We live our lives now with technology all around us. We see pre-school children able to swipe phones and iPad's to open them and with little instruction are able to navigate their way around to get what they are looking for. When you sit back it really is amazing the difference in one single generation.
This can also be said about the leap forward with the Medtronic 640g pump. Over the last 12 months both my daughter and I have been putting it through it's paces along with the CGM system and I can safely say that it has made our lives easier. Trust me when I say my daughter still hasn't gotten used to doing what she calls her 1,2,3 (site change) or sensor change but on the whole it has made life easier.
At kindergarten the awareness and adoption of the teacher and the helpers has been amazing. They now have the confidence to manage things during school hours and we have the confidence that she will be safe and secure while we are not there. This is an amazing relief.
When looking at the data over the 12 months we have been able to adjust settings where needed and now that we have a pool understanding how things are directly going during exercise has been a god send. We have noticed that we have not had any serious lows since being on the 640g system with my daughter. Saying that I think I can count on one hand how many times we have had any number in the 2's.
In a 2 week period of data there were around 17 times that the pump automatically sensed the BSL dropping and suspended and once the BSL was rising automatically started again. In simple term it saved us from 17 hypo's in just 2 weeks.
All in all the user interface has been extremely easy to navigate even for people who have never dealt with a pump before, the reliability and accuracy of the sensors allow the pump to do what it does best and one of the biggest things is the support we have received from Medtronic has been second to none. If we have had any questions or if a sensor had any errors (such as insertion when it hits blood) the world wide support center is available at any time.
