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    Absolutely! I'll let you know how all of this goes...

    Don't base any decisions upon my existence, or lack thereof: The Missus could kill me at ANY time... She always has plenty of reasons!

    The 630 pump is basically a 530, with a new appearance, and new ways to access stuff...
    The 670 will actually be taking control of the basal rate delivery setup on it's own. It'll be a "Closed-Loop Hybrid"
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    Sounds like you better treat your missus well if you want to die of something other than your diabetes!

    If I understand the 20 year plan....

    (Now) - external sensor and pump, closed loop system.
    • External pump, internal sensor
    • internal refillable pump, internal sensor
    • internal refillable pump with extremely fast-acting insulin for very quick blood sugar adjustment, internal sensor
    • Then .... a miracle occurs and something permanent will be done. This will probably be too late for us old guys!
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    They've been testing the internal pumps: the next big step will be in the insulin that is used.
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    Do you use the "Easy Bolus" feature on your 530?
    (Pushing the "Up" button; to start a bolus...)
    Now:
    The pump has to be in "Sleep Mode"
    push and hold the "Up" button, until the pump beeps...
    That takes you to the easy bolus screen
    Now: you start pushing the "Up" button, until you get to the desired amount of insulin that you want...
    When you get there: push and hold the "Up", until the pump beeps
    Now: release and re-press the "up"
    ...and it starts...

    I'm not exactly the smartest clam in the chowder, but I still had to read the directions four times!
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    After a couple of days...

    The 630G runs on AA Batteries, and they don't have to be a completely new and unused one! This is a welcome change from the prior AAA batteries that were used. They always had to be brand spankin' new, or the pump wouldn't re-start. Now; you can pull a battery out of a flashlight in a pinch!
    One more thing about batteries: the 630 does maintain power throughout the change.

    These things a BIG and heavy... Imagine carrying around a 40 year old calculator on your hip for a while...

    But the display is MUCH more readable, and gives you access to a whole lot more information.
    There's a Bolus delivery speed option, that is WAAAY cool!
    They offer a "Rapid Bolus Delivery" choice now!
    Remember that old 1.5 unit per minute ordeal?? Forget it! This thing will throw insulin into you at a rate that's probably six times faster!

    (More to come...)
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    Does the display wash out in sunlight?
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    How are people keeping there insulin cool, I am a t-2 but I use 2 forms on insulin multiple times each day and if I am away from the house for more than 4 hours I have to take insulin with me.

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    When I was taking four shots each day: I'd just throw the insulin bottles into a small cloth cooler, and add a cold pack...
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    Quote Originally Posted by OverHillAndDale View Post
    Does the display wash out in sunlight?
    Sorry... I missed this question.
    Yeah... It's tough to see in sunlight.

    But the even newer model 670 will be shipping soon. This is the first attempt to "close the loop", and create a true artificial pancreas,
    Mine is on order!
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    Default Bob - Since you revived this post....

    This isn't directly related to ryding with a pump, but...

    Over Memorial Day I was in the North Georgia mountains and my pump died with a Motor Error - error code said I'd exposed it to EMP although I have no idea how. So, I drove into Blue Ridge on Saturday and waited until the local pharmacy opened up, bought syringes (I carry only a couple in my insulin supplies and knew I'd need more) and called my Dr. for a prescription for Lantis insulin. Many frustrating hours lated I started on trying to simulate a pump with a combination of Novalog and Lantis and my performance just sucked - I stayed over 200 for most of the extended weekend, and often crept well into the 300s.

    I finally got my replacement pump the next Tuesday and life started returning to normal by late late that night, or as normal as it can be for us type-1s.

    Long story short, I'm grateful for the pump! I don't know how I survived on just shots for so many decades.

    Bob, still looking forward to your assessment of the closed loop pump. 2 guys at work are also being equipped with the new pump, so I'll let y'all know their experience as well.
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    Did you get too close to a nuclear detonation?
    Sorry to hear that you had to go "Old-School"... it's tough returning to your roots; isn't it?
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    Default just turned 38 years Type 1

    Use the Medtronic pump and enlite sensors. Due for the updated version mid 2019.
    Still shopping for a Spyder so on two wheels.

    I always check BS before leaving the house. As well as battery and reservoir level. I've been "pumping" since shortly after medtronic brought out the commercial line from research.
    The doc I had used one also and was great at understanding and relating to what was happening.
    First diagnosis way back was a blood sugar of 923. I thought I had the flu.

    Had 2-3 trips to the ER each year with midnight lows prior to the pump. Not one since.
    Still think it is kind of a pain in the ass, lol. But I'll deal with it versus the alternative issues.
    Plus the wife kicks my butt occasionally to keep me on track.

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    Since you're still on two wheels: of your ride?
    Which pump are you currently using; is it the 530G?
    The new platform for their pumps is a complete change from the old familiar ones that we were used to.
    (I switched from my 530, to a 630; in anticipation of the new hybrid system. I wanted some time to get used to the new design...)
    Medtronic called last evening: they're just waiting on some paperwork from my primary care...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Denman View Post
    Did you get too close to a nuclear detonation?
    Sorry to hear that you had to go "Old-School"... it's tough returning to your roots; isn't it?
    Yes, MUCH tougher than I expected. I tried to simulate the pump with frequent shots but really didn't nail it. Plus, I found myself reaching for my hip to look at my current BS, which of course wasn't there.

    I never went nuclear as in above 400 or below 50, but I was definitely armed and ready.

    I don't get the next pump until August of 2018, so if my local fellow diabetics are still kicking with one I'll make the switch.
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    Hopefully I'll have the 670 all sorted out by then...
    (I'm STILL finding features on this 630, that are really neat! )
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    My pump(mm723) expires on 6/28/17 and i'm hoping to get the 630g just for the bigger color screen, i don't use cgm so don't need the 670g just want to be able to see it!
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    The 630 is a GREAT platform for the next generation of pumps!
    But in Sunlight: it's a bitch to read...
    (Truthfully: I'm pretty "low-vision"...)
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    Default PUMP UPDATE

    After six Months: I've been moved from the Medtronic 630, to the new 670 insulin pump.
    This thing is designed to work with their latest Guardian Three Blood Glucose Sensors, and it really seems to be a big improvement.
    The pump is "learning" all of the time. It will figure out when you're approaching a low blood glucose event, and shut down a preset period of time before that occurs. Once things start getting back to normal: it will resume doing it's thing!
    Once it is in "Auto Mode": it takes over complete control of what used to be your Basal Rates of insulin delivery. It will constantly be checking your blood glucose levels, and making those tiny background adjustments that keep things running within normal limits.
    It seems that they are giving the pump more autonomous control of things. That gives us a chance to find our trouble elsewhere!
    But I'm gonna be a couple of weeks figuring out where they hid all of the control features...


    I was JUST getting used to the 630!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Denman View Post
    After six Months: I've been moved from the Medtronic 630, to the new 670 insulin pump.
    This thing is designed to work with their latest Guardian Three Blood Glucose Sensors, and it really seems to be a big improvement.
    The pump is "learning" all of the time. It will figure out when you're approaching a low blood glucose event, and shut down a preset period of time before that occurs. Once things start getting back to normal: it will resume doing it's thing!
    Once it is in "Auto Mode": it takes over complete control of what used to be your Basal Rates of insulin delivery. It will constantly be checking your blood glucose levels, and making those tiny background adjustments that keep things running within normal limits.
    It seems that they are giving the pump more autonomous control of things. That gives us a chance to find our trouble elsewhere!
    But I'm gonna be a couple of weeks figuring out where they hid all of the control features...


    I was JUST getting used to the 630!
    They say I'm a type 2. On insulin completely now. Take 4 shots a day. Take 18 unit of humalog before each meal and 60 unit of Toujeo at night. All of this is with the pen. Like the pen better than the syringe. Been a type 2 for several years. Just last month I went to a specialist. Still in the testing mode on what is needed. It seemed all of a sudden I couldn't control my sugar with the pills. I know on what insulin I'm on I really have to watch what I eat. I might look into the pump myself. They had talked about a V-GO pump
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    I've been a type-1 since 1964, taking hundreds of gallons of insulin since then.

    The pump isn't a perfect answer to managing the diabetes, but I find it FAR easier and more consistent than shots, even very frequent shots. It works you to death with changing out the sensors and infusers and testing your blood sugar, but so do the syringes.

    My A1C averaged over 8.0 before the pump, and hover around 7.0 since the pump.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Warlock View Post
    They say I'm a type 2. On insulin completely now. Take 4 shots a day. Take 18 unit of humalog before each meal and 60 unit of Toujeo at night.
    David
    Hi Dave!
    You are what is referred to as an "Insuline-Dependent Type 2" diabetic.
    (A whole lot of Type 2s end up like this: it's not your fault!)
    Imagine only having to change out an infusion set when the reservoir is empty (Every three or four days...); as opposed to those four shots EACH and every day!
    It's a whole lot less stabbing!

    (on pumps since 2000)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Warlock View Post
    They say I'm a type 2. On insulin completely now. Take 4 shots a day. Take 18 unit of humalog before each meal and 60 unit of Toujeo at night. All of this is with the pen. Like the pen better than the syringe. Been a type 2 for several years. Just last month I went to a specialist. Still in the testing mode on what is needed. It seemed all of a sudden I couldn't control my sugar with the pills. I know on what insulin I'm on I really have to watch what I eat. I might look into the pump myself. They had talked about a V-GO pump
    David
    I'm also T2, but after pills, insulin pens etc. stop working got a C-Peptide test and found out my Pancress quite making insulin,I'm now on my 3rd pump, just got the MM630G(i wont be going on the 670G as i don't do CGM) so far i like it as the big color screen is MUCH easier the read, but yes Bob i too am still learning all the buttons.
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    Please consider going to the CGM if you can...
    Here's why I think that it really helps:
    Assuming that you test your BG four or five times each day: that gives you a "snapshot" of what is going on at that moment.
    But it doesn't tell you anything else!
    With the CGM: you'll need to calibrate it three times daily (I do mine when I get up, in the mid-afternoon, and at bedtime) You simply do that by testing your BG, and making sure that the value in entered into the pump.
    By doing this; your pump will keep track of your BG values 24 hours a day, and it will be able to give you those values.
    EXAMPLE:
    Under your current setup, you have just tested your BG, and get a reading of 115 ()
    But where is it going? Up or down? Should you be grabbing a snack to prevent a low, or throwing in some insulin to prevent a high?
    The pump will keep running graphs available for you, so that you can see where the numbers have been... and where they are going.
    And your 630 will do a GREAT job of providing this information to you!

    Please consider it...
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    Default 1966 to Present

    http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2014...life-list.html

    Sorry they didn't print pictures of Spyder! Since the article, I have shipped my Spyder to California and ridden home solo and ridden down to Tail of The Dragon with a friend on his bike. When I got my pump, i figured out I had taken over 32,000 shots in my life. Dan
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    What a great story!
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