Channel your inner boy scout.

2 February 2010
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I went to Auckland’s first Laneway Festival yesterday (review: good line-up; dreadful organisation; lost a bit of momentum somewhere along the way; would go again though in the hope that it’s organised better next time).

My pump had been showing one bar of battery left for a few days, then about five mins after I walked in to the festival, decided to click over to the empty battery screen. Thankfully I am a nerd on the supplies organisation front and all of my glucose meters have spare pump batteries in them – so it was pretty seamless getting the new one in there while walking through the crowd.

However this just reminded me of how…

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By Nic on 2 February 2010 at 9.06 am
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You asked for it…

1 October 2009
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…. so here it is. A topline comparison of the Animas vs the Cozmo insulin pumps.

Please note that this is one person’s opinion only though – we all have different things which appeal so if someone else assessed it they might disagree. Disagree away in the comments box below – happy to have feedback!

Click here for Nic’s Cozmo vs Animas comparison.

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By Nic on 1 October 2009 at 6.55 pm
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What to look for in an insulin pump.

4 July 2009
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I’m going over to my Mum and Dad’s neighbours’ house today to give them a bit of a demo of my pump and a bit of background on pumping. They have a 12 year old son who’s had T1 for about a year now and are keen to investigate and possibly get him on a pump in the next few months.

This lead me to think about what I would tell them, so I sat down and compiled a list of things which are important to me in a pump, now that I’ve been pumping for almost a year. I thought this could be useful for some of you, plus I’d be interested in any discussion. See the below and…

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By Nic on 4 July 2009 at 7.36 am
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Is that an iPod?

8 September 2008
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Ahahahaha – gotta love it. My ‘colostomy bag’ has now been mistaken for an iPod. Much, MUCH happier with that as a perception I’ve gotta say!

Now – I just might write Cozmo an email suggesting the next model plays MP3s.

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By Nic on 8 September 2008 at 7.39 pm
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Pump it hottie.

19 August 2008
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If any of you went to school in the 80s and 90s you may recognise the name of the track on the left – Redhead Kingpin’s Pump it Hottie…. been going around in my head since getting hooked up to the pump yesterday, classic.

Anyway – the whole scenario went superbly yesterday and I’m now a couple of hours shy of my first day as an insulin pumper – alriiiiiight!

Turned up at the hospital and the nurse and I went through all of the pump setup again…. I loaded up the chamber with some humalog and sorted out the cannula and filled the tube and all that sort of stuff. Then we went through and set all the basal…

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By Nic on 19 August 2008 at 8.26 am
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