Hello everyone,
I'm really enjoying my pump (perverse to enjoy a medical device that you insert with a steel spike but you know what I mean).
I seem to have good success with post-meal walks / mild excercise by using the extended bolus to slow the Apidra down. I'm going hypo a whole lot less lately which is great
I still spike quite badly in the mornings, but have improved this using the super bolus. I'm still experimenting with a few different combinations and breakfasts before I consider I've got it right. I'm just interested to know how others do it?
So for those that use it, do you ALWAYS choose the same length of time to kill the basal? And do you kill it completely?
To date, I've always stolen either 2 or 3 hours from the basal and added it to the up-front bolus. The three hour one seems to work best for me and means I can eat regular cereals for breakfast. Which I like doing; I just cannot face all the bacon and eggs stuff in the mornings....
The only disadvantage I've found so far is that it fouls up the IoB reading quite nicely. I've heard of people doing super bolus with the 'fill canula' part of the prime menu as this won't then show up on the IoB. Sounds a little dodgy to me; I'm sure it's fine but I'm just nervous of the prime menu whilst I'm attached!
Gary
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13 years of MDI
And then a little pump floats by
And now my pants are filled with tubes
That tangle all around my.... er .... knees
The hours I'm hooked up? All twenty four
And that's it for now until evermore
But I disconnect for up to an hour
For wonderful fun (and sometimes a shower)
And when I 'suspend' it, it plays Barry White
And my wife knows she's in for one heck of a night
But only an hour of that night is with me
As an hour is all I'm allowed now, you see...
