Re: I have funding for CGM!

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Annette A
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Agree with Lizz, it does depend on why you need a pump. Although a cgm would be fantastic, I can live without it without major hiccups (I still have a certain amount of hypos signs and a fanatical approach to testing). But without a pump, my life was a misery, mainly due to massive swings in basal rates from day to day (from 70% to 150% at times) that were not consistent so I couldnt tell when they were going to happen nor deal with them properly when happening. And the pretty huge difference in hourly rate needed suring the day (although I dont go down to zero, I do go pretty low during the night, and comparitively high mid morning (a delayed pre-dawn phenomenon, anyone?) which pumps can help with but cgm would only tell me about…