Recent Content by SimonP78

The other option is to donate it e.g. the openaps project to see if it could be of use to a developer (i.e. to make more pumps compatible): https://openaps.readthedocs.io/en/master/docs/Gear%20Up/pump.html Links here, I'd would be tempted to ask on Gitter (link on the page below). Gitter is an...

For two months' worth of travel it would also be worth trying to keep at least some of the insulin cold to prolong its life. The OP didn't say whether they were T1 or T2 (though I guess insulin dependent from the question) and whether they require CGMs. Libres are quite bulky but somewhat less...

I've had a fair run of sensors whose connections die (and then after 8h+ can randomly come back to life again), so you're not alone. Fingers crossed I've had a decent run recently: https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/cgm-log-how-long-do-they-last-why-do-they-fail.114108

I agree, I think there's a danger we no longer listen to our bodies, which means if we have a sensor failure or a gap (prescriptions taking an age for example) it's quite a shock. Testing so we know what it feels like to be hypo and to go hypo are useful things imo. I spent most of my teenage...

I might have to pick your brain @CheeseSeaker I've just been prescribed the One+ (as the libre2+ wasn't working very well) - I'd seen that XDrip+ should handle it, I just need to dig through the instructions! :) I am curious though about phone compatibility with the official app - my phone...

My vote is for Foot on the Floor or Dawn Phenomenon. I don't really find that eating helps much, though exercise and/or alcohol the previous evening do help. I really don't think there's too much need to worry about ketones (even in the 3's) unless you don't have any insulin on board...

So few/little @Antje77, are these the same dextro tablets I'm thinking of? c.4g of carbs per tablet? I'd certainly need more than that (I'd go for at least 3 for a total of 12g of carbs for starters, though quite possibly more depending on how I feel), and if I'm stuck with eating dextrose...

To get over your phobia of pricking your finger I suggest you try one of these once or twice, you'll not even notice the current devices afterwards: https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/sore-fingers.111620/page-2#post-1343433 Another picture here with a lancet mounted...

I don't think you need to chase a carbs target, eat what works for you and adjust (insulin if and when, eventually, needed) to match that. The level of ketones you have is because you're burning fat, I don't think the levels are anything to worry about however I would keep an eye on it as your...

Interesting that you're not taking insulin and yet have low blood glucose, at which point my comments on ketone levels are no longer standing on particularly firm ground. How long have you been diabetic out of interest - presumably your pancreas is still producing some insulin? Are you...

I think the level that A&E consider to be high is not the same as the NHS guidance page though. The former appears to be something along the lines of >4 (and probably higher than that), while the NHS guidance is much more conservative. In A&E they also check blood pH afaiu before they move to...

What type of basal insulin do you take and do you split your dose? Splitting dose works well for me, I can significantly reduce the morning dose if I'm cycling all day, and then either leave the evening dose alone (as overnight still has a reduction due to the lower morning dose, or reduce that...

I agree that hypos are the worst day-to-day issue and to avoid that terrible sinking feeling of dread and despair that can occur when you're dropping like a stone and don't have enough food/appetite to deal with it, I limit my bolus injection quantities to avoid having too much IoB at any one...

Perhaps try it and see - obviously not with loads of IoB and a massive negative rate of change of BG, but running low gradually should be doable and not overly unpleasant (and very easy to fix if you decide you've had enough). You may find that if you're running high you get "false hypo"...

I don't input any data into Juggluco, I input it all into XDrip+, which at least means everything ends up in the SQLite daily backup so I can (theoretically, I've not done anything aside from a proof-of-concept confirmation) do further processing as and when I find some time!