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I just continually check and adapt. Occasionally a pattern emerges, but only every couple of years. However, every 4-5 days, something alters and a temporary basal is required. I can predict the day before I get symptoms that I've caught something. It's a bit like comparing jumbo jets with a...

Yes, NFC hasn't really taken off yet. The manufacturers were pushing it for contactless credit card payments, but the whole standard has stalled because the banks won't agree on security protocols with the phone manufacturers and the networks.

It's exceedingly unlikely because the hardware interface is something so unlike anything to do with a phone. It's not a software issue, so rewriting software for a phone won't work.

Type 1, you ALWAYS know the carb content. As a result, dieting becomes really easy. That's one blessing being T1D has.

I had a lump under the skin when I pulled my last cannula out. Insulin seems be have been absorbed there OK, but it's probably the same thing. I'd be interested to know what makes it happen, so I can avoid it happening again.

I found I was coughing and wheezing for years. Colds really affected me badly. EVENTUALLY (after 5 years) I found the culprit. Ramipril. The 'prils, ACE inhibitors are dreadful things. I also found they're responsible for the repeated UTIs, and the leg swelling. Now I'm on 'sartans for...

I like my levels to be above 4, 5 preferably before bed. It's not an issue for me. My hypo awareness is good and I always wake up if it drops to below 3.5. Like you I find my sleep is FAR more refreshing if my blood sugar is what I'd call "normal range". Sounds like you've got it all sorted &...

As this is the type 1 forum, I assume you're type 1. 7-8 seems fine to me. Your GP is getting confused between type 1 & type 2 diabetes (I regularly have to explain this basic medical fact to GPs, they don't know much. We just need them to sign the paperwork, OK?). I get 200/ 28 days. I tell...

An amusing thought springs to mind, if your diabetes was really well controlled, you only saw it vary in the range 4-7, say, and you could tolerate 2mmol "inaccuracies", you could probably train a talking parrot to do CGM for you, by training it to say, "five-point-two". I'm not sure how you'd...

I have a feeling the sensor life is something to do with the TOTAL amount of glucose it sees. The problem with rates might be to do with the diffusion rate of the wicked intracellular liquid into the bulk-body of the glucose sense gel inside the G4. If your BGs are fairly stable (and low), the...

Sorry, forgot to say that I always skin-tak & tegaderm my Dexcom sensors :-) Thanks Tim :-)

If your blood glucose is steady, they're great at telling you small shifts (at no more than 4mmol/hr, I'd guess). They don't measure blood glucose, so if it's swinging rapidly the reading will seem "late" (about 20 mins late). Remember this. Any reading on a CGM is from 20 mins ago. I used the...

Sounds like you're sickening for something. Hope you're recovering OK, Pinewood.

The problem I see is they're using an IC which is marked as "not for new designs" by TI. This would appear to be an excellent opportunity to bring out a new issue of PCB using the latest ICs and adding the all the wishlist from the previous version. If anyone here has requests, NOW is the time...

Looks like it'll have to be separate Bluetooth and SimpliciTI ICs, type modulation schemes are too different to use the same baseband modem stages in one IC - which is a bit of a pain.

Thanks very much for that information on the Accu-chek. I think I will concentrate on the xDrip, I've spent the morning hunting around TI's website looking to see if there's a SimpliciTI & Bluetooth stack available on one of their newer devices - so far I've found that SimpliciTI will not be...

Is there any interest here in developing a more integrated xDrip? I'll have some time, cash & a nice new Altium DXP licence to lay out a PCB & get it made. Is anyone interested in helping write a wish list /spec we can work to. I would also very much like this to be an open-source project.

Celsius & Co, Been looking at dexdrip, looks really nice - would like to lay out a better format board for it to carry around (including something cool for battery charging and in integrated display - considering a circular LCD made for dashboards) Anyway, have you guys managed to jailbreak the...

Never needed any letters for any of my travelling. I don't bother with them now. Inverness airport wanted to x-ray my pump, but an older colleague soon put him right. The more remote places in South America and Africa might be a bit trickier, but I have no need to go there. US & Europe...

I had exactly the same problem with Lantus and about the same dosage. It seems to stop working 24 hours after a few years (when I hit 42). Like you thought, I split it as well, but it may be something to do with the absorption. All was fixed when I got a pump. If I go on holiday, where it's...