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Here is the costing table for G5 and indeed it is much more expensive than G4 due to the Transmitter life being only 3 months. So for G4 transmitter cost is £520 whereas for G5 it is £800, so a difference of £280 more. At £51 per sensor that is equivalent to an extra 5 sensors. So the price...

iHS .. you imply that the G4 and G5 sensors are different in some way, when they are exactly the same and so should have similar sensor life. I believe the algorithm for G5 may be different to G4, so possibly be more accurate, but my checking on G4 accuracy shows it is very accurate so mainly...

Here are the costings and you can see that G4 & G5 are dominated by how long you can make the sensors last. My average sensor life so far is 4.5 weeks, and it seems that many can get between 2 and 4 weeks, and up to 10 weeks in a few cases. My first sensor lasted 8.5 weeks and is my best to...

Hi Hawra, I'm a bit late into this thread, but having used a G4 for the last year I'm able to share my experience plus detailed costings that I've done for G4, G5 and Libre. I'm been T1 for 47 years and have been well controlled despite no help from modern technology in the "early days", and...

Hi Craig, You clearly need to do some fasting tests overnight, and also during day, to check the basal (Lantus) dose, which appears to be too high. When you make a change always remember to stay at that dose for 3 days since it takes that long to take full effect. As suggested by teacher123...

I'm thinking of buying a CGM and would welcome the reviews of those who have used one for a reasonable period? Many thanks ... Jonty

Hi Craigk93, Tell us a bit about your insulin regime. You say you are on LCHF, but do you carb count & bolus adjust? With readings between 5 and 8 that sounds spot on, so you should stick with the carbs & bolus you are giving and in time "how I feel" should settle down. If the BG readings are...

Hello Melissa, Welcome to the club and I hope you will gain both new friends and more diabetes info from this excellent site. I see you have been T1 for 16 years and I hope that you have managed to keep good control and so no complications. In my experience it is all down to becoming...

Hello Sophie, Please could you share with us what you did differently to achieve this big improvement .. thank you? JontyW

Jim, You might like to look at this article ..."Why Is the Low-Carb Diet Bad for You?". The key point is in the next to last paragraph entitled .." "Long-Term Effects Another concern is that long-term studies of low-carb diets suggest they may increase health risks. Low-carb diets often lead to...

I'm not sure if your comment was serious or not, but I agree those banana photos could possibly confuse some. So just to clarify things ... I've just weighed a 'medium-ish' banana WITH skin, and then again WITHOUT skin. With skin: 190g Without skin: 130g Weight of skin: 60g So the photos show...

Three years ago, before I started tighter carb counting and bolus calculating with IC ratios, I was mowing the lawn mid morning and didn't feel too great. So went up to my bedroom where meter was and measured .. 1.8 ..whoops that doesn't sound too good, better get some food. But it must have...

A medium sized banana, with a weight of 130g with the skin on, is about 20g carbs, so that is quite high if you are doing ' low carb' diet. This page in Carbs & Cals book or app shows the different sizes .....

I'm a T1 for past 45 years and in last two years have started down the low carb route aiming for about 100g carbs/day. I don't bother with any carbs at lunchtime, so my main carbs are breakfast and dinner plus the odd fruit, and I like to keep my breakfast to 2 or 3 slices of toast with thin...

Hi Paul, I've been a T1 for 45 years and have managed to get a good understanding of the subject, implemented all the procedures required to get good blood glucose, and so my HbA1c readings have always been < 7.5%. In the last two years I've started doing tighter control using MDI (Multiple...

Usually anything that they may be interested in for your particular monitoring, but standard is HbA1c, cholesterol (Total, HDL cholesterol, Choresterol/HDL ratio), BP and BMI. The most important to judge how you are managing your BGs is :- HbA1c: T1 < 58mmol/mol in new units and <7.5% in 'old'...

Hi Michael, Regarding going on a DAFNE course I believe that you have to have been diagnosed 6 months before being considered, so that you have gained some experience about what it is like to live as a T1. However there are other sources of the same information, online, regarding how to carb...

My carb-to-blood sugar ratio is about 1.5, so 10g carbs will raise my BS by 1.5 mmol/l To recover from low BS I always use Bassett's Jelly Babies and one of those is 6g carbs. So ONE will raise my BS by about ... 1.5 x 6 / 10 = ~1 mmol/L. So for me 3 jelly babies will bring me up by 3 mmol/l...

Hi Sarai, First some background about me .... I have been a Type 1 diabetic on insulin for 44 years, and in April 2013 I was diagnosed with another autoimmune disease (T1 being the first one) called "Vasculitis" which means inflammation of the blood vessels. So this is a very serious possibly...