Adults with pumps - genuine questions

[Sugarbum]

I guess you could use a frio if you werent moving about so much (say you were lounging!), something I certainly would do is take it out with me in that kind of situation.

If you want to you can always take a holiday from your pump and return to injections- its very flexible and you do whatever you want to!

There other thing if you want to disconnect and feel confident enough is to keep it in your bag like you would your insulin pens and just connect it for a quick bolus and then take it off- easy!

When you get into the swing of it, pumping is so flexible it is so easy to adapy to every situation...

Hope that helps x

[purpleshadez]

One concern I have is the max bolus. Whilst it is only a mild concern as it can be amended, the pump I've been given to "play with" was set up as if I was actually using it but the max bolus is set to 10. I know for a fact that there are times where this will not be enough, I regularly take more than 10 units so even taking into account a 25% drop there will still be the odd occasion that a higher dose is required.

Has anyone else had an issue with this?

[Sugarbum]

It is easily ammended! I have that on my pump, medtronic veo. Its mainly I would guess for youngsters, or people getting used to it, stop any accidental large maths muck-ups!

certainly if I have pizza or past I need more than 10 units so it is set quite higher. <y inital concerns was that there couldnt possibly be enough insulin in this syringe for what I would need, and there is more than enough!

When do you start on insulin in the pump?

[purpleshadez]

Cool, I figured it was something like that but then had a panic when I told it to dose me for 14 units and it told me I could only have 10! Heh

I start on the 16th of March. 1 whole week tomorrow

[Sugarbum]

Yeah 10 units is the factory settings!

Its not a problem, you change it to something like 20-25 so it never reminds you again (if you dont want to be reminded that is!)

Not long till you start- how exciting!

[Cate]

What do you do with your pump say if you were on holiday and going in and out of the pool all day? Also if you were in a hot country would you have to keep your pump in a cold pouch (like the Frio)???

I normally just detach it when I go in the pool and reattach as soon as I get out - test if I've been in a while, bolus if required and then detach again when I go back in.

In a hot country I haven't ever kept it in a cold pouch (don't own one) but do keep it shaded when not attached. But I guess it's not quite the same as we normally stay at a house with a pool so I can just leave the pump indoors or under the shaded area next to the pool where it's cooler.

[Lauren]

Thanks guys for your replies - it makes more sense now. I was imagining that I could never have lazy days by the pool on holiday ever again! A bit dramatic I know...

[purpleshadez]

Okay, so at the moment my target range is 7.0 - 7.5 which whilst still early days is working out quite nicely but I gather form reading other threads that a lot of type 2's may consider 7 to be too high. I was curious to what target other type 1's have. Did you decide this yourself or with your DSN?

[TomH]

Okay, so at the moment my target range is 7.0 - 7.5 which whilst still early days is working out quite nicely but I gather form reading other threads that a lot of type 2's may consider 7 to be too high. I was curious to what target other type 1's have. Did you decide this yourself or with your DSN?

Personally I like to be between five and ten millimoles per litres. I don't like going under five as that's getting a little too close to hypo for comfort I think.

[randomange]

Okay, so at the moment my target range is 7.0 - 7.5 which whilst still early days is working out quite nicely but I gather form reading other threads that a lot of type 2's may consider 7 to be too high. I was curious to what target other type 1's have. Did you decide this yourself or with your DSN?

When I started pumping I had a target of 8, but that was mainly to err on the side of caution since I'd been having a lot of hypos. That's since been moved own to 6-6.5, with a slightly higher target of 7 before bed. I think it's something you need to discuss with your DSN, and decide what you're comfortable with. I think targets tend to be different depending on whether or not you're on insulin, since then you need to be wary of hypos.