly. I am very much looking forward to auto mode and realising just how much I end up doing on a day by day basis just to adapt to the changes in weather etc. The automode will hopefully take care of a lot of that for me, making incremental changes throughout the day.
 
SB2015 said:
Glad you sorted it out @Maco

I just put a new Lancet cassette this morning, and remembered that I read that if you take out the cassette it won’t go back in again. Could that have also been an issue.

I can imagine entering the basal rates in a group would be time consuming. It takes a bit of getting used to the different ways of doing this. I had done mine beforehand, they checked my total and helped me copy the profile to others so that I could then adjust them up or down.

I hope that next stage goes smoothly. I am very much looking forward to auto mode and realising just how much I end up doing on a day by day basis just to adapt to the changes in weather etc. The automode will hopefully take care of a lot of that for me, making incremental changes throughout the day.
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That could of been the issue, I had to take the cassette out a number of times while trying to get it in.

I ended up having a long night, I took my 30 units of tresiba yesterday morning so had to set up a temp basal. DSN recommended 20% for 24hrs but don’t think it was enough, had a carb free tea but still went low at 9.30pm, 10.30pm, 2.00am & then 5.00am. 3x bottles of glucogel didn’t touch me so ended up raiding the fridge at 5 and waking back up at 18. Oh the joys
 
Maco said:
That could of been the issue, I had to take the cassette out a number of times while trying to get it in.

I ended up having a long night, I took my 30 units of tresiba yesterday morning so had to set up a temp basal. DSN recommended 20% for 24hrs but don’t think it was enough, had a carb free tea but still went low at 9.30pm, 10.30pm, 2.00am & then 5.00am. 3x bottles of glucogel didn’t touch me so ended up raiding the fridge at 5 and waking back up at 18. Oh the joys
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On e the tresiba is out of your system things should settle.
Is this your first pump?
 
SB2015 said:
On e the tresiba is out of your system things should settle.
Is this your first pump?
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Another 6hrs on temp basal then things should be fine.
It’s my second pump, but I haven’t used one for 10/11 years. Last pump was the Medtronic paradigm veo when I was a child.
 
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