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    Driving With Cgm (dexcom)

    I’m searching for this topic as I’m sure it comes up a lot but I can’t find it. So, can someone please give to me the latest re driving using Dexcom CGM as a meter? If you have to fingerprick, do you have to still test every 2 hours or just before you leave first time? I calibrate my Dexcom...
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    Insulin pump

    All I can say is, I totally relate. I was on injections for 12 years before getting the insulin pump. Changing from just 2 times a day injections to multiple rocked my boat (to say the least). I dealt with that fear, too. Are you in therapy? Therapy saved my ass. Keep reaching out - we're all...
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    Insulin pump

    I also had problems with taking injections - it was horrible for me to have to take so many injections a day. I couldn't deal with it (so I didn't.) The pump did nothing to solve the emotional problems I had with diabetes - but it sure made taking insulin a hell of a lot easier!! I still cringe...
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    What do you do to relax?

    I spend hours sitting on the couch, mug of coffee in hand, listening to music / watching movies / on social media :) I write too, pages of poetry and journal and blog posts. Random letters or emails. Anything, as long as it is made of words! Without a blink - showering. It works its magic every...
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    My patience just ran out.

    Guzzler, I'm T1D for 20 years, and totally relate to how overwhelming diabetes can be. At age 15, I changed to multiple injections (from twice a day shots). I couldn't deal with it, said, the hell with it and have struggled to take care of my diabetes since. In my experience, most people do...
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    ice cream

    Steb, are you on the CGM or can you get one for a few days? In the end, I self-fund mine, so it helps me to see my body's response to the different foods I'm eating. Think like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner is an excellent book for understanding the details in living with diabetes. I'm sure he...
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    ice cream

    Could it be that the ice cream is just slowing the digestion of the other food down, because it's fat? I would check your sugars later on too and see where you're holding. I was eating chocolate and thought it didn't affect me at all! My sugars stayed the same. Until one time I ate only...
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    Can't balance bg during exercise!!

    I have been in a similar situation, and this is what I found: 1. I found it really difficult to keep my sugars exactly right without going high or low. Eventually I learnt some sort of schedule but, just like you said, do the same thing 2 days running and it's just not the same results anyway...
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    So tired and weary...

    That sucks so bad. No advice to offer - but sending you (((best wishes))). Diabetes doesn't care what you're up to, where you are, or what you need to do next. It'll rear its face whenever, however it wants. If you can excuse yourself and take an extended bathroom break, I'd suggest that...
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    Increasing basal needs - almost daily - why?

    Hi there, I'll offer my thoughts / experiences with some of the points, but please do ask your son's health care team! Additionally, wait til some other members are around as they'll probably have more experience in dealing with children with diabetes. I'm answering as a T1D of 20 years, having...
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    Question about any pump / specifically omni pump

    Thanks Corey ;) I clip my pump to my waistband using an old, battered pump pocket. It's clumsy, so I don't love it, but soon as I get my new pump it will be better. Agreed with Azure - the omnipod has no wiring and depending on where you place it you may not feel it. I just got used to it...
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    Question about any pump / specifically omni pump

    Hi and welcome. Sorry about the pins and needles. It could be that whatever issue is causing that can be causing the high blood sugars. It doesn't have to be, it's just a suggestion. Regarding the pump... I was on injections for 12 years (approx) before I was able to get the pump. I fought...
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    How often do you get High Sugar?

    I've yet to have a day when I'm fully in target, so that the lines on my CGM will remain in the stable range. Some days - most days, even, I spike up and oftentimes don't quite make it down for a number of hours. Occasionally, I'll go all the way up, and then my whole concentration is lost...
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    Type 1 What meter do you use

    Now I'm on the Dexcom CGM, but I still use the Freestyle Lite meter. I have a whole collection of meters, because each time I saw a new one advertised, I would order it. So I've tried loads. I use this one simply because it takes the least blood.
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    9 years of failing

    I totally relate to your post. I've had diabetes since I'm 5, I'm in my mid-twenties now. It's a freaking daily struggle for me. I'm glad you're on the pump - for me too, I had to "prove" to them and whatnot. It took me years to be able to get the CGM - I just got that a few months ago, and...
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    Insulin Pump Research - User Feedback needed!

    Hi Robbie, Your idea is potentially a great one. I want to point out that this isn't unique just to you - people are constantly working on new and better diabetes equipment. I would suggest that you start by finding out the different insulin pumps that are available. There are quite a few...
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    Addicted to sugar

    It's all fear. There's millions of what if's. This is just one of them. I live in fear of my future too, and like Serenity648 says, it's just for today. Today I'm okay. Today I'm where I'm supposed to be. Today. This moment. That's all I have. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Diabetes.co.uk Forum...
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    Type 1.5 Mobile instead of FreeStyle Libre

    In UK the Dexcom G5 (CGM) should be compatible with your Samsung galaxy S7. I think it's now compatible with Samsung S7 in USA too. So, you'd just need to download the official Dexcom G5 app. I connect the Dexcom G5 to my Motorola via the app XDrip+. It's works great. Read up on nightscout or...
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    background retinopathy

    I've had background retinopathy for a few years now. I don't notice it on my day to day life. They tell me to come in every 6 months. At one point they considered treatment, thankfully it didn't get to that stage. It's been relatively stable - they want it to be clear, I'm young, but I'm...
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    Tired :(

    Hi there, Although I have Type 1 Diabetes, I know the challenge that diabetes is to me. I love some of those sentences you wrote, ...that creeps up on you like a dark beast if you let it, and how you write, anyone else feels like not Diabeating today? Hellz, yes! Every single day of my life I...