Recent Content by Rockknocker

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    Omnipod 5 App

    Thank you for sharing your experience, that eases my concerns significantly! Some of the app reviews seemed to indicate that the buggy.app made the omnipod work no better than any other manually-managed pump system. I will share my first impresdions with the pump when it comes in. It has been...
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    Omnipod 5 App

    My wife and I are going through the process of getting my young son equipped with an insulin pump. We've been manually dosing up to now, and have a Dexcom G6 meter. We are going to get the Omnipod 5 pump, but notice that it has very strict device requirements for the app. Basically, only...
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    Newly DIAGNOSED

    Hello @NikHeidi91! When my son was diagnosed around that age, we had the same issues with blood sugar skyrocketing when he ate and plummeting when we dosed insulin. With a body that small, the lightest dose of insulin can send blood sugar down by hundreds. As others have indicated, you will...
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    Intro - Parent of T1D child

    Hello everyone! My 6 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about 2 1/2 years ago. He has been a real trooper through it all, putting up with the sticking and probing and constant blood sugar monitoring without too much drama. We're dosing him with Basaglar and Novolog insulin. He...