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Hi All, My sister-in-law has been type1 for more then 15 years. She was using insulin pump most of these fifteen years. she wanted to try insulin pen recently and switched to insulin pen completely 3 months back. She really likes the freedom of not having insulin pump on her all the time and...

Hi Scott, Thanks a lot for the detailed response! The link you provided was very informative, will try soaking the sensor for 24hrs next time. I will also checkout 'Beyond Fingersticks' book you suggested. I sincerely appreciate for taking the time and effort to answer my questions...

Hi All, I am trying to understand if the sensor behavior during day 1 is expected. Day before, I changed my sensor around 8 pm, I inserted the sensor in my right arm. CGM reading was spotty as expected but around 6 am next day I got up because of urgent low alarm. CGM reading was 55 but was 110...

Hi Resurgam, Based on what you are saying, low carb-high fat food should not pose any problems. Incase of Kashi, it is the, relatively high fat along with high carb that caused the issue. We will try out low carb, high fat(unsaturated) to see if causes any problems. Thanks Prakash

Hi Dave, She was not ill at that time. If this behavior is not expected, We will raise this concern in our next doctor visit to make sure that she does not have any other complications related to metabolizing fat. Thanks Prakash

Hi Daibell, When you say 'very short-term extra fat storage', how long is short term?, In our case, after having Kashi bowl(14g fat - 1.5 saturated), the body was not responding to usual insulin doses for foods she regularly has for almost 2 days until she exercised for 30 mins. After...

, Hi Ellie, Yes, I am concerned that we are unknowingly building habits without understanding the consequences fully or with partial knowledge. I have been reading, Dr.Bernstein's Diabetic Solution book and other resources on low carb diets. All of these balance the calorie intake by...

Hi Scott, I have attached the nutrition info of the kashi bowl. The reason I said insulin resistance is because it required much higher amount of correction doses to bring bg down to range. Even after that, the foods that she normally has, took much higher insulin to bring back in range...

Hi All, My sister have been type1 D for 10 years. She switched to low carb diet recently so that she can maintain the blood glucose in range, and limit risk of hypos by not dealing with high doses and getting it wrong. She had Kashi Pesto ChickPea quinoa bowl...