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I'm not 100% sure what the best course of action would be, but if I were putting a disposable pen in the bin, I'd empty the insulin first. I'd just use the final needle to squirt the remaining insulin into the bin. At least then it's not usable to someone who could get a needle or a syringe...

If you're using the reader, you can find this in Sensor Info page (click the cog icon for Settings, click down twice for System Status, then click System Info). It will tell you the date you started the sensor (add 14 days) and the time the sensor will end. I'm sure where this info is in the...

I'd always trust a glucometer over a CGM. The delay is a bit confusing to wrap your head around. The reading it gives now is a projection based on the delayed readings it's been getting. You'll see the most recent 10-15 minutes of the line will slowly correct itself over the next 10-15 minutes...

Everyone's dose will be different so what works for me won't necessarily work for you. I don't notice any significant peaks with either my morning or evening dose. If I did and it coincided with a meal, I'd either adjust the basal dose or adjust the basal timing. Before my split, I tended to...

I don't think you need to worry about stacking with basal and bolus. Basal has a totally different profile (16-24 hours) to bolus insulins (3-5 hours). If you notice you're going low due to both basal and bolus peaking at the same time, you could try shifting your basal injection time around to...

I completely understand your apprehension, and I was a bit wary of injecting in public too, but no one really notices. Earlier today, I injected sitting on a park bench. I just did it casually and I don't think no one even noticed. I was advised by my team to never inject in toilets since...

Pre-bolusing (how long you take insulin before eating) is pretty common with Type 1s and the time varies from person to person. Some stick to a fixed pre-bolus time across all meals and others vary the time meal to meal. I'm Type 1 and I find a 30-minute pre-bolus for breakfast helps me avoid...

I'm in Germany and I was only given a prescription for Glucagon when I asked my endo. It seems like T1 kids are more proactively prescribed Glucagon. I'm not sure what they cost outside of Germany, but here they're just €5 a pop (or €17 without insurance, I think) so I plan to always have one...

I haven't used Tresiba, but I had a lot of night time lows with Abasaglar and found that splitting my dose between bedtime and breakfast helped a lot. I started with a 50/50 split (bedtime/breakfast) and adjusted each dose slowly until I found what worked. Of course, once I found doses that...

I found having my breakfast all in one go (toast and fruit) gave me spikes, no matter how long I pre-bolused. What works for me is to break my breakfast into multiple sittings. I pre-bolus (for everything), eat the toast, wait an hour or two for my cgm to go down, then eat the fruit. Depending...

I pop in a new lancet every 2-3 tests. I'm type 1, so I will be doing this for decades. I'd rather keep my fingers in the best condition possible and new lancets help that (as does a CGM). Some people subscribe to the saying 'It's daylight saving day - time to change your clocks... and your...

I was diagnosed just over a year ago and recently, my pancreas seems to have started working a bit more so I've had to adjust my insulin to avoid constant lows. I've noticed I'm really sensitive to basal - a 10% reduction (which would be just one unit for me) can mean the difference between...

Depends on if you're using the reader or the app. ;) I thought I'd just keep my message simple, but yes, a photo of the reader or a screenshot of the app would give the same results.

That's definitely an unusual error. The only one I've gotten like that is 'Glucose unavailable. Try scanning again in 10 minutes' Next time you get the error, take a photo of it and contact Abbott. If you've had some faulty sensors recently, I'd let them know about those too as they should...

Ah, sorry - I misread your first post. If the first one fell off, hopefully the patches and wipes will help. My very first sensor ended early for no reason and it was very frustrating, but I've rarely had an issue since. One tip I'd give you is that the first 24 hours can give very inaccurate...

Two failed in one day?! That's so frustrating! If they've come away from your skin, at least you know the problem that needs solving. Some people have skin that CGMs just don't want to adhere to. Some people use special skin adhesives to make CGMs stay on better. You can also get plaster-like...

I don't have any specific brands to recommend, but my skin is also very sensitive, especially to the sun, so I get kid/baby sunscreen - the sensitive skin version, and always SPF 50+. I'm not sure what's different about kid sunscreen, but if it's good for them, I don't see why it wouldn't be...

I live in Germany and was told by my diabetes team that a reader for FSL 3 would be available later this year (so... really, sometime next year, if ever). The FSL 3 sensors have been available since last year, so the reader is delayed. If it is actually produced, that is. At 0:46 in this video...