FAQ

Hi all, 

Today I am going to clear 2 of the Frequently Asked Questions about my insulin pump.

1) How heavy is your pump?

I am using the Medtronic MiniMed 522 pump, it weighs around 100g, according to the user guide. I weighed it using the food scale today, it is 111g. I would say it is almost like holding a soap bar in hand.

2) Do you need to charge your insulin pump?

Nope. This pump is operated using a AAA battery. One AAA battery can last for more than a month, if I am not using the CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring). Just changed a new battery, after the Low Battery alert.

Open the battery cap using a 5 cent coin, unscrew it.

I remember having a Tamagotchi Digimon way back when I was 10 years old. My pink pump looks exactly like that. It was just that Tamagotchi Digimon can communicate with another tamagotchi and battle haha. While, insulin pump communicates with my laptop to send insulin and BG logs, and be viewed in PDF format, so that I can show it to my endo during follow up :)