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Hi @Pupp1, As far as I'm aware all the commercial loops are currently hybrid (HCL) so its necessary to enter carbs as you suspect. There are variants of the DIY closed loops that are Fully Closed Loops (FCL) - I use a variant of AndroidAPS (AAPS) called Boost and use Libre 2, a Dana-i an...

<smiling> I think the delivery of the message was a bit 'cr**p' but the meaning was good - the idea is to get your settings so the pump/loop doesn't need to suspend delivery, it just works all day ok - that will stop any other scenarios where settings are incorrect, causing any other issues...

I tend to find spirits will cause a crash in BG (maybe an hour or so after) depending on how much - the odd short won't really affect - 'a bit of a sess' definitely will - so snacking required. For beer and cider - these raise the BG quite quickly and can cause a loop to hit it too fast with...

Its a 'Last ditch hope' - inject it and the livers stored reserves (all of it) are dumped in the blood stream - the body's way to react to an extremely low BG to 'save itself' (amazing stuff really) It can happen on its own - but sometimes needs a prod - hence someone may need to administer the...

There are a couple of things worth knowing with CGM. BG 'will mostly' be different from BG (usually 15-20 mins behind as the glucose molecules that are attached to the red blood cells don't migrate through to the interstitial fluid as quickly - hence the delay). The L2 and Dex One don't allow...

I do the same when the BT fails - I have 2 MM2s and an MM3 (the MM3 I find is unreliable and flashing the bios to update has so far proved 'challenging') If you look to replace the MM - go with a MM2 rather than 3 would be my recommendation (but hope you find it)

Agree- Thats what I did for fast acting - for ultra-fast you pretty much bolus when you eat (much better) as that stuff can be very rapid to hit your system Works really when when looping, as the loop has a better control over what's going on with the BG, and can react accordingly

Morning @PJFCDE - Not had any increase in problems - been running the L2s (and L1s) for years and nothing different over the last few months (all working ok, occasionally get a failed startup (bent teflon needle when inserted) but once they start then keep going for the 14 days (accuracy at...

In theory you shouldn't spike 4 hours after injecting (but everything is possible as we're all different). I found Fiasp became resistant (took ages to come down and was using tons of the stuff) and switched to Lyumjev - similar issues. I worked out I needed really good site rotation for...

Fantastic approach - if you read and understand whats going on you have a much better base to treat your own T1 (and you need to be able to self govern some of the time, NHS is wonderful, but you're there 24/7 and in the best place to make informed decisions). You will do it - at some point you...

Easy done - I used to get caught by bartenders in pubs pushing the 'full fat' coke button instead of diet - its easier to ask for bottled now (or pick something like water that I know will be low carb).

Have to admit I got 'somewhat tired' (please pick own expletive) of it at one stage - did a load of unproductive googling till I hit on a post about 'jock-itch'. Essentially when I put my under pants on me an them were clean, but any infection from my feet could have been carried on the...

Been through this myself a long time ago (not medical- just my thoughts so please talk to a medical professional if you can) - ok so you've now got a double dose of slow acting (imagine a curve of insulin activity each time you inject the basal for 24 hours). That will run out tonight - so if...

Hi @Sideburnt - I find any carbs will take time to absorb - fastest is glucose (no digestion - straight through the intestine to stick to the red blood cells) - anything else takes time to strip the glucose out of it or convert to glucose molecules. I tend to use Clif Blocks - easy to carry and...

Hi @SuzanneV, Don't know how much help I'll be - but my wife (non-diabetic) went through this procedure a month or so back. From a pump user - assuming your basal is correct, you should be ok except for dips caused by stress etc (which is exactly what you'll be under... If you're on...

Nothing can be made fool-proof (a bigger fool just comes along to prove them wrong - usually me). I found the less control I have over my day to day (carb counting, basal and bolus control) the better I am (remove the 'chimp' from the control buttons) - I've automated my loop so I don't need to...

Agree with @Antje77 - each of us needs whatever we need - no max or min. I use about 54u per day (much older and low to mid carbs intake) - thats ok for me, anyone else even on the same lifestyle / diet could be more or less.

Similar to @Zinadane - forgotten to do fast acting a few times, couldn't remember if I'd done slow (or fast) acting so injected twice etc. Now pumping, but occasionally forget to switch the loop back on after a shower or a set change. Easily done but frustrating. Watching my mum going through...

Personally I'm more interested in TIR (don't really care about the HbA1C any more - maybe it will fade away slowly (like imperial to metric) it'll just take a long time

Hello - as @JGibbons says - basal requirements can go up and down (even with the weather changing) and dawn phenomenon is a thing There is a thing called 'Honeymoon' period - when we are first diagnosed the pancreas is still producing some insulin - eventually this stops and we then need the...