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A good way to see what it has been up to if you are looking to change basal sometimes ( I have 3 set up ) is to go into options, History, pump history, Basal and then you can pick your days you want and see just what your lovely little pump has been working away at in the back ground, it is...

Sorry I probably didn't explain properly, my insulin works in 45 minutes but after 1.5 hrs it has all been absorbed so no longer brings my sugar levels down. Wise advice though had it been taking 1.5 hrs to work.

That's a great start miss piggywig, well done. Just to throw a cat amongst the pigeons..... Just as everyone reacts differently to food we all also can react differently to insulin! I take 45 mins-1hr before Novorapid has any effect on my sugars and 1.5 hrs later it will have no effect...

Thanks Ellie, yes that makes sense. So I can have a warm up of up to 12 hrs which im sure will work fine, I always try for 24hr with g6 but life happens so it often gets less! I am really looking forward to not having the 2 hr warm up that I have with g6. I've been on tslim about 18 months now...

I'm going to be giving g7 a try very soon, I'm already on g6 and previously I was on libre 1 and then 2. With all of those I have put them in for about 24hr before I start them as I find that stops me getting erratic readings for the first 24hrs. I have read that the g7 activates as soon as you...

Is it possible it is related to your monthly cycle? I don't know how long you have been pumping but before I was pumping when my control wasn't good I never noticed any change during my monthly cycle but once settled on a pump I started to notice a real change and for me the week before my...

I had a message from my surgery this week telling me statins are now recommended to people who have had diabetes for 10yrs or more. Ive been diagnosed 40 yrs and was first offered them aged 40 and have politely declined a couple of times, last time was a year ago when I had a phone appointment...

Ditto, that is will power having it in your house and not using it, but obviously very wise! Re the g7, ive only used g6 and libre1&2 but I've found with them 'as well as many others have' that the readings are out for the first 24hrs and to overcome that just insert 24hrs before you start it...

I use old fashioned and cheap sugar cubes, only problem is when you forget they are in your pocket in a small clear plastic bag when you go through security at Gatwick and they think you have drugs in your pocket!!! The security guard did roar with laughter when I told her what they were to be...

I use a thigh band, you can find them on amazon, designed to stop chubby thighs rubbing together so usually come as a pair, get a set with a pocket for a phone. I put my pump in there at night and it never moved or bothers me unless it alarms and then the vibrations wake me. Sent from my Pixel...

Don't despair, you Will definitely get there and it will be worth the effort. Are you using the tslim with dex 6 as closed loop? Ive been on tslim about 8 months now, Roche pumps for about 17 yrs before that. I still found it a big leap going onto a different pump and system and hated the pump...

Ive used g6 for about 6 months and my current sensor is the first I've covered, day 3 and so far no issues and the transmitter is in its last sensor!!

Congratulations! When I had my daughter 15yrs ago I was lucky enough to be on an insulin pump but was still blood testing, when I was first pregnant my hba1 was the best it had ever been but I was what I called ' bouncing off hypos ' seemed to spend my life treating hypos and I can also say it...

Alarms!!!! Isn't it amazing the fuss people made about the government alarm on Sunday, all I can say is people should live with dexcom then they would find out what a loud alarm really is, my husband and daughter both remark ' large vehicle reversing ' when mine goes off!! I was also changing my...

My phone has done an upgrade and now I can't get my dexcom 6 readings on the lock screen, not the end of the world just something I had got used too! Does anyone know how/if I can get it back? I am wondering if it will come back when I start my next sensor!

Hi Juicy Im not a Facebook user, this is as ' social media ' as I go! I wont fret about the time in range just wanted to use it to show it is having an impact on my usual control. I guess I'm just trying to work out if this is a pump issue or a problem as suggested to me with the cartridges. In...

Has anyone else had issues with the O rings coming out of the cartridges when changing them? I've been getting a lot of occlusions ( 4 in the last week ) and a couple of changes back I was struggling to get the new cartridge flush and on inspection the O ring and washer from the old cartridge...

Hi Rosie I have exactly the same, I call it ' black week ' and have a separate basal set on my pump to deal with it! Im not sure if you are on a pump? Its not straight forward, the time of day I become resistant can but not always vary from month to month! Im always most resistant from midnight...

Hi Mark I started using the Tandem pump mid December and lucky enough to also get the dexcom 6 funded, so new to the system after 16 yrs on Roche pumps. I was on libre with my last pump. I have no regrets whatsoever moving onto this combination, I absolutely love it. Filling the cartridge is...

Thank you. I've just done it despite being lucky enough to have got funded before Christmas. The proposed criteria is so wrong and I've told them so. Nobody can complain about it if they don't speak up for themselves!