Pump upgrade

And once again it is Friday.  Sometimes I feel as though my weeks consist of only Mondays and Fridays.  The weekends fly by, but so do the weeks...

I plan on relaxing this weekend, and especially tonight.  We had dinner with my in-laws last night and got home quite late, so I am a bit sleep deprived today.  Dinner was very nice, with a nice glucose reading at the end when I got home (and then a rage correction bolus was followed by a low :()

And on the diabetes front - I met with a "Diabetes Educator" this week.  I have never used one before, have always just been managed by an Endo.  I really enjoyed the visit, which was to discuss pumps and joining a diabetes programme run by my Endo.  The "Educator" is his wife, a "retired" GP, and was great!  We discussed upgrading my pump - I am now just waiting for a call from the Medtronic rep to put the wheels into motion.  At the visit we decided to move to the Paradigm 722 - I am currently on a 712, in stead of upgrading to the new Veo (which I believe is something similar to the recently launched Revel in the States, but with an additional function of automatically shutting down the basal delivery if glucose levels drop below a certain point).  The feeling I got was that there are some additional functions to this new pump, but if you are not going to constantly wear the CGM you will not use these.  I just want to do some reading on the differences between the two, as apparently there is also not that much of a price difference.  She has let Medtronic know however that we are going with the 722 (but I guess I can still change my mind....).  She even gave me a new meter - granted it is identical to the one I have, but it is great!  I have been using my current one for more than 4 years now and love it.  In that time I have tried two others but they did not appeal to me.

I have also joined the programme - it does not cost me anything additional, but gives me access to some additional services at no extra cost.  Extra strips - YAY!, and the possibility of receiving LESS pump supplies.  yes you read it - less...  I currently have a draw filled with reservoirs and cannulas and the way I am currently receiving this I cannot have a "break" in delivery without causing issues with my insurance.  I found out yesterday that these supplies actually expire!  Need to check on that....

And more on that - I am considering / thinking about / contemplating Metformin.