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Dexcom G4 or G5?

Good luck!!

Post by: JontyW, Oct 16, 2016 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Dexcom G4 or G5?

Here is the costing table for G5 and indeed it is much more expensive than G4 due to the Transmitter life being only 3 months. So for G4...

Post by: JontyW, Oct 14, 2016 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Dexcom G4 or G5?

iHS .. you imply that the G4 and G5 sensors are different in some way, when they are exactly the same and so should have similar sensor life. I...

Post by: JontyW, Oct 14, 2016 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Dexcom G4 or G5?

Here are the costings and you can see that G4 & G5 are dominated by how long you can make the sensors last. My average sensor life so far is 4.5...

Post by: JontyW, Oct 14, 2016 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Dexcom G4 or G5?

Hi Hawra, I'm a bit late into this thread, but having used a G4 for the last year I'm able to share my experience plus detailed costings that...

Post by: JontyW, Oct 14, 2016 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Type1 new to forum.

Hi Craig, You clearly need to do some fasting tests overnight, and also during day, to check the basal (Lantus) dose, which appears to be too...

Post by: JontyW, Jun 18, 2015 in forum: Greetings and Introductions
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What is the best CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) Meter?

I'm thinking of buying a CGM and would welcome the reviews of those who have used one for a reasonable period? Many thanks ... Jonty

Thread by: JontyW, Jun 17, 2015, 4 replies, in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Type1 new to forum.

Hi Craigk93, Tell us a bit about your insulin regime. You say you are on LCHF, but do you carb count & bolus adjust? With readings between 5 and...

Post by: JontyW, Jun 17, 2015 in forum: Greetings and Introductions
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New in Town ...

Hello Melissa, Welcome to the club and I hope you will gain both new friends and more diabetes info from this excellent site. I see you have...

Post by: JontyW, Jun 12, 2015 in forum: Greetings and Introductions
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Hba1c when you were given the green light?

Hello Sophie, Please could you share with us what you did differently to achieve this big improvement .. thank you? JontyW

Post by: JontyW, Jun 12, 2015 in forum: Pregnancy
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Attended my Desmond course today.

Jim, You might like to look at this article ..."Why Is the Low-Carb Diet Bad for You?". The key point is in the next to last paragraph entitled...

Post by: JontyW, Aug 8, 2014 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Bananas

I'm not sure if your comment was serious or not, but I agree those banana photos could possibly confuse some. So just to clarify things ... I've...

Post by: JontyW, Aug 4, 2014 in forum: Ask A Question
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Hypos

Three years ago, before I started tighter carb counting and bolus calculating with IC ratios, I was mowing the lawn mid morning and didn't feel...

Post by: JontyW, Aug 4, 2014 in forum: Greetings and Introductions
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Bananas

A medium sized banana, with a weight of 130g with the skin on, is about 20g carbs, so that is quite high if you are doing ' low carb' diet. This...

Post by: JontyW, Aug 4, 2014 in forum: Ask A Question
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Please help!! Waitrose refuse to stock 'LivLife Low Carb Bread'

I'm a T1 for past 45 years and in last two years have started down the low carb route aiming for about 100g carbs/day. I don't bother with any...

Post by: JontyW, Jul 30, 2014 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Newly diagnosed

Hi Paul, I've been a T1 for 45 years and have managed to get a good understanding of the subject, implemented all the procedures required to get...

Post by: JontyW, Jul 7, 2014 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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When they do your bloods at the clinic...

Usually anything that they may be interested in for your particular monitoring, but standard is HbA1c, cholesterol (Total, HDL cholesterol,...

Post by: JontyW, Jun 28, 2014 in forum: Ask A Question
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Newly diagnosed: Type 1

Hi Michael, Regarding going on a DAFNE course I believe that you have to have been diagnosed 6 months before being considered, so that you have...

Post by: JontyW, Jun 26, 2014 in forum: Newly Diagnosed
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How many carbs to raise blood sugar?

My carb-to-blood sugar ratio is about 1.5, so 10g carbs will raise my BS by 1.5 mmol/l To recover from low BS I always use Bassett's Jelly Babies...

Post by: JontyW, Jun 7, 2014 in forum: Ask A Question
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No diagnosis just questions

Hi Sarai, First some background about me .... I have been a Type 1 diabetic on insulin for 44 years, and in April 2013 I was diagnosed with...

Post by: JontyW, Mar 27, 2014 in forum: Ask A Question

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