# Type 1 & LADA **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-type-1-lada/7.md?page=25 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 26 --- ## [Problem getting readings on phone](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/problem-getting-readings-on-phone/10151)
**Author:** [@Hrasky](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Hrasky)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/problem-getting-readings-on-phone/10151 "2020-08-20T21:05:01Z")
I used Libre with xdrip and a Medtronic pump for several years with no major problems , apart from an allergy or reaction to the libre adhesive. On 7 May 2020 I started on TSlim and G5. The first transmfaied in about a … --- ## [Signal failure?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/signal-failure/10150)
**Author:** [@Hrasky](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Hrasky)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/signal-failure/10150 "2020-08-20T20:57:22Z")
I used Libre with xdrip and a Medtronic pump for several years with no major problems , apart from an allergy or reaction to the libre adhesive. On 7 May 2020 I started on TSlim and G5. The first transmfaied in about a … --- ## [Dexcom and Rizatriptan or Sumatriptan](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-and-rizatriptan-or-sumatriptan/8862)
**Author:** [@bpleban](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bpleban)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-and-rizatriptan-or-sumatriptan/8862 "2020-08-20T16:25:46Z")
My son has just recently been diagnosed with Migraines and he uses a Dexom. Since we have been taking rizatriptan/sumatriptan we have had no data with our Dex (getting the enter bg in 15 minutes over and over again). Ha… --- ## [How good at carb counting are you?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-good-at-carb-counting-are-you/3776)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-good-at-carb-counting-are-you/3776 "2020-08-20T12:48:01Z")
Just like @Eric says you should be able to guess what your bg is, before looking at your Dex or meter, in order to be successful you also need to be able to carb count well. No, you don’t have to guess everything exactl… --- ## [Medicare](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare/10127)
**Author:** [@Bev](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Bev)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare/10127 "2020-08-19T09:31:06Z")
I have a question about Medicare. I turn 65 today and I am still currently working and have good insurance, I won’t be retiring until I am 66 and 2 months. I did talk to SS and they told me for SS as long as I have insu… --- ## [X Drip more questions about its benefits and capabilities and features](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/x-drip-more-questions-about-its-benefits-and-capabilities-and-features/10140)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/x-drip-more-questions-about-its-benefits-and-capabilities-and-features/10140 "2020-08-19T02:21:53Z")
The X Drip is loaded on my phone…yay! Thank you all for helping! I have probably a million and more questions: How do I retroactively add insulin or carb or exercise (the syringe items)? I did not enter the insulin a… --- ## [Tandem acquired Sugarmate](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-acquired-sugarmate/10129)
**Author:** [@Johnnyway](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Johnnyway)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-acquired-sugarmate/10129 "2020-08-18T16:20:47Z")
I must have somehow missed this announcement in June. As a user of both I am excited about the possibilities that this represents. I would love to see my daughters pump information overlaid on top the Dexcom sensor num… --- ## [MDI tracking insulin usage](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mdi-tracking-insulin-usage/219)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mdi-tracking-insulin-usage/219 "2020-08-18T02:44:02Z")
Hi All, What do you use to keep track of your insulin dosage if on MDI? Do you use an app? I currently just log it into my phone under memo. It's probably only important when I attend one of those functions where I … --- ## [Dexcom G6 Apps - help needed!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g6-apps-help-needed/10125)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g6-apps-help-needed/10125 "2020-08-18T01:15:23Z")
Less than a week ago, I started using the Dexcom G6 (am using MDI and Afrezza for corrections.) I installed the Dexcom G6 app on my Pixel2 phone. (The receiver is my backup.). G6 app has input for quantities of insulin… --- ## [Teenagers scaring u so when they're low](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/teenagers-scaring-u-so-when-theyre-low/8196)
**Author:** [@Cbanda](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Cbanda)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/teenagers-scaring-u-so-when-theyre-low/8196 "2020-08-11T23:51:55Z")
Had the scariest night. My 16 year old daughter was acting weirdly during the day ( might call it teenage behavior)not answering us or talking about what was bothering her . My husband tried explaining to her or reason w… --- ## [New FreeStyle Libre 2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-freestyle-libre-2/10118)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-freestyle-libre-2/10118 "2020-08-11T22:06:20Z")
I am currently using the FSL 14 day CGM. I have been on it for about 2 years now. I have found two things about its accuracy (and maybe this is just me here, but my endo said that others have reported this problem): It t… --- ## [Insulin Lipohypertrophy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-lipohypertrophy/10115)
**Author:** [@lskothe](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lskothe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-lipohypertrophy/10115 "2020-08-11T21:48:13Z")
T1 for 60+ years, and using insulin pump since 1980. I have been using the tummy as the injection area. Each infusion set is injected in rotated sites. After this many years, most of the landscape seems not to be abso… --- ## [Pump to MDI basal calculator](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-to-mdi-basal-calculator/10111)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-to-mdi-basal-calculator/10111 "2020-08-11T03:48:50Z")
Hi everyone. We were discussing going from pump to MDI, and how to do the conversion. I came up with a spreadsheet that lets you enter various amounts of basal injections and different times, and it automatically plots … --- ## [Unrestricted follow app?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/unrestricted-follow-app/10106)
**Author:** [@Gubbinz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Gubbinz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/unrestricted-follow-app/10106 "2020-08-09T20:12:38Z")
Does anyone know of an unlocked/unrestricted version of the follow app? We have the app working on my wife’s phone but I can’t get the follow app working on my phone: Umidigi A5 Pro. A) When I use the official follow ap… --- ## [G6 transmitter restart query](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/g6-transmitter-restart-query/10104)
**Author:** [@Juicy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Juicy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/g6-transmitter-restart-query/10104 "2020-08-09T19:45:38Z")
Hi everyone, I am using the G6 but had to stop my plan due to work and money, I had restarted my sensors so have a few left but am coming to the end of my transmitters 3 month life and don’t have a spare so am considerin… --- ## [xDrip Predictive Simulations not displayed](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/xdrip-predictive-simulations-not-displayed/9297)
**Author:** [@Paul](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Paul)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/xdrip-predictive-simulations-not-displayed/9297 "2020-08-09T01:39:57Z")
I upgraded yesterday from a November 2019 release to the 26 January release. I exported / imported settings (so all settings are identical) No predictive simulations are now displayed although I can still enter insulin… --- ## [Best low treatment](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668 "2020-08-08T19:02:41Z")
I know this is pretty individual and what works for someone may not work for someone else, but just to get a starting place…what do you use for lows? This may be horrible to admit, but I have been very bad about consiste… --- ## [Possible benefits in the use of glucagon](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/possible-benefits-in-the-use-of-glucagon/10096)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/possible-benefits-in-the-use-of-glucagon/10096 "2020-08-05T18:16:06Z")
There is something you are not getting from your diabetes regimen! With the recent release of the shelf-stable glucagon Gvoke, I wanted to bring this study up. The study was from 10 years ago, but it becomes of particul… --- ## [Interesting research on med for T1s](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-research-on-med-for-t1s/10091)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-research-on-med-for-t1s/10091 "2020-08-04T19:43:46Z")
--- ## [Apple Watch](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/apple-watch/10092)
**Author:** [@ccl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ccl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/apple-watch/10092 "2020-08-04T15:18:18Z")
Question for Apple Watch users. I have the original Apple Watch, which I’ve had for a couple years now. I use the Sugarmate app with Dexcom share to send bg values to my watch. For some reason my watch will randomly stop… --- ## [Impossibly-volatile and seemingly-random variations in C/I ratios](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/impossibly-volatile-and-seemingly-random-variations-in-c-i-ratios/10032)
**Author:** [@john\_coburg](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/john_coburg)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/impossibly-volatile-and-seemingly-random-variations-in-c-i-ratios/10032 "2020-08-01T20:04:55Z")
Greetings all, I realise i have a few unanswered points in my other thread, i’ll get to those when i can. In the meantime, i’m trying to manage wayward BG excursions. Is it just me, or do others find their C/I ratio is … --- ## [DexCom G6 App](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g6-app/10078)
**Author:** [@Nannybird4](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nannybird4)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g6-app/10078 "2020-07-30T22:55:47Z")
Hello, I have a DexCom G6, but cannot get the app to run on my new phone. New phone is a LG Stylo 6. Any help would be greatly appreciated , if there are any hacks or different apps to get the alerts to work on my phone… --- ## [Extra supplies of Dexcom G5 sensors, lancets, test strips and Animas pump cartridges and comfort inserts](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/extra-supplies-of-dexcom-g5-sensors-lancets-test-strips-and-animas-pump-cartridges-and-comfort-inserts/10073)
**Author:** [@ronadvani](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ronadvani)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/extra-supplies-of-dexcom-g5-sensors-lancets-test-strips-and-animas-pump-cartridges-and-comfort-inserts/10073 "2020-07-29T23:38:23Z")
My wife has switched to the G6 sensor and we have 12 unopened G5 sensors to donate. We also have several boxes of lancets, test strips and pump cartridges and comfort inserts for the Animas One touch insulin pump. Wish t… --- ## [Issues with Omnipod sites](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/issues-with-omnipod-sites/10067)
**Author:** [@Darruda10](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Darruda10)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/issues-with-omnipod-sites/10067 "2020-07-29T22:17:01Z")
Hello everyone, I recently started on Omnipod and I wasn’t having issues with the first pod, but the second and third site have given me some issues. It appears that when I try to place the pod on my legs it the next da… --- ## [What cooking oil do you use?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-cooking-oil-do-you-use/10060)
**Author:** [@Katers87](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Katers87)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-cooking-oil-do-you-use/10060 "2020-07-28T03:20:58Z")
My partner’s genetics make cholesterol a problem even though he’s pretty young and really watches what he eats (no pork, cheese, etc). We’ve been trying to figure out the best cooking oil to use while avoiding saturated… --- ## [Medtronic - no delivery error during priming](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-no-delivery-error-during-priming/10027)
**Author:** [@sasha.sochka](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/sasha.sochka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-no-delivery-error-during-priming/10027 "2020-07-26T13:43:14Z")
My pump (mdt - 754 VEO) is giving me “no delivery” error during priming (just changed insulin and reservoir). Not sure what else to try to fix this other than straightening the wire (it’s new as well). Please help :frow… --- ## [Panic Insulin Corrections: Your Story](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/panic-insulin-corrections-your-story/9974)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/panic-insulin-corrections-your-story/9974 "2020-07-22T16:12:54Z")
So here is something that I have done countless times and have from yet to learn my lesson: One example: I woke up at 5am this morning and did my finger stick, perfectly in range with a BG of 70. I calculated my breakfa… --- ## [Massive insulin resistance, just after hypo... anyone else find this?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/massive-insulin-resistance-just-after-hypo-anyone-else-find-this/9997)
**Author:** [@john\_coburg](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/john_coburg)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/massive-insulin-resistance-just-after-hypo-anyone-else-find-this/9997 "2020-07-21T17:01:02Z")
Greetings all. Does anyone find themselves to be super resistant to insulin, just after a hypo? For example, i woke up this morning, drifting lower…and by the time i’d showered and dried my lock-down mass of hair and wa… --- ## [xDrip - adjusting the bolus activity profile](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/xdrip-adjusting-the-bolus-activity-profile/9998)
**Author:** [@john\_coburg](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/john_coburg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/xdrip-adjusting-the-bolus-activity-profile/9998 "2020-07-17T16:34:28Z")
Greetings all, I recently switched from Glimp to xDrip+ and am finding it a more powerful resource. However, the stock ‘action time’ of 3hrs for bolus injections feels a little low to me…is there a way of altering this?… --- ## [Inverse vaccine research for T1D](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inverse-vaccine-research-for-t1d/9993)
**Author:** [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inverse-vaccine-research-for-t1d/9993 "2020-07-17T07:18:52Z")
For those interested, results from a Phase 1 trial involving a vaccine to induce immune tolerance have been published: Original research article (Open Access): https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS… [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-type-1-lada/7.md?page=24) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-type-1-lada/7.md?page=26)