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06-06-2008, 03:17 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Princeton, Mn
Posts: 19
| | | Need 3 day reminder software !
I'm looking for a PC program that when I change infusion set I can start a 72 hour count down reminder for next time ! Do you know of something ? I hate being awakened during the nite with a reminder of low reservoir, that will probably happen when I'm awake anyway ! So when I upgraded to MM i chose the 722 model with large reservoir. I can put in enough insulin so I can change it at 8:30 am, every 3 days ! With never a notice of low reservoir !  I can check each morning to see if its been 3 days, but a software solution would be neat ! Thanks ! Dan |
06-06-2008, 03:38 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK
Posts: 874
| | Yup,
I can recommend 'Calender 1.0' and 'Pencil 2.1' 
On a more sensible note, I'm afraid I don't know of an automated alternative. But you can always set calender reminders in Outlook if you want. They'll beep you.
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A poem about my Wonderously Wanton Basal (WWB)and it Felicitous Flirtations (and how I tamed its Wicked Ways)
...And through the night it's love is free
It whispers and it flirts with me
And then it takes me, hard and deep
Rolls over, farts and falls asleep
And I would wake up, feeling used
My body broken, bent, abused
But now I match it, hump for hump
I give it plenty with my pump 
Pumping with Apidra in my Animas 2020 since April 2008
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06-06-2008, 03:58 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,770
| | | Cozmo has this feature built into the pump software. It would be nice to see other pumps incorporate that in the future.
You can also check prime history if you just can't remember when the last time was. |
06-06-2008, 05:43 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Princeton, Mn
Posts: 19
| | | I wish MM pumps had some of the features of other companies. By pressing the esc button and 3 or 4 presses on the down arrow. I can see the date and time my reservoir was last started. A 72 hour reminder would be great though ! Dan |
06-06-2008, 05:52 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4
| | | I suggest "Rainlendar2". It is free and displays a calendar on your desktop. It can be set to display a notice for any number of days, weeks, or months you choose. |
06-06-2008, 05:52 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NJ
Posts: 707
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Originally Posted by Danbeck  I wish MM pumps had some of the features of other companies. By pressing the esc button and 3 or 4 presses on the down arrow. I can see the date and time my reservoir was last started. A 72 hour reminder would be great though ! Dan | It also shows how much is still left in the resevoir. I use this feature all the time. It also will tell you how much time is left until it runs out. This is for basal running only. There is also about 10 units left in the resevoir when it says there is 0 units left. I have run for a few hours when it said it was empty with no problem. Not recomended but there is a little reserve in it.
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Type 1 since 4/74
Pump user since 10/17/06!
MM 522 pump
CGMS started 10/3/08
A1C 5/08: 6.0
A1C 10/08 5.7
Bike miles this year: 2332 miles
Keep on pedaling
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06-06-2008, 08:54 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucks County, PA, USA
Posts: 1,065
| | | If you are using Windows, you already have everything you need. You don't even need Outlook. In the Start menu, go into the Program, Accessories, Sytem Tools menu, and you'll find "Scheduled Tasks". Just set one up in there to run a media file of your choice.
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06-07-2008, 12:50 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK
Posts: 845
| | up grade to a cozmo all the required features are on the pump
I love that little pump
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Pumping using bovine insulin. (Pump kindly donated by Solox)
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06-08-2008, 07:24 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 340
| | | If that doesn't work you could set an alarm clock or set an alarm on your cell phone or a watch. Just try different things till you find one the works for you. Good luck.
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06-08-2008, 08:42 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NYC
Posts: 1,447
| | | I can never remember when I changed my set so I check the Prime history on a regular basis. Sometimes the time goes by so fast I end up going 4 days on a set. Other days I panic and think I forgot to change it, and realize I did it just the day before.
I fill a cannula and use it until it's empty so that's no indication for me.
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Type 1 dx 4/1987
Minimed Paradigm 722 6/2008 + CGMS
Minimed Paradigm 715 5/2005 - 6/2008
13mm Silhouettes
Lifescan UltraSmart & UltraMini
Last A1c: 10/08/08: 5.6
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06-08-2008, 09:28 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in the irish sea!
Posts: 371
| | | i was going to suggest the cell phone option too. thats what i use.
also to start with made a note in my diary/logbook.
now i just check each day see how many units i have left. i know i get around 6 days out of 2mls
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06-08-2008, 11:44 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Elizabeth, CO
Posts: 19
| | | I write it down on my BG Log. Things get all goofed up for me if I don't write it down.
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06-09-2008, 10:19 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 34
| | | Play with your pump more and it will become second nature to review the total insulin amount left in your pump.
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T1: 7 yrs
Minimed 722 / Novolog / CGMS / One Touch Ultra Mini
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06-13-2008, 12:45 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Texas
Posts: 4
| | | I live a very active lifestyle and I used to forget how many days it'd been since a site change. One way I have recently found that seems to be working for me is I now change sites on Sunday mornings and Wednesday afternoons. I keep the old set in place for a few hours after changing just in case something goes wrong. Since doing it this way, haven't had any problems.
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06-26-2008, 07:07 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 712
| | Yet another option for those not tied intimately to a diary/watch/ organisor/computer/cozmo... get a very fine permanent pen and write something on the actual set itself. Real estate depends on the set type, but on my sils there is the body I could put "Su" for sunday, "W" for wednedsay, etc. You might be able to put time down too if you can write small enough
Obviously avoid the line and cannula! It's also not much use if you can't see your set due to position...
Still, thought it worth adding to the ideas.
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32 year old male. Type 1 since age of 15. On Minimed Paradigm 722/Novorapid since Dec 07.
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