[MinimedPumper07]

4 units, slow, flawless, pain free

one problem though. before dinner i checked my bg and it was 93. it transferred the number to my pump

10 minutes later i went to give myself a bolus, but i couldnt find out how to incorporate the number 93 into my bolus without doing it manually. i thought that when i would go to do the bolus, it would have 93 already there instead of making me scroll to it.

am i doing something wrong?

[NoelD]

Nope, that's just the way it is. Leave the BG blank,ACT, input your carbs, ACT, review the info, ACT, make sure the dose is shown properly (adjust if need be), ACT again.

[MinimedPumper07]

so if i leave it blank, when i finish it will be input to it?

ty

i also read that it goes away after 12 minutes

[NoelD]

No, it will not input the previously entered 93, you're just doing a simple meal bolus. The status screen (esc on the blank main screen) will show it in the history. Just the last one though.

[MinimedPumper07]

so y would i leave it blank?

[NoelD]

because you already entered the 93 in previously. You are doing a simple meal bolus, not a correction. If it was higher than your pre-meal target, then put it in again, with your carbs, and it will give a meal+correction bolus.

[MinimedPumper07]

oh... thats confusing

so ur saying only leave it blank if you are in target?

but if i was say at 200, it would say it there?
was it only blank because i was within my range?
this is so confusing

[NoelD]

No, you "really" should wait for your pre-meal bolus to test. Input the BG, input the carbs, and go.

In this case, you just tested 10 minutes prior, and was 93, a good pre-meal BG. No need to enter it again. You are JUST bolusing for your meal then.

[MinimedPumper07]

alright i understand that

but under what conditions will the pump show me my bg number? only within 12 minutes of taking it?

[NoelD]

It will not show it the way you are thinking. It will remember your last reading, on the status screen, hit ESC from the blank main screen, you'll see your last bolus, along with BG if you entered one. You can't reference a past BG reading when bolusing.

[MinimedPumper07]

what, that cant be true

last week when i tried the mm for the first time, i checked my bg, and then when i went to do a bolus, instead of showing the - - -, it actually said my bg number

are you ssaying that never happens?

maybe i just dont remember correctly

if that is the case, what in the world is the point of the meter telling the pump ur bg?

"The pump will not display a reading that is older than 12 minutes on the ENTER BG screen."

that is straight from the manual.
that means that within 12 minutes it will show your bg on the enter bg screen, Automatically!

[Funnygrl]

You probably waited too long between the bg and the bolus. It has to be within 10 minutes on the Cozmo.

[NoelD]

I don't use their meter for BG readings. I use the Ultrasmart and manually input my readings. I use their BG meter only to sync it with my PC and carelink. I will just say I don't care for their meter too much.
I didn't know you were using their meter.

[MinimedPumper07]

lol theres your problem

also, if i were to go give a bolus it says Active Insulin : N/A

whats up with that? where can i see my insulin on board? its not on the status screen...

i agree their meter is kinda crappy and has no features, but it is pretty liteweight and is a pretty color

It all makes sense to me now, this pump is beautiful.

the iob works like a charm, unlike the animas. with mm it only tells u iob if you are doing a correction and are high, to remind you that you still have iob left.

with animas if u wanted to snack a little bit, it would give you iob, which makes no sense whatsoever.

mm got it right.

[condensr]

Originally Posted by MinimedPumper07

with animas if u wanted to snack a little bit, it would give you iob, which makes no sense whatsoever.

Not sure how you were doing it, but I know with my 1250 the IOB is not factored in except for a correction (EZBg) bolus, or the correction part of a carbsmart bolus. For carb or normal boluses, IOB is never counted.