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Dexcom G6 Omnipod 5 Shuggah issues

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holdem

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Hi a couple of issues if anyone can help please.

When i attend football matches in a busy stadium my connection between my dexcom G6 loses signal. Does anyone have any solutions for this. When it happens i turn bluetooth off and on but it doesn't always fix the problem.

Next issue. Ive used shuggah for a fair few years now. But it seems to lose connection and not record data for a while like a period of 3-4 hours often over night. I feel if it stops recording in the day i do the bluetooth off on thikn which normally repairs the connection. Obviously when im sleeping this cant be done. Any solutions gratefully recieved.

Last question but when i change my pods as in my omnipod 5 i seem to go higher than expected. Do any of you guys bolus a bit extra when you change pods to get it off to a quicker start? I feel maybe a coincidence but intruiged to see anyone elses experience.

Many thanks
 
I can only answer your first question, I experienced the same when going to concerts, I stumbled on the solution reading some online reviews....
I'm not very tech and can't explain why but I know it works, simply turn the wifi off on your phone! It works every time.
 
holdem said:
Hi a couple of issues if anyone can help please.

When i attend football matches in a busy stadium my connection between my dexcom G6 loses signal. Does anyone have any solutions for this. When it happens i turn bluetooth off and on but it doesn't always fix the problem.

Next issue. Ive used shuggah for a fair few years now. But it seems to lose connection and not record data for a while like a period of 3-4 hours often over night. I feel if it stops recording in the day i do the bluetooth off on thikn which normally repairs the connection. Obviously when im sleeping this cant be done. Any solutions gratefully recieved.

Last question but when i change my pods as in my omnipod 5 i seem to go higher than expected. Do any of you guys bolus a bit extra when you change pods to get it off to a quicker start? I feel maybe a coincidence but intruiged to see anyone elses experience.

Many thanks
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Hi I also use Dexcom G6 and Omnipod 5.
Can your pod “see” your Dexcom? By that I mean are they in line on your body? Same arm, same leg, in line on tummy?
I use Glooko and find it brilliant. You could also switch to manual while you were at the match and see how that goes.
 
Ericajane said:
Hi I also use Dexcom G6 and Omnipod 5.
Can your pod “see” your Dexcom? By that I mean are they in line on your body? Same arm, same leg, in line on tummy?
I use Glooko and find it brilliant. You could also switch to manual while you were at the match and see how that goes.
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Hi thanks for your reply. Yes i always have them on same side etc. Its only in the stadium.
I do like the manual idea though i may do that next game (saturday)

Glooko? i feel i had that previously for my diab team to see my results. Is it like shuggah?
 
holdem said:
Hi thanks for your reply. Yes i always have them on same side etc. Its only in the stadium.
I do like the manual idea though i may do that next game (saturday)

Glooko? i feel i had that previously for my diab team to see my results. Is it like shuggah?
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It’s worth a try, good luck..
Yes I guess it’s a similar app.
 
Thanks very much
Re your manual setting i am assuming that remains the manual setting that we inputted when we first moved to the omnipod 5 or is it the manual of what it thinks you are experiencing at the moment?
 
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