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    Burn Out

    The same as me, but in 2021. Why are you not contacting the Dafne course team in your hospital for more help ? (by phone, email). I have seen that a direct contact with experienced nurses, doctors, teams can help so much more to understand and find a possible solution much easier. But they...
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    Burn Out

    Hi Carpe Diem, have you already followed some NHS courses ? This one is online https://elearning.mytype1diabetes.nhs.uk/ or https://www.xperthealth.org.uk/ Or have you contacted a special diabetes team in a hospital for more help or advise ? Normally they are always very helpful at any time...
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    Burn Out

    Hi Carpe Diem, It seems to be that you a lot of trouble with your Diabetes and your GP seems to make just a kind of try and error testing with you. Excuse if I am wrong. Have you tried to find a Diabetes team with more experience and which may help you to improve your situation? Courses and...
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    Burn Out

    Hi Carpe Diem, hi all, I am T1d since more then 40 years. Started with 20years. First thing I have done, I have accepted my diabetes as part of my body and not as a nasty sickness. I have to take care on it and not a GP. The doctor can only help me with his knowledge. My diabetes was very...
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    I was told my control is too good for my age.

    Hi, What your doctor probably said, that the bolus insulin you are taking for eating is to much and therefore the pump was stopping many times as the glucose was going low. Therefore she reduced it, to reduce the amount of lows. Thats just a guess, probably it would be better to ask her again...
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    Latest Libre2 stopping transmitting a couple of days before the end.

    Hello, my reader is mobile phone and with my Libre 2 sensor I frequently have a "Signal loss". In this case, a scan with my mobile phone will re-establish the connection, the automatic glucose measurement is back and the alarm sounds when my glucose values are out of range. As I have frequent...
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    How high is the dawn phenomenon ?

    Hi, If you still read it. I had similar problems as yours. I have tried everything from single Basal lantus, split Basal lantus,(improving a little bit) other Basal insulin. But finally switched to a pump. After some testing, try's (~2 month for obtaining the right basal-profile (pump inject...
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    Pain

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    Blood sugar levels - many lows - Punp 750G

    Hi, my Bolus to eating time is about 15mn to avoid the high Glucose peaks after eating (also depends what you may eat) and I may increase my Bolus to eating time in case my Glucose level is considerably higher as normal. If I am getting many of over and undershootings over a day it may also be...
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    Freestyle Librelink logbook

    Hi, I am using also a Samsung with librelink and had only some "slow response problems" with my older Samsung (M21). Have you just tried simply to restart your mobile ? In case you want to reinstall you may loose the previous stored data (librelink), you will loose automatic 1mn auto Glucose...
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    Pump Choice for DIY Closed Loop with Libre

    I guess that Freestyle Libre3 will be available in UK (hopefully next year, dependent NHS). This will be another full CGM available for closed loop solution. Abott is actively working/testing on closed loop solution with many accessible pumps, especially with Tandem and Omnipod.I guess that...
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    Things You Wish You Knew

    Currently I am using OMNIPOD Dash and Freestyle Libre 2 for the Glucose profile You maybe worried at the beginning about all the changes and myself hesitated for a long time to make this step to switch to a pump. It may take you some to define a reasonalbe Basal-profile (,Carb/Insulin profile...
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    Insulin Backed Up

    Hi, I am using the Omnipod Dash with humalog, which is a littlebit slower and which I take 15mn in advance before eating. 1) A profile Glucose change of 1-2 is not massive and is prefectly reasonable (my opinion). But you repeat the Basal testing for several days to get a relyable and...
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