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Comment by Mike Ratrie on January 21, 2013 at 10:20am

It has now been about 1.5 months since I started on the Combo. I am still adjusting to life with a more meter-centered system.

There are definitely hits and misses with this system.

For example, while I like the Bolus Advisor (BA) better than the Compass SW, I still have to apply an awful lot of my own input to what bolus the meter wants to deliver. In part, this is because of my own approach to I:C ratios vs. what my metabolic state is. But, it is also because of the annoying "straight-line" approach that is applied to "Active Insulin/IOB". I need to know when my last bolus was so I can calculate IOB on my own and then adjust the recommended bolus. Since I almost always forget to check the time of my earlier bolus, I end up doing some mental gymnastics in order to take advantage of the BA - not good IMO!

As a result, the biggest change I made after the first two weeks (my BG averages were higher than they have been in years!) was to ALWAYS question the BA, and factor in my own knowledge to the bolus amount. I had been hoping to rely more on the BA ...

Having said that, my averages are looking better and better and the standard deviations are tighter (way less than perfect, though!)

I am also unhappy with the meter case. What happened to the little pocket where I could store extra batteries and spare code keys?

Finally, it would also to be nice to have a BASAL Advisor integrated in with the Bolus Advisor. There are definitely times when it might be nice to have the meter suggest a TBR, or other similar changes.

What about the rest of you Combo users?

Comment by shari lynn Giarraputo on December 14, 2012 at 8:40pm

Thank you jake. I do love my Deltec . But I am not going to find everything in one pump. I just have to decide. Thanks again

Comment by Jake on December 13, 2012 at 10:32am

You cant even use a Nano meter to enter readings... into the bolus calculator.. However.... You *CAN* merge other AC meter readings into the 360 report. but can't use them to calculate a bolus...

Comment by Jake on December 13, 2012 at 10:31am

Nope NO entering of another meters value.. Reason I was given was ...(again) FDAish and afraid people are going to transpose their BG.. if its good enough for dexcom... Have a confirmation window ... This annoys me..

Comment by Mike Ratrie on December 12, 2012 at 8:39pm

shari lynn - sorry, but you cannot add in a test number from another machine, not even another Aviva Combo meter.

As far as moisture goes, any of the current meters are going to be equally sensitive to moisture. The pump is extremely water-resistant.

Comment by shari lynn Giarraputo on December 12, 2012 at 7:18pm

Question for all you accu-chek fans. Can you manually add in a test number if you test it on another machine. I always use freestyle test strips and I was told the machine can only use accu chek and you can not manually add a blood reading i have a large amount of test strips. i cant keep wasting all these supplies. Also, the machine can't get wet not for a second.

Comment by Abby on December 12, 2012 at 12:55pm

Did you get the new combo one with your combo? Yeah, could really do with another one! Haha.

Comment by Marie B on December 12, 2012 at 12:44pm

well I used the new combo clip for a couple of days. it was ok as long as I was not in my pj's in the bathroom in the middle of the night. three times, it just slipped off my pants and crashed to the hard tile floor. the old clip really held. the only advantage to the new one is it's slightly thinner. really you'd think they would have had a focus group or something. maybe they were all guys on the design team.

Comment by Abby on December 12, 2012 at 12:38pm

Thanks guys, I'll keep looking! Marie, so have I! I just went to push mine back onto my waist belt and the clip snapped, was very annoyed! Also a bit confused about why the person who obviously decided on the cases for the combo decided I would want to wear a belt every day for the next 5 years as the cases I got with mine all require a belt!

Comment by Marie B on December 12, 2012 at 12:15pm

actually I just looked on their site and they don't seem to offer the old case with the clip that stays where you clip it, only the new one. I am hoping mine doesn't break! I've been using it daily for 5 years now.

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