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Hi a couple of issues if anyone can help please. When i attend football matches in a busy stadium my connection between my dexcom G6 loses signal. Does anyone have any solutions for this. When it happens i turn bluetooth off and on but it doesn't always fix the problem. Next issue. Ive used...

Hi i do not normally get head aches as in i have had a few but not many. I have had pretty good control the last 6 days some of the best ive had in a long while but i have had thumping headaches at the back of my head and sore neck for 6-7 days too. Does anyone know if this is common with...

Hi does anyone know quite how the omnipod 5 works? Does it predict your patterns on a day by day basis or a week by week or month by month For example i work at home on monday and friday and my activities and stress and exercise and wake times and as such blood levels change drastically to the...

Hi has anyone managed to find a watch face that displays your readings in a large font. I have trialed a few watch faces. many have allowed me the dexcom g6 complication but it only allows it in the small areas. There is a watvch face called "X Large" which seemingly used to work but then post...

Hi Previously i was on omnipod dash and freestyle libre 2 sensors. I used the shuggah app to monitor my bloods with alerts on my iphone and constant " notifications" of my bloods minute by minute. I am now on omnipod 5 and cant see how i can get any similar functionality. Is there a way for...

Hi couple of questions. I receive private healthcare through Vitality with work. I have had numerous sort of sport injury usage etc with them and always state my type 1 diabetes. I am interested if anyone has ever taken out private healthcare personally with the pre existing condition of type 1...

Hi does anyone know how i can find out which CCG/ICB allows omnipod 5? I have been told mine doesn't but I'm not sure how to find out. Thanks

Hi do any of you guys have experience of diving? Ive done some basic beginner dives in europe and have always declared my diabetes and have had to show my bloods before diving and eat and they were fine. I was away over christmas and they wouldn't let me dive without some declaration from my...

Hi I seem to have this issue every time I set up a new freestyle libre 2 on Shuggah. I do this I delete my old sensor I set the new one up on the freestyle app. I then set up Bluetooth connection for new sensor. But I get this screen so many times where it says “ Sensor Scan Successful...

Hi has anyone had any issues since updating their iphone I did it this am. My apple watch used to show the calendar event of my blood sugars every minute. As in it at 4.34 would say 4.34-4.44 8.2 mmol/L then at 4.35 it would say 4.35-4.45 8.2 mmol/l Since the update i have the calendar event...

Hi i have just come back from a holiday and was in the pool a lot so switched from my pod (omnipod dash) to lantus. I took a bit of a punt with the ratios. I have about 19 units of background over the day so started on 21 then ended up by end of holiday being on 26 units of lantus. It may be...

Hi i have the freestyle libre 2 I have downloaded the shuggah app which took some time. I realised i had to get rid of my alarms on my freestyle libre app to get this to "talk" to my sensor I have a garmin watch an 260 approach i can get the notifications from my phone to go to my watch which...

Hi i have an iphone 12 on ios 15.6.1 I have had a libre 2 for a long time. The alarms have always worked. I changed my sensor 3 days ago and the alarms are no longer working. I have read many other threads on here but cant seem to get it to work. Historically i think i had 2 red dotted...

Hi a few questions I appreciate there are no doctors and I’m going to see the podiatrist randomly on Wednesday anyhow. I’m 42 diabetic since about 8 (type 1) Control never been amazing but not terrible. Hba1cs historically 8-9 since I’ve been about 20 till about 35 then I have had better low...

Hi i am 42 and whilst my hba1c is not perfect comparing to the standards I read on here hopefully I’ll get there eventually, I am currently running a hba1c of about 7.2 which is my best ever since I became a teenager. lock down has helped massively for me and currently still working from...

Hi, i have been using the omnipod pod for many years now. I think the pods are called Eros. My machine essentially is a blood glucose meter and the machine that delivers my insulin. I am being told that this is being discontinued soon and that also i am out of my 4 year window of having it so...

Hi i have read a lot of the threads on here about the freestyle libre 2 to see if any similarities. However i cant see any that match my questions. Ive had freestyle 1 for a fair period of time like around 2 years. I had some teething problems but after giving it a 24 hour resting period before...

Hi my first post. I am a 41 year old type 1 male. I've been diabetic for roughly 33 years. I'm slim and have no other complications. I've not got the best control. I have ran a hba1c around 8.5-9 for the last 20 odd years which i always felt was a touch high but not overly. Lockdown has...