Contents vii
Chapter 4 Starting on insulin ........................................ 43
Prepare your pump for use ........................................................................... 43
Filling the reservoir .................................................................................... 44
Changing your infusion set ............................................................................ 46
Removing the reservoir ..................... ........................................................46
Rewinding your pump ....................... ........................................................47
Inserting the reservoir in your pump .............................................................48
Manual prime ......................................................................................... 49
Insert the infusion set ...............................................................................50
Quick-set infusion set (with Quick-serter®) .................................................51
Connecting Quick-set .......................................................................54
Disconnecting Quick-set ...................................................................54
Fixed prime ........................................................................................... 55
Prime history ............................................................................................ 55
Record keeping for diabetes management ................. ....................................... 56
Determining your pump settings .................................................................... 56
Using your daily journal ............................................................................... 57
Chapter 5 Using the Bolus Wizard feature .........................59
What is it? ......................................................... ....................................... 59
Information you need .................................................................................. 59
Food entry ............................................................................................59
Your blood glucose (BG) reading ..................................................................59
Your personal Bolus Wizard feature settings ....................................................59
How the Bolus Wizard feature works ............................................................... 62
More about the Bolus Wizard feature ............................................................ 63
About high or low blood glucose levels ....................................................... 63
About maximum delivery ....................................................................... 63
About active insulin ..............................................................................64
How to program the Bolus Wizard feature ........................................................ 66
Bolus Wizard feature on/off .......................................................................66
Carb units .................................................................................... .........67
Carb/Exch ratios ..................................................................................... 67
BG (blood glucose) units ............................................................................69
Insulin sensitivity ....................................................................................69
BG (blood glucose) target range ...................................................................70
Active insulin time ...................................................................................72