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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James472" data-source="post: 2650935" data-attributes="member: 471261">Now, for folks who have recognised dust mite allergies, that's what they'd want.  Although, still doesn't change the fact that most folks will have fabric everywhere else in their home - rugs, bathmats, curtains, bedsheets, clothes.  The problem with these critters is, they're too small to be within our eyesight range, and they're opaque I believe.  Plus, if (and I do repeat, this is all an IF !) the Demodex (hair follicle) mites are also involved, then having laminate floorings won't help.  I wish I knew all the answers, but I don't.  But the picture seems to be building, and I felt it was time to mention it, and get more folks starting to observe - that way, if it has worth, maybe we can pull together to work out a solution.I could be totally wrong in my deductions / theories, and that's OK ......... I'll accept that.  I have no problem with that.  But I'm not someone who merely gets an idea out of the blue and pushes forward as if it's 100% correct - any thoughts get fairly thoroughly processed first !I don't know enough about AC units, and how much they affect folks in getting stuffy noses.  But it might be that if there's a filter onboard, and it's needing changed, or has the very material (that I'm trying to pin down) stuck in it's filter, maybe that would contribute !  I don't know.The basal / bolus question is only for the reasons I mentioned earlier.  I discovered that by either lint rollering and removing hairs (or dry skin or whatever it is), and / or particularly by spraying with the right Essential oils, I could often (not always, but often) get great relief, and flat lined blood readings.  But on a few occasions, it was all working too perfectly, to the point of LO (which is a recognised level of Libre), but you don't want that for 6 hours and more - that's asking for trouble.  So that's the only reason I went down the bolus only route, for now.  It's not by choice.I'm still on NovoRapid, and Lantus.  They ain't new I realise, but ........ when you're investigating like this, I reckon it's better to be familiar with something tried and trusted while you examine all the other stuff.NovoRapid - well, it might not be so fast, but frankly, with the levels I need to administer, and then the fact that if I stumble on the right area of carpet or bedsheet that has the source problem and remove it, or if I spray the right area with Eucalyptus, my insulin starts to drop my blood sugars like a lead weight.  So really ........ in that situation, do I want a faster insulin ???  You see what I'm saying.  And the trouble is, with this problem I'm researching, I never always know if I've stumbled upon the right area until I see my CGM start to drop vertically.Lantus - well, OK, so they reckon it runs out after maybe 22 hours.  Hey, with the levels I'm playing with, I wouldn't worry too much about losing 2 hours of basal.  Compared to my 24/7 diabetes problems at the moment, the loss of 2 hours at the end of the basal run, would be a drop in the ocean.You wanna taste of my life for a moment <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ........ with all the ups and downs of my graph, imagine how much I look forward to the 1 hour of CGM that you miss when it's time to change over the Libre after 2 weeks. That's never a nice hour - yes, you still have finger pricking, but it still feels a vulnerable hour. That's when your judgement of which way it's headed, and whether or not to inject again gets tested.</blockquote>

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