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My trusty fitbit versa 2 is getting (very) old and isn't holding a charge for 24 hours. All I really use it for is 1) viewing my dexcom g7 levels via the glance app on OS Wear 2) steps and heart rate 30 seeing the time I don't need a lot of fancy features that will eat up battery - I really...

Finally finally finally https://pharmac.govt.nz/news-and-resources/cgms-and-insulin-pumps/summary-whats-funded-for-who Pharmac (New Zealand / Aotearoa 's public medical finding body) is going to find cgms for all T1s and T3s (presumably T3c) and two pumps for T1s and T3cs whose consultant...

I've been using the tandem tslim x2 for about 5 months and on the whole am happy with it (certainly don't want to go back to MDI) but have accumulated a number of queries. In no particular order 1) bubbles when filling a new tslim cartridge. I quite often find I have to draw air twice in order...

I've had this happen twice in the last month (I suspect a faulty batch of cannulas /cannulae). Basically when I do a set change and connect the new cannula to my pump (tandem tslim) to fill it, no insulin comes through the tubing. The first time this happened I disconnected the tubing from the...

Just had a morning struggling with my pump (tandem tslim x2) and my bg. Woke up round about 6.30am to notice my bg in the teens and rising rapidly, gave myself a correction dose and rolled back over for 30 minutes. Still going up at 7.30am so got up and saw the problem, had managed to pull out...

As a new (nearly 3 months) user of tandem tslim x2 and G7 I am left somewhat undecided on where to site my g7 and cannula. I find the best connection time between pump and G7 happens with g7 on my stomach (pump on back of arms seems to lose connection specially when I'm out for walks). I have...

I've recently changed to use the dexcom G7 sensor with my tandem Tslim x2. I preinserted the first G7 16 hours ahead and got a fail on start up (sigh) so had to immediately insert a new one and had my usual too low readings for its first 12-24 hours. The sensor is due to end at 2pm today so...

I'm a new pump user. Just curious about correction ratios (as in how many mmol/L bg 1 unit of insulin brings you down by). I've just moved to a pump and I think my dietician has used the 100/total daily insulin rule to get my ratio, but I am sceptical. In particular, if I wasn't on a lowish...

I have just been signed off on my pump training for the tandem tslim x2 (see my other thread) and need to sort out my long term script for cannulas and insulin. At the moment I am using steel needles with 60cm tubing, but am wondering if I should go for 80cm. I'm finding it annoying that if my...

I've just been for a chat with the diabetic dietician, where she looked at my blood glucose and food and insulin records so as to calculate starting insulin rates for a tandem tslim insulin pump (starting on Monday). All well and good, but she told me a surprising (to me) piece of information...

I've been using the g7 for about 6 months, and really like its feature whereby you get a grace period of 12 hours when a sensor expires. I usually insert my new sensor then and activate when the grace period dies. So that means I end up pre-inserting by just under 12 hours. But recently when...

So I've had a box with a tandem pump sitting in my bedroom since december and have training with the tandem rep booked for march 25,26. I have a pre pump training session with my clinic next week, any thoughts on what I should ask? They want a food insulin diary, which I normally keep on my...

Well it's 12.12am in Aotaroea / New Zealand. Happy new year to you all. May all your hopes and wishes come true.

A couple of days ago my blood sugar climbed relentlessly and my short acting insulin didn't appear to be having any effect. So I tried dialing up 20 units to see whether it would fill the cap of my needle to the line, and discovered that it was only delivering a couple of units. I tried...

OK, so still deliberating between the tandem tslim x2 and dexcom and the minimed 780g with the guardian sensor G4 I think I marginally prefer the smartguard algorithm over the control-IQ but my sticking point (and I think it may be insurmountable ) is the G4 sensor Just watched this video and...

Nearly tagged in on the medtronic vs tslim thread but as I am a new pump user have even more questions.... I'm in New Zealand and have had issues with lantus (the only basal supplied here) and my team have just authorised a pump because I have problems with lantus and hypos. I reckon I also...

Any thoughts on this? Am going to be moving to a pump and apparently most of the diabetics at my clinic use novorapid. I've been a (reasonably) happy humalog user for over a decade. Any reason not to change? (I think they have one humalog user so I could stick with the humalog). All I know...

Tired of occasionally forgetting whether and how much insulin I've had. Are there any pens for my insulins ? I'd be happy to buy them from the manufacturer if NZ pharmac doesn't supply them...

I am investigating empagliflozin on behalf of my T2 father, who is currently low carbing (50g to 90g a day) on metformin with a recent hba1c of 53 (down from 60ish before he got moved to metformin). He's been T2 for about 15 years, on gliclazide before he started to low carb. He's on a heap of...

I am travelling to Europe/UK on Wednesday so will be in a slightly more UK friendly time zone for a while. I managed to run out of dexcom sensors on Friday night (extreme incompetence in sensor management, thought I still had another pack of 3). Now I can't get any more before I go on...