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Hello everyone ! Is it possible that after changing infusion set or reservoir some insulin gets to the body ? It's especially annoying issue during the summer, and sometimes it caused serious hipoglicemia (52 mg/dl) after changing infusion set. Or it's more likely that this situations are fault...

Hey guys ! I have some basic questions related to timing with insulin and measuring sugar after meals. How many minutes before meal should I take the insulin ? When should I measure sugar after meal ? 1.5h, 2h, 2.5h ? and should I start counting the time from when I took the insulin, or when...

Hello everyone ! I own Paradigm 722 Medtronic pump with CGM Can I delay calibrating my Enlite Sensor with Meter BG, without being woken up by alarms ? After inserting new sensor i kind of miscalculated my insulin dose, and it's pretty late at night.

Hey guys ! Since I have Contour Link connected to my pump (Specifically Paradigm 722 ) I never tried bolus wizard, because no matter if I use it with numbers automatically picked up from my glucometer, or put them manually, later on when I try to upload them to carelink it makes additional...

Hello everyone ! So, I have a question regarding Infusion sets (Currently I use Sure-T 6mm), and how they work when I do then on my stomach. I'm pretty lean person, with very low fat%, especially in this specific place. I pretty much used front of my legs, and some places on my back, above the...

Hey guys ! So, I'm currently facing a pretty difficult times with managing any kind of daily activities/exercise and m diabetes. In fact, it's gotten to the point where I can't even wash, or move 3 boxes from my office without my blood sugar suddenly going down. I can confirm it's not due to...

Hey guys ! After 2 days every single type of infusion set(both, plastic and metal) are causing me a tones of pain. Right after I make the infusion set It starts itching, skin around t turns red, and after 2 days or earlier it completely destroys my sugars . When I take it out I have Pus coming...

Hello guys ! I have a coupe questions. If I know how many carbohydrates/proteins and fats, how should I know, how much to give as normal, and how much for extended bolus ? If I have cgm( currently from medtronic), how to identify mistakes from my insulin dose, and these from my basal rates ...

Hello guys ! So, I wanted to upload my data from insulin pump, as usuall, I got error with detecting ports on carelink diabetes software. All of my browsers stopped detecting any connection what so ever. I've tried to contact them, but no one responded . WHat I know, is that, it should be...

hey guys ! So, I'm currently eating 70g of whole grain graham bread, one boiled egg(60g) and some cottage cheese, usually 50g. I wanted to try 40g of oatmeal with 250ml of milk, but I'm not sure what's better for my blood sugar, and I don't know any good recipes for low calories, low carb...

Hello guys ! So basically, after visiting my doctor, he said, my results of estrogen hormones are really bad, and it's caused by my diet. But because she didn't give me any alternative, i need to do some research. I want to post my diet here, and ask you guys, how can I improve it for my type 1...

Hi guys ! I've recently switched from rice to Pearl barley, and my sugar level is much more stabilized,. Usually, after a meal I had around 260 sugar, and in 1hour it lowered to 180. After trying out barley, I have stable 180 sugar. Should I just give up on eating rice, and what other foods are...

Who Am I ? Hello everyone ! I'm Suzanne, 18 years old female from Poland, diagnosed with diabetes and turner's syndrome, both when I was 7 years old., What's my story ? Most of my childhood I didn't care about my diabetes. My mother had a lot of troubles raising me with this desases. It was...

Hi guys, so basically, I'm a pretty weird person. i eat this same things over and over, at this same hours for past 1.5 year. And after I had absolutely terrifying cause of hypoglycemia, for 8 hours at night, and eating around 5w wand stopping my pump for 7 hours I still had 60 sugar. I didn't...

Hi ! I'm currently using novorapid insulin, And my problem is, one day, I have around 120 sugar at morning, I'm taking 7,5j for me meal, around 25 min before eating, and around 2 hours after, I have 190 sugar. ext day, I'm doing exactly this same thing, for sugar 106, and I have 260, but I...

Hello ! So basically, My basal rate have not been changed for 3 years. Now, I'm turning 18 in 2 months(11 of June), and it means, that there was a lot of hormonal changes in my body(as a female). I have some questions for you about you. Can hormons have any effect on how insulin works...