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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      I don't have a choice. I'm on the Tandem X2 pump, with Control IQ software. It is automatically programmed for a target range of 110. If I had a choice, I would put it on 100.
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      My alarm range is 70 - 180.
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      The whole "target" question is a mess. I think most of us here (T1D people who are proactive etc) define "target" as where we want to be after a meal or correction bolus has done it's job. Pump mfr's (and many Endo's) define "target" like they define an A1C goal: averaging 110 over time. Lots of "discussions" (notice the quotes) with my Endo about my targets (I don't accept the "standard goal" of 70-180, I prefer aiming for 70-140). So so answer today's question, my alert ranges are 70 and 120 for high (I correct if I have no IOB, but may have food on board). My target bg (post bolus) is 80-90.
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      When people talk about diabetes, are there trigger words that bother you? Please share what they are in the comments.
      They don't call people with MS "sclerotics". In my career (first response) I interacted with lots of people in crisis, I tried to remember to ask if they were "dealing with alcoholism", "do you have schizophrenia" , that sort of language.
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      I avoid the word ‘diabetic’. It feels like a label. There are more things that define me than being a ‘diabetic’.
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      My alarm range is 70 - 180.
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      My range is 70 to 150
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      Before you chose an insulin pump, did you do a “saline trial” (a pump filled with saline instead of insulin)?
      I remember "injecting" an orange as a trial.
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      Before you chose an insulin pump, did you do a “saline trial” (a pump filled with saline instead of insulin)?
      Charles, I have the exact same problem. I found a guy on Etsy up in Canada that made a 3d printed fixture that helps. It's not 100% but it works most times. The needle on the stringe has a lot of variablity that may require moving into a place on the white dot to get it to fill the cartridge. I am only suggesting it. Your milage may vary. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1177982431/exakt-tool-for-tandem-tslim-insulin
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      Before you chose an insulin pump, did you do a “saline trial” (a pump filled with saline instead of insulin)?
      I wore a saline trial Tandem and a saline trial Omnipod when I was switching from a Medtronic 521 to a new pump. I chose Tandem and have been a very satisfied Tandem pump user since 2012.
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      My alarm range is 70 - 180.
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      Anthony Harder likes your comment at
      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      I don't have a choice. I'm on the Tandem X2 pump, with Control IQ software. It is automatically programmed for a target range of 110. If I had a choice, I would put it on 100.
    • 10 hours, 27 minutes ago
      Marty likes your comment at
      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      I don't have a choice. I'm on the Tandem X2 pump, with Control IQ software. It is automatically programmed for a target range of 110. If I had a choice, I would put it on 100.
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      I don't have a choice. I'm on the Tandem X2 pump, with Control IQ software. It is automatically programmed for a target range of 110. If I had a choice, I would put it on 100.
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      When I'm told what I can eat or not eat. Usually not eat.
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      I apply it as soon as I remember. My long-acting insulin dose is already divided into 2 doses.
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      taking Tresiba helps since it lasts more than 24 hours. it depends when I figure it out. if it's before 10 am, I just take it as normal.
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      Before you chose an insulin pump, did you do a “saline trial” (a pump filled with saline instead of insulin)?
      I never knew about a saline trial, My first four insulin pumps were Medtronic. When it was time for a new insulin pump I asked what else was out there on the market. That's when I was introduce to Tandem. I am glad that I made the switch. My only problem is using a syringe to put the insulin in the reservoir. I have low vision and Essential Tremors which make the process challenging at times. Other than small issue it's is great.
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      I never knew about a saline trial, My first four insulin pumps were Medtronic. When it was time for a new insulin pump I asked what else was out there on the market. That's when I was introduce to Tandem. I am glad that I made the switch. My only problem is using a syringe to put the insulin in the reservoir. I have low vision and Essential Tremors which make the process challenging at times. Other than small issue it's is great.
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      Funny how using saline would influence a decision. Yes, I understand the comfort part of it, but having it keep you in range would be an important factor in choosing a pump. You would actually need insulin to get that info.
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    For insulin pump users: What was the format of your most recent pump training?

    Home > LC Polls > For insulin pump users: What was the format of your most recent pump training?
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    24 Comments

    1. LizB

      My current pump is a Medtronic 770g, which is basically the same as the 670g I was using before. I did not do any training for the 770g.

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    2. Lawrence S.

      When I got my first Tandem insulin pump, about 7 years ago, I had a trainer come to my home and give me instructions. When I got my most recent Tandem X2 pump, it came with a booklet and a CD (I think). All is well.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    3. Mick Martin

      Although I’d been using a Medtronic pump for the last 20 years, my diabetes team insisted that the advances made in pump technology deserved a meeting/training session with a representative from Medtronic/MiniMed.

      Apart from the Medtronic 640G pump now having an ‘Auto Mode’ … which works alongside CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) … there was very little difference to what I was already doing. (I’m due to be getting the Medtronic 780G soon, so I hope I don’t have to go through the same palaver again.)

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Larry Martin

        Have you heard when the 780G is out?

        3 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. Larry Martin

      Individual 35+ years ago for the first one. Prerecorded videos for those after that had a different operation.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Louise Robinson

      It was in October 2020 when we were fully into COVID. Tandem and its rep did a wonderful job handling the training virtually.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Louise Robinson

        I was transitioning from an older Medtronic Minimed Paradigm pump to Tandem’s t:slim X2 with Control IQ.

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    6. Clare Fishman

      It was almost 10 years ago. I don’t think virtual training of any kind was available then.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    7. kristina blake

      20 years ago with my very first pump, a Cozmore, it was in person in my home. When I had to switch to Animas I did the transition myself. 8 years ago (or so) for my switch to Tandem it was in person – at my home (I have pugs, all rescues, and the trainer did too. So she came to the house to meet ours and brought hers along!). Since then when I upgraded to BIQ I did it myself.

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    8. Lizzy Batch

      I’ve been a pump user for 20 yrs. Haven’t had a pump training for at least 12 yrs. Then it was ono on one training with a RN

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. GLORIA MILLER

      I hooked myself up to the Medtronic in the early 1990s without any training. When I switched to Omnipod in 2010 their representative came to my home to give the training but it was not needed.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. William Bennett

      My very first pump–an old pager-style Medtronic–was a group training at Joslin. I think there were three of us in my “class,” over a few sessions, then one-on-one to get all the settings adjusted over a few weeks. More recently but still a long while ago now, was one-on-one when I tried the 670G, which was a big change–I was the first in my Endo’s practice to give it a shot. Had a very good in-house RN plus a Medtronic rep. And it never really worked out for me. After 6 months of frustration I went back to my old, simple pager-style Paradigm, which I’m still using. Fewer failure points, better results, and I’m pretty disillusioned with the whole closed (or semi-closed) loop thing.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. Ken Raiche

      Over the years both Animas and Tandem were done in person one on one. That being said the updates on the Tandem to both Basal IQ and Control IQ were done over the Internet through audio/video followed but a quiz.

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    12. TomH

      My training ended up being on the phone, not even virtual, for about 45 minutes. The guy was new to the area for Insulet, but seemed knowledgeable. I thought we skipped over a lot I expected him to cover. Got a two additional calls over the next month, but quite frankly, I thought the online video’s did a better job of covering topics…except you can’t ask a video a question and I had a couple.

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    13. BARRY HUNSINGER

      I received training in person when I got my first pump about 20+ years ago and nothing since.

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    14. Randell Cole

      I did not have pump training

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    15. AnitaS

      I had the trainer from Tandem come to my house. I must say, however, when the time came for the first time I did it om my own, it took me about 45 minutes. LOL Not that the trainer was bad, but I just had a difficult time filling the cartridge with insulin the first few times I did it on my own. Now I do it in a different fashion than was taught to me, and it makes it so much easier for me to remember how to fill the cartridge. I take maybe 10 minutes now from start to finish (from unwrapping all of the components to putting or throwing all components away).

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    16. Janis Senungetuk

      In May, 2020 Tandem was only providing virtual training. I had lots of concerns and wanted hands on training. My CDE, also a certified Tandem trainer, offered to provide that in a clinic appointment. It made a tremendous difference to be able to get my questions answered and the have all of the pump settings adjusted by a trainer who knew me and my medical history. Watching the training videos helped, but I learn by doing, so I needed the in-person training. My previous pump, an Animas Vibe that I had for two years, was my first pump, so this is still rather new tech after 60+ years of using a syringe and vial.

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    17. Ahh Life

      Other. A half hour in a Starbuck’s with the Tandem rep. Insertion & everything out in the opening, out in public.

      Not like the old days. 1996 was two days in the hospital.

      And now, even better with do it yourself independence, it’s some time watching UTube, do the proper plumbing, and get on with your life. Ainsi va la vie. Ahhhhh! ᕙ། ¯ ~͜ʖ~ ¯ །ᕗ

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    18. M C

      As it was 5 years ago this month that I received my current pump, it was in person, individually. Thanks to many doctors’ offices/clinics still wary about in person visits, thanks to the lingering issues with the pandemic, who knows how the new pump will be introduced to me – it should be happening sometime later this month, however it is to be done.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    19. Becky Hertz

      Other, I read the manual and did it myself. Didn’t want to wait over a month for the trainer. Apparently, I upset the staff at the diabetes care center I go to. My endo told them “a can read”. It wasn’t my first rodeo. “D

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      1. Jim Andrews

        I had mine up and running within the hour and spent 5 minutes on the phone with the trainer. 55 years T1D, 15 years pumping.

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    20. Britni

      I had a full day group training and then two follow up appointments (one with a nurse and one with a nutritionist). The 2nd appointment was about a week before the clinic closed for the pandemic in 2020. I was on the phone with the nurse as she was packing up her office to work from home.

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    21. Carol Meares

      When I received my pump, appts for training were 3 weeks out, so I just started the pump on my own. I knew mostly what to do because I had been on another pump. They wouldn’t train me after I had already started on my own. Ha, I sort of felt like I was being punished. I wish I could get an appt with a trainer now tho’ as I would like to ask questions about the algorithm. These would be questions that come later after using the pump for a while.

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