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I also have problems with Omnipod’s failing. I use Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G7. Can I ask you what system you are on now?

Thanks for the advice. My diabetic team are moving me over to the Dexcom g7, so hopefully that will sort it out as I will be able to use an iPhone app. I notice that chime flash is a doorbell, do you use the doorbell or does it just pick up from the Omnipod pdm…..thankfully my wife hears my...

Since I was moved from Omnipod dash to Omnipod 5 I can no longer get continuous bg readings. This is a problem for me at night as I rely on the excellent alarms from the SugarPixel as I am hard of hearing. It was fine when I used my iPhone app to control the dash. But I now have to use the...

Thanks for the reply. I am still having problems with placing things on my arm and had to replace the pod three times in a few hours as it didn’t deliver the insulin. Problem is my thin arms. I will try my abdomen and see how they connect. I am told that the libre 2 sensor should be placed on...

I was put on omnipod5 and Libre 2plus two months ago. I have relatively thin arms and it is a problem siting the pod and sensor on the arm and they have to be relatively near and in line with each other for them to connect. Currently I am placing them on my upper thighs. I have asked my team if...

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I also get alarms on my iPhone 11 and on my iPad. I have these set so I hear these first and set the sugar pixel slightly differently…….

Hi I was put on omnipod 5 a month ago and I also use a freestyle libre 2 plus and the Omnipod PDM. The omnipod person that set this up used Glooko and it all sinks to my LibreLinkUp and my Sugar Pixel. I wear hearing aids but the Sugar Pixel works and is extremely loud. You can also use the...

I have just been allocated a hybrid system. I am currently using an Omnipod dash to deliver insulin and a freestyle libre 2 plus sensor. I have to make a choice between the 4 options. They are: 1 Medtronic MinMed 780g with a Guardian 4 sensor 2 Tandem T slimx2 with a DexcomG6/G7 sensor 3 Omnipod...

Thanks for the reply. I always do a fingerprick test as well as I find libre out a few times. I also felt quite low on those readings.

I had really low bg on a very hot and humid night this week. Dinner at 5.30 with insulin taken and then I dropped to 5.2 at 2100 and I like it to be a little higher before I go to bed. So, I did what I normally do, and had 1/2 bowl granola which usually sorts it out until the morning. However...

Thanks for the reply. Can I ask you what make and model watch that you have and what app you have on it?

Being slightly deaf I do not always hear my alarms on my iphone 11 during the night. I have been looking at alternatives like wearing an apple watch 7 overnight and perhaps the vibration on my wrist might wake me up. I have also seen something called a sugarpixel which apparantely has a much...

Hi Sandra I was on low doses of insulin for about 3 years. On a ratio of about 12:1 bolus for carbs in a meal. I think that was a ‘honeymoon period’ as I am now on a ratio of 7:1 . Perhaps my pancreas has packed up completely! Ian

Hi Sandra I am now 75 and developed diabetes at about the age of 57. For about 3 years they thought I was type 2 diabetic until a new gp had me tested and it was discovered that I was actually late onset type 1 and the metformin that I was on was no good at all. I have never been overweight and...