Recent Content by Justin04

You know that the last three times I’ve dealt with them I’ve told them they should concentrate on pumps and leave the sensors to the specialised manufacturers like libre and dexcom. They make them well. The only reason I haven’t started running on of those is for the fact when Smartguard does...

Gordontoo, I am also a fellow Aussie that was silly enough to get involved with a Medtronic pump and sensor. As you can see, I have the same issues, hence being awake and looking for answers at 1 am after having another sensor fail. Originally a user of the 640, it was brilliant. The 780 is...

I feel your pain Vix. I get 4 days out of mine, 5 days is like a lottery. Medtronic have replaced my transmitter and first sensor in failed immediately. I told the wife I think I’m suffering burnout from it. The biggest mistake I’ve made in recent times was choosing Medtronic over Tandem. And...

The Medtronic has no profiles once you go into smart guard. The only things you can change are your carb ratio and active insulin time. No basal. Where I believe from reading the t slim still has basal rates in the background. Before cgm and smart guard, my endo team and I made basal rates for...

Hey all, not really a direct question, more of a general discussion on which insulin pump would be better for shift workers. Currently should be on night shift but as I am down with the flu at the moment, (so even the best technology has no hope for controlling bg!) so with the main focus being...

How old is your transmitter? I know a few months ago I was being woken several times a night, sugar was apparently spiking and dropping yet I didn’t feel it. Couldn’t work it out and Medtronic replaced my transmitter that wasn’t all that old and haven’t had a drama since.

Yeah not sure. I just chimed in the other day and was the last reply. Maybe I scared everyone off???

Hey Dee. Your carb ratio is wrong. I started off like this with my endo having my ratio at 15:1 and refusing to change it. I’ve since gone against and am at an 8.5:1 and 10:1 during periods set and I’m now 85+ TIR. And that’s coming from someone that has had a deadset gut full of Medtronic CGM….

Could be. But then I don’t have a choice on the back of arm. Be some training in going back to the tapes.

Thanks. Yeah they know. We’ve had a continuous communication going since I changed up to the 780 in June last year. There has been a lot of attempt made to help, and I admit I did get very frustrated, but now I’m resigned to the fact that it’s not going to work. My only frustration now is having...

Hey Prancy. On the 780. I got a new transmitter expressed and a few nights in …. 6 hourly calibrations. Oh and my sensor has just clapped out when I have to be up in 6 hours. Yeah I’m sure the smarts are there, they just ain’t working for me. I’m saying, there are a lot of people that it’s doing...

Yeah they want the old one back when I receive the new one they said. Not that it’s worth keeping. I should look into getting a back up, now I know what can happen, I would have changed it out a lot earlier.

Sorry guys, meant to get back earlier. I use a patch over top of my CGM rather that the two tapes they provide. It makes it easier when putting on the back of the arm. I think it would fall out of me before I got the chance to charge the transmitter and attach it if I let I marinate. I clean the...

Hi all. Having troubles with my guardian 3 sensors recently. 6 hourly calibration requests. For the 5 or so days they last. (Actually a lot last 3….) No one knows why. I began CGM in June and it’s been a fiasco ever since. It slightly improved when I started using them in the back of arm but...

After my original post last year things eventually got better with the sensor and pump. Not best but better. So i learned to live with it. Having trouble the last few sensors with it requiring a calibration every 6 hours, 6h 5min to be exact. Has anyone else had this issue and how do I fix it...