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Hi, I’ve used the G5 for the last 18 months and throughout that time I’ve always had the “We have not tasted this app with this version of iOS yet and may not work efficiently” message. But has always worked fine. Are you (or anyone) actually using the G6 with 11.4 (or latest 11.4.1)? Is it...

Hi, take your pick of a couple of comparison sites and see what you get. When doing your quote don't declare you're T1. When you want to go ahead and purchase do it by phone. Once you've run through the details at that point declare. I've done this numerous times and the premium has never...

Splitting the bolus would help - then trial and error to work out what split and timings as you say. Or the compromise of eating fewer carbs, especially on a tricky meal like this. Or eating it earlier in the day, either lunch or late afternoon. Reason being that when unusual things start to...

Basal is individual so on this thread alone we have yourself at 8u, me at 13u, Mel 17u... reading other recent posts I can see people on anything from 4 to 34. There will be higher and lower! You seem to have your basal spot on as you are achieving brilliant fasting and pre meal results. If...

Your numbers are excellent, if looking for perfection you could maybe try a tiny bit more bolus go get the post meal level down a fraction (though even half unit may drop you too much so you'd have to eat a few more carbs to get that half unit to work as desired) So why do you want to stop your...

That you spike bs to high levels as even fast insulins are not fast enough to catch up once food has got the headstart. Obviously depends on what and how much food, how much insulin, metabolism, time of day / month etc, etc, etc. Why not get a Libre as a one-off so you can both see what is...

@kev-w I often find myself agreeing with your posts and share similar approaches to T1 management... and spookily I also have an appointment on Thursday to discuss changing to Tresiba (though i'm coming from Levemir)! I'm also becoming more and more uncertain about the switch. My main reason...

I know we're all different, so advice I was originally given (inject at the same time as your first mouthful) might not be so bad for everyone... but for me by far the biggest improvement in my control has been pre bolusing, which CGM revealed. Broadly I used to test at 2 hours after eating and...

I had this for the first time a couple of weeks back. I was eating the same things but all of a sudden getting higher readings. Ended up having to increase bolus amounts by about 50%. Couldn’t figure it out, maybe the clammy weather? Coming down with something? Then one day about to bolus I...

Thanks @jo789 for the this, very useful. Just a few follow ups: 1. You have the same breakfast most days - what is it? How many carbs? I'm estimating around 90g carb on the ratio you mentioned? 2. The same dinner most days - what is it? How many carbs? Or how many units do you inject for it...

Hi @jo789 sorry to hear you're struggling, call the Samaritans again if today is feeling especially tough. But what you've written here is a great place to start. So are your bloods running too high or too low? Or both?! It's tricky for everyone! 1. What long acting insulin are you on? How...

Hi, not sure how the start and end of this sentence can be consistent? 1.5 is very dangerously low. And frequently? Have you got your basal right? Are you going to sleep with short acting still onboard? I hope you can get on top of this.

If you use Dexcom G4 or G5 be aware that paracetamol can lead to incorrect high readings and so is advised against. Just reading up on the upcoming G6 and it seems it will not be affected.

I took the OP (with a ratio of 1:10) then 6-9 units would imply carbs per meal of 60-90g... 90g carb per meal is a lot. Excellent point on where your BS start from before eating. If i'm in the 4s I can reduce pre bolus time and the amount I inject compared to if i'm in the 6s (and I mean I can...

Given this i'd suggest experimenting with pre bolusing earlier. I found with Novarapid I had to pre bolus 45-50 mins before breakfast and 30 mins for other meals. We're all different, but maybe experiment there. While you're trying to get on top of this the other variable you could control is...

This is very encouraging, can you provide a link to read on this please.

Not sure if that was for me? I was actually commending you for your clarification in post 129 of the irrelevant 125&126 re ACCORD study of T2's. Though i'm sensing now that post 129 was more sardonic than serious...

T2 research would be more useful / relevant outside of the T1 sub-forum. But if posted here (T1 sub forum) it is helpful to flag that you're talking non T1 research, issues, etc. It's at best confusing but at worst dangerously misleading.

Hmmmm, actually the exact opposite. We take insulin to enable the conversion of blood glucose into energy. No insulin = no energy (and uncontrolled blood glucose means arms falling off, death etc). From this very site: Insulin helps control blood glucose levels by signaling the liver and...