| Everyone,
Thanks so much for answering my novice questions! I'm still curious what others have to say, of course, so if you feel inclined to answer, please do.
I love the idea about looking at the IOB and then determining if a correction bolus is needed.
As for the supplies, I already felt like I had to carry a beach bag with me everywhere; now that I've got the pump going, I think that idea is going to get reinforced. I was thinking about just keeping one of everything at work, in the car (with the exception of insulin or anything else heat-sensitive), and one at my parents'. Those are the places I find myself most often, and then carry a pen cartridge and syringe with me at all times.
OH! I remembered something else I wanted to ask you all... Yesterday, when I was learning how to use the Sof-Serter for the first time, I pressed the two buttons to release the mechanism after it was cocked and nothing happened. This happened 3 times before the CDE and MiniMed rep figured out what the problem was. The issue was that I wasn't focusing the force of pressing down on the right part of the buttons. Has anyone else found that device to be sensitive as far as where you push down to make the mechanism insert the cannula?
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Type 1 since 3/9/1987
Pumping MM 722 as of 7/1/2008
Last A1c: 10.3 as of 04/08 (on MDIs)  "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss | 
