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Permalink Reply by MyBustedPancreas on July 30, 2012 at 5:53am

Thanks, all. Your responses have been very helpful! The one thing I remember when seeing/handling the Animas Ping at a seminar was that it was slightly larger than the Minimed and when I clipped it on my waistband, the little black cap where the tubing came out of kept hitting me in my stomach. It was annoying and one of those little things that I was worried would bug me enough to affect compliance once I had it. Also, I didn't like the number of button pushes I had to go through to deliver a bolus. BUT, the waterproof feature was nice and so was the screen.

Bottom line, I think I'm sticking with my Minimed for now. It works so well and things have improved so much that I don't want to rock the boat. I just really, really hope that Minimed at least makes its next model to be both waterproof and to have a better screen.

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Permalink Reply by gawnfishin on August 3, 2012 at 8:41pm

1. I would disconnect any pump regardless of their claims before going in the water.
2. The screen is an issue. I wish they would do something about that, but it does not seem like they are going to.
3. At first remote bolusing seemed like an attractive thing. But after thinking it out, I really did not want to carry another thing in my pocket. Pump, keys, walllet, meter, phone. I am not metro and will not carry a man purse. I also wanted the extra insulin capacity of the MM. At the time I was using 220-230units/3days. Since Symlin, I am down to 160 units/3days. (and down 20+lbs).
In the end I found function over form was bests for me.
-gawnfishin

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