westy55 joined the group Minimed Paradigm Insulin Pump Users

For users of any model of the Medtronic Minimed Paradigm insulin pump. Website: http://www.minimed.com Members: 121 Created By: Manny Hernandez Latest Activity: 1 day ago I am brand new to the site and loving it. Maybe this has already been addressed somewhere. Any good suggestions for getting good consistent BGs while bike riding? We rode 26 miles this morning and BGs were mostly low but kind of all over the place. I also use Symlin. Anyone familiar with how to treat lows during excercise while on Symlin that slows gastric emptying? This seems to be one of the problems. Once my BG is low it is very difficult to get it up into target again. Comment by Steve on July 4, 2008 at 10:53am I should have done this a long time ago. Being on the pump now has been great. Though insurance did turn down my request for a CGM. It's irronic... [read full story]