Recent Content by evilclive

3 days for expiry, and you can go to 3 days 8 hours. Though it only holds 200u, so if you're on more than 66u/day, it's not going to last the full three.

I keep my sensor on the back of my arm, and pods on my side/thighs/stomach but on the same side as the sensor. At sensor swap time, I try and have the pod on my front, because that's where it gets the highest chance of signal from a sensor on either arm - but it's not perfect when it's during...

I'm on fiasp with an omnipod 5 too. It's fine. Could do with being faster acting actually... Now, here's a thought which shouldn't be taken with any authority : They've tested and certify those insulins. But people's reactions to them vary - and indeed it will vary depending on site on the...

Are you rotating your sites?

I keep the pods (for recycling) and the needle (sharp), and throw everything else away. (syringe too - there's nothing in there preventing it going in normal waste). This ends up significantly smaller than the original. I've done this on ski and bike tours carrying everything - ie a situation...

I'm on the libre, but same general concept - the overlap time for sensor changes can be annoying. I try and get the maximum time out of my pods, which is 3 days 8 hours. After a year and a half of doing this, I now have about 3 months supply of pods in hand! Basically the supply they give you...

There's AI and there's "AI". In this case, the AI involved with the pump and managing the doses will be very much "AI", a marketing label for "we've got some code to work out doses and we're giving it the trendy name", not the massive datacentre/GPU complex which is problematic in various ways...

Different bits of the body have different reactions for different people. Eg my thigh is misbehaving a bit at the moment, so I probably ought to avoid that for a bit. So yes, if the arm isn't working, just need to go somewhere else. Kidney area at the back?

If they're taking you to a separate room for pump scanning, that means they know what they're doing, they don't need the letter :-) But ok, if you're trying to get something extra then that seems more likely. I've never had to do that - though I generally pay for a hold bag anyway. I've failed...

I think I've still got a rather crumpled one from a couple of decades ago :-) I've probably not used it in a while - everybody seems to understand diabetes these days, unlike back in 1998 when I had a flight attendant saying I had to give them my pen because I might inject somebody with it.

Extended bolus is very easy to try. I suspect it won't make a huge difference, but you just toggle it in settings -> bolus -> extended bolus. It takes a few minutes to put a larger dose in (eg 15u). If you're crashing after food then going up later, would changing to dosing later help? Eg with...

I've not mentioned activity mode at all have I! The reason for that is IME it doesn't make enough difference - the band where it helps is too small, and it keeps putting insulin in when I don't want it to because things are about to go down. So I just don't bother with it very often.

15 months or so now with Omnipod 5. Yes, running low is my experience. I do three main types of exercise. During the week, an hour or so gentle walking in the afternoon, an hour or so cycling or running before supper, and at the weekend, a few hours walking after breakfast. These present...

I've given up with activity mode. I just turn it to manual and pause, having made sure I've got some food and insulin on board before I pause. The important bit is to make sure things don't go high, but I reckon as long as you've got your eye on things, you can turn the insulin back on once...

How do you do this? Which app gives you the alarms?