# Tandem t:slim X2 Insulin Pump - 2 months later **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-t-slim-x2-insulin-pump-2-months-later/12672 **Category:** Type 1 & LADA **Created:** [May 4, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-t-slim-x2-insulin-pump-2-months-later/12672 "2022-05-04T19:53:24Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 13
### Author: ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady) #### Post date: [May 6, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-t-slim-x2-insulin-pump-2-months-later/12672/13 "2022-05-06T15:49:45Z")
The following is a long thread to read through but Daisy Mae, an avid swimmer, worked through a lot of pump issues. > [@Daisy Mae's swimming BG thread](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daisy-maes-swimming-bg-thread/894): > > @Eric , i am trying to figure out where i fit in in the scheme of things regarding high/low BGs before, during and after exercise. as a swimmer, i must detach from my pump before i swim. so, i dont have the luxury of setting a temp basal rate. i swim w/out IOB at all. just a pre-swim Ucan bar 1 1/2 hour before i jump into the pool. Ii do this for 2 reasons: 1) b/c my BGs go low from the exercise, and 2) b/c my body needs the fuel. now, even that i go from about 200BG before i swim down to about… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-t-slim-x2-insulin-pump-2-months-later/12672)._