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I'm a new pump user. Just curious about correction ratios (as in how many mmol/L bg 1 unit of insulin brings you down by). I've just moved to a pump and I think my dietician has used the 100/total daily insulin rule to get my ratio, but I am sceptical. In particular, if I wasn't on a lowish...

I have just been signed off on my pump training for the tandem tslim x2 (see my other thread) and need to sort out my long term script for cannulas and insulin. At the moment I am using steel needles with 60cm tubing, but am wondering if I should go for 80cm. I'm finding it annoying that if my...

I've just been for a chat with the diabetic dietician, where she looked at my blood glucose and food and insulin records so as to calculate starting insulin rates for a tandem tslim insulin pump (starting on Monday). All well and good, but she told me a surprising (to me) piece of information...

I've been using the g7 for about 6 months, and really like its feature whereby you get a grace period of 12 hours when a sensor expires. I usually insert my new sensor then and activate when the grace period dies. So that means I end up pre-inserting by just under 12 hours. But recently when...

So I've had a box with a tandem pump sitting in my bedroom since december and have training with the tandem rep booked for march 25,26. I have a pre pump training session with my clinic next week, any thoughts on what I should ask? They want a food insulin diary, which I normally keep on my...

Well it's 12.12am in Aotaroea / New Zealand. Happy new year to you all. May all your hopes and wishes come true.

A couple of days ago my blood sugar climbed relentlessly and my short acting insulin didn't appear to be having any effect. So I tried dialing up 20 units to see whether it would fill the cap of my needle to the line, and discovered that it was only delivering a couple of units. I tried...

OK, so still deliberating between the tandem tslim x2 and dexcom and the minimed 780g with the guardian sensor G4 I think I marginally prefer the smartguard algorithm over the control-IQ but my sticking point (and I think it may be insurmountable ) is the G4 sensor Just watched this video and...

Nearly tagged in on the medtronic vs tslim thread but as I am a new pump user have even more questions.... I'm in New Zealand and have had issues with lantus (the only basal supplied here) and my team have just authorised a pump because I have problems with lantus and hypos. I reckon I also...

Any thoughts on this? Am going to be moving to a pump and apparently most of the diabetics at my clinic use novorapid. I've been a (reasonably) happy humalog user for over a decade. Any reason not to change? (I think they have one humalog user so I could stick with the humalog). All I know...

Tired of occasionally forgetting whether and how much insulin I've had. Are there any pens for my insulins ? I'd be happy to buy them from the manufacturer if NZ pharmac doesn't supply them...

I am investigating empagliflozin on behalf of my T2 father, who is currently low carbing (50g to 90g a day) on metformin with a recent hba1c of 53 (down from 60ish before he got moved to metformin). He's been T2 for about 15 years, on gliclazide before he started to low carb. He's on a heap of...

I am travelling to Europe/UK on Wednesday so will be in a slightly more UK friendly time zone for a while. I managed to run out of dexcom sensors on Friday night (extreme incompetence in sensor management, thought I still had another pack of 3). Now I can't get any more before I go on...

Has anyone done much flying with a dexcom G7? I want to visit my father in the UK but am not confident that I can get spare sensors through security without an xray. This appeared to fry my spare G6 transmitter so am wondering what the situation is with the G7, which has effectively has a...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/10/nhs-england-artificial-pancreas-type-1-diabetes So as far as I can make out this is an insulin pump that loops? The first thing that comes to mind to me is what sensors are they using? Not sure if I trust automated insulin delivery if it...

OK, looks like my local pharmacy/chemist has given up on stocking glucose tablets (lift glucotabs) have been on back order for 3 months) so if I want specific glucose tablets I need to order online. This requires a bit more organisation than before but I can do it. But am wondering how much of...

OK, I seem to have lost my humalog pen and still have 10 days to last before going back to New Zealand. I have plenty of cartridges and half a dozen syringes so I can make do if I have to but would much prefer a replacement pen and/or some extra syringes. Do any pharmacies supply pens or...

Dexcom say that you shouldn't put unused transmitters or sensors through xray machines but though auckland and adelaide were happy with my printed letter from dexcom doha and qatar airlines were adament that I would hVe had to apply to the airline beforehand to escape the scan. So what are the...

I've just been through the insulin in my fridge looking at expiry dates, and I can't find them on the humalog cartridges but can on the lantus ones. Why is this a problem? Well, my pharmacy only give me enough insulin for one month a time and this means they often give me insulin in generic...

OK, my saffron crocuses have come up and I'm harvesting their little red threads/stigmas. I've never cooked with saffron before and most of the web suggestions involve rice or pasta. Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations for low carb saffron dishes? I guess I could do cauliflower...