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Permalink Reply by Scott E on February 13, 2012 at 6:49am

That is EXCELLENT advice Korrie. It also works with "super-bolusing", so the pump starts up again on-cue when you want.

Permalink Reply by sultansfam on February 12, 2012 at 4:09pm

Thats a very good question. Even I wondered, is it necessary to suspend the pump for a shower or for some other actvities. Like Ahmad suggested its not much waste of insulin.
The only reason I can think of is, if you check your BG and it is high after resuming insulin and you have to give a bolus, your endo will not know that you were disconnected for some period of time and that migh tbe the reason for your high BG.

Permalink Reply by Chuck on February 12, 2012 at 6:07pm

I suspend When i shower or if i am to rough working and pull the infusion out. and cant get a new one in till i get home.I have not forgoten yet to resume the pump if I had the 723 reminds me it is suspended. all though the beebs are not to loud ( the only thing I dont like about the 723, cant adjust the volume)

Permalink Reply by Mayumi on February 13, 2012 at 6:40am

I suspend when I shower plus I put the little cap on the end of the tubing. Not sure if it is absolutely necessary to suspend, but that is what my pump trainer told me way back when :)

Permalink Reply by Cindy on February 13, 2012 at 11:37am

I love you guys, er, friends!!!
Thank you for weighing in on the Suspend or Not question. I have learned so much. I had a pump support group in MT when I got my pump, and now I'm without real live in person pumping friends to query.
This Tud is the best thing that has happened to me this Winter!
And everyone is so upbeat and FUNNY!

Permalink Reply by Trudy on February 13, 2012 at 12:39pm

Hi Cindy, I hate to admit it, but I have two reasons to belong to Tu: 1) the exchange of information and 2) to be entertained!

Permalink Reply by Aimee on February 14, 2012 at 11:54am

My daughter is on a pump and we do not suspend. If she is unhooked for a bath, I do a fixed prime once she hooks back up. This gives her .3 units without counting it towards her active insulin (since the pump thinks she was receiving this all along). This is just to replace the insulin she did not get during her bath.

Permalink Reply by Cindy on February 15, 2012 at 9:03am

Thanks, Aimee,
I really like that idea! .3 units for good measure is kind of benign, but makes you feel like it is a bit of a make-up.

Permalink Reply by Aimee on February 15, 2012 at 9:17am

For my daughter, .3 is how much basal she would get for 1/2 hour (which is about the amount of time for her bath). You can change the fixed prime amount for these instances to match your basal (with the Metronic Paradigm allows you to just use the up and down arrow to adjust), but you just have to be sure to change it back for a site change because it will remember the amount that you last used.

Permalink Reply by Keef on February 21, 2012 at 11:19am

I Suspend when I take a shower. I also forget to resume. My MM pump does alarm, but the noise and buzzing is a little too muted for my liking and sometimes it's over an hour or so later when I finally remember to Resume. I also forget to close the garage door when I leave the house, leave boiling eggs on the hob for hours on end and have forgotten where I parked my car more time than I can remember.......Maybe I shouldn't Suspend anymore :-)

Permalink Reply by JohnG on February 21, 2012 at 11:31am

I never use the suspend option on my pump.

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