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I am a type two diabetic first diagnosed in 2016. started on Metformin and a couple other oral medication‘s that did nothing for me and progressed to insulin both basil and bolus at this stage. I am doing 130 units per day of Lantus and for bolus using Apidra with each meal. Averaging about 100...

since my diagnosis in 2016 I have been keeping track of consumed meals (carb counting for the bolus shots) the actual bolus and basal shots, and of course the BG readings. And at no time has my doctor actually asked to see that data. When he wants to know how I am doing he orders blood work...

I am afraid I have a bit of OCD and prefer my data all in one place. In the IDEAL world that would be in my phone's Apple Health. The Freestyle Libre 2 app I have been using stores any BG readings and Insulin shots within the Livreview online system but does not sync into Apple Health. I use an...

Does anyone prefer using the dedicated receiver vs using the phone app? With the phone app I can and do share the readings and any alerts with my wife as she worries about me :) Don't think the receiver can do that. So if I want to share I guess I have to use the phone app. At least I have the...

turns out my insurance covers the receiver as well so I got one and only had to pay 20% of cost for the phone Dexcom G7 app max dose for long acting at a single event entry is 100 units, for fast acting the max dose is 50 units. And after set up the receiver has the same limitations.

I keep forgetting to ask questions I want to know about. If I use the receiver can my wife still get alerts or is that only if using the phone? That would be the most important question. She wants to know if I have a low alarm

also, I know that on the smartphone app the max dose for an insulin event is 100 units. Anyone know the max dose allowed to record an insulin event on the receiver?

I think Canada is so slow getting the Libre 3 into the pharmacies here that I will be going to the G7 Big question. Has anyone tried the G7 with both the smartphone app and with the dedicated receiver? I have an iPhone but am not adverse to getting a receiver if it somehow works better or has...

Does anyone use the G7 with the dedicated receiver instead of using the smartphone app? Any advantage in doing so?

I am considering switching from the FreeStyle Libre 2 to the Dexcom G7. but my basal insulin daily dose is very high. My Pancreas is dead. When I was on Tresiba my basal dose each day was 130! Last time I tried Dexcom when I tried to enter a unit dose higher than 100 and hit save it would not...

I was on Tresiba for 2 years. In my area Tresiba is only available in prefilled disposable pens. Because my daily basal dose is very high, 130 units in the morning, they had me using the 3 ml pens with u-200 units per ml giving me 600 units in a single disposable pen. this means I was going...

I know, right? In my job, with programming, you figure out a routine that produces the correct results and you put it in a loop that just works, EVER SINGLE time!! Would be awesome if Diabetes was like that :)

Thanks. I think that is what I needed to here someone say.

So it is probably just me reading too much on the Internet. But it concerns me a little. When first diagnosed I was over 350 lbs. I am down now to 310 but I am still, charitably speaking, a biggun. :) I know that as a Type 2 size often makes a difference in my required insulin dosage, and in...

If I take that higher recommended Basaglar dose at about 9 pm or 10 pm, when would the low most likely occur? am I worrying about cratering in the middle of the night for nothing?

I am Type 2. I was on metformin, glicazide and forzega for several years but the side effects were kicking my butt. With insulin I have seen immediate results. I am off the pills completely, Side effects gone. Insulin fluctuating but MOSTLY in the zone. We are just fine tuning. I am...

So what you are saying is forget the ratio, and try to figure out if the basal dose is correct? then maybe figure out bolus?

the numbers are mostly in range. A few lows when I don't take into account activity, or a high if I cheat with a snack. What I have read online suggests that ideally the difference between pre meal reading and 2 hour post meal reading should be within +/- 2 mmol/L. Often my post meal...

Can anyone who has been on insulin for a while now explain something to me? I have read that ideally, the amount of units of basal compared to bolus should be somewhere in the vicinity of 40% basal and 60% bolus. If that is ideal, then I am way off. My doctor started me in September last year...