Recent Content by wes.w

Hi Sean, Sorry no-ones come back to you, but it shows how small a group we are relatively, and how different everybodies type3 experiences are. When I first started on insulin, my diabetic nurse specialist for the whole county told me how difficult she found it to treat us type3s. In case you...

My third arm fitted sensor lasted only 6 days, so 4 days without a sensor required. But at least I've seen an improvement over my waist fitted sensors.

There was a German study in the 2000s decade that concluded that a significant percentage of type3c folk were being diagnosed as type2. I was myself, but via private health insurance, and the fact that standard NHS type2 treatment for 2 years hadn't produced the expected results, type3c was...

I've just received the following link from my health centre about Dexcom Receivers : https://mhra-gov.filecamp.com/s/d/G6YkgDmoIrZhVqrw This is not about the smartphone apps, which I use, but the stand-alone Receivers. Please check it out, if you have one.

I contacted Dexcom by telephone about the missing filaments, and was sent 2 replacement sensors (3 total replacements in the last two months, in spite of their website saying they would only replace 2 per annum). I'm NHS funded in the UK, but my prescription is limited to 3 sensors every 30...

I've been using Dexcom1/1+ for a few years now, but I've very recently had two sensors fail in similar way to what you describe. The filament was visible when I looked at the sensor before fitting, but after fitting there was something sticking out of the black dot on the top of the sensor. One...

Dexcom One is being discontinued, and my NHS prescription has been changed to One+. This must be happening all over the UK, so maybe that's why you had problems. But my pharmacy had no trouble in supplying my first three One+ in late January.

I've found an answer to the missing numeric keypad sensor problem I had with my phone :happy: It's happened the last two times I've needed to use a new transmitter (around every 3 months). When I get to the 'Enter Sensor Code' bit there is no keypad showing. But if I change over to another app...

If you are type 3c then your pancreas isn't working as it should do. So you have two main things that need to be topped up to to replace what your pancreas isn't providing - insulin and digestive enzymes (Creon). With Creon I eat everything, but others have reported problems, either from certain...

I've had a similar problem with my Dexcom One and Samsung phone. Dexcom support suggested I restart the phone frequently as its cache tends to fill up and slow things down (see here ). Might be worth trying for a Libre/Samsung combination?

The android phone app is as follows: 1. Go to settings (bottom of app right hand side) 2. Scroll down to Alerts and tap to select 3. Choose low or high Alert and select (alert needs to be turned on to get to tones!) 4. Tone is 3rd item, tap to select, then select required tone from list

A few weeks ago I needed to replace both my Dexcom One sensor and transmitter. I found that although the app accepted the transmitter number, the next step to enter the sensor number gave me a blank screen with no keypad. I tried restarting this process many times, and in the end removed and...

The 'back-to-before after 2hrs' has never applied to me (type 2 about 15 years ago), and I find that it takes 3 to 4 hours to return to the bg I had before eating. So don't rely on any statement about "normal" responses as everybody is a bit different. Take the CGM trial and you will probably...

I'm using the sensor on midriff which gives me six positions to try - left or right and above/in-line/below belly button. Not something I've recorded or noticed so far but I'll start doing it, so thanks for your feedback. I'm naturally skinny so don't have stretch marks or tattoos :happy:.

I got the android update 11 days later than the iOS one, so I haven't been able to test it properly yet. But I'm still getting a few random lows with sensor No.9. It seems some sensors are better behaved than others :confused: