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Originally Posted by mcgriff  I think a pump may be for me. One question among many is, what's the point of the remote on the minimeds? It seems you still have to have the pump within view to know what to do, thus making the remote kinda silly. Am I missing something? | The remote, which I don't think comes with the pumps anymore, would allow you to either set the pump on vibrate or audible. You would then count the beeps or vibrates for however much insulin you had it set for (like each beep is .5 units.) I think all pumps have an audio/vibrate bolus option button that when pushed you can easily give a bolus without looking at the pump. Personally, in my honest opinion, it's something risky to do. I use it all the time (generally when driving), but then pull the pump out real quick to verity the amount on the screen. Nothing worse than having it give the wrong amount because you miscounted a beep.
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