Hello,
I answer you in what I can:
Do you have to take it day and night, right?
You have to take it all day, except for certain moments when you can/have to remove it: in the shower, if you have sex, if you bathe in beach or pool, if you exercise and see it necessary to take it away because you have hypos, certain daysIf you see that what you are, you cannot wear it (for example, if you go wedding with a stunning and adjusting dress and you do not know where to place it hehehej) .....
Do you carry fast or slow insulin?Or both?
It is ultra-drain insulin of duration of 2 or 3 hours.
How do you get and where?I have read that it goes for a catheter, but I suppose you would have to change every 3 days, no?
You have several elements:
- The needle (it is changed every 3 days) that is removed, and inside there is only one small plastic.It is hooked to the body with a park.I suppose it depends on the brand, but in my case they gave us an injector to facilitate placement.
- The catater that connects the needle with the pump (it changes every 6 days)
- The pump, where the insulin cartridge is changed every 6 days and is rechargeable.That is, you have an empty cartridge that loads it with an insulin ball and every 6 days you throw it and load a new one.Time will be modified depending on your insulin needs.In my case, at 6 days I still have insulin for 3 more, but also change it.
- The battery lasts approximately one month, the bomb warns you when it is about to finish.
- There are also two pieces that are changed every 2 months: the pile plug and the insulin cartridge cap.
How is great?
I guess you mean the pump.In my case (accouchek combo), it is like a mobile but wider (think the cartridge goes inside)
Do you show up with the bomb or without it?
Without it.Although it is waterproof, it is better not to wet her.
Are you subsidized by the SS or do you have to buy it?In that case how much do they cost more or less?
In my case (Catalonia) it is 100 %subsidized.Pump and materials.
Where do you keep the pump, in your pants pocket for example?
I almost always carry it in my pants or skirt pocket.
What are the average levels you have carrying the pump?also tell me if you do diet, exercise, etc ...
They have improved in the sense that I no longer have beast hypoglycemia every day as before.I am more stable, but we are still regulating the levels of Basal and Bolus, so I cannot tell you that it goes well 100%.Of course, as before, the levels continue to depend on the control you have over diabetes.I do not diet, but as well, based on vegetables, fruit, cereals, chicken, fish ... and I do it at home without sugar, except for few occasions.I exercise 3 times a week and I have a rather active lifestyle.
Alé, what a roll I have released you.
All the best!
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