# Latest **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=160 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 161 --- ## [J&J in negotiation with Chinese buyers for sale of diabetes business unit](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/j-j-in-negotiation-with-chinese-buyers-for-sale-of-diabetes-business-unit/3275)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/j-j-in-negotiation-with-chinese-buyers-for-sale-of-diabetes-business-unit/3275 "2018-01-18T19:30:30Z")
Several Chinese concerns are interested in J&J’s diabetes unit: I can’t say I would be thrilled. I tried three times, in the 2000s, to start an R&D lab in China. Every time I failed because we were not able to deal wi… --- ## [@CarolynA at the Frozen Otter: FUD Meetup in the Great North](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/carolyna-at-the-frozen-otter-fud-meetup-in-the-great-north/3219)
**Author:** [@MaryPat](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MaryPat)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/carolyna-at-the-frozen-otter-fud-meetup-in-the-great-north/3219 "2018-01-18T18:52:24Z")
This wekend we had a great FUD Meetup at Mauthe Lake, in central Wisconsin, in order to celebrate the intrepid @CarolynA and her dear (@)Watson racing in a 75K/100K race, the Frozen Otter in (very) cold Wisconsin! @Caro… --- ## [Viacyte heterogeneous Beta cell transplant research project](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/viacyte-heterogeneous-beta-cell-transplant-research-project/3267)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/viacyte-heterogeneous-beta-cell-transplant-research-project/3267 "2018-01-18T18:51:47Z")
Viacyte, a San Diego company, is pioneering a pilot project with U of Minneapolis and UBC-Vancouver, implanting heterogeneous beta cells issued from embryonic stem cells into patients’ arms: ViaCyte’s approach is … --- ## [Surprise: just received a new old-style G5 receiver from Dexcom!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/surprise-just-received-a-new-old-style-g5-receiver-from-dexcom/3058)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/surprise-just-received-a-new-old-style-g5-receiver-from-dexcom/3058 "2018-01-18T14:33:05Z")
Totally unexpected: I received a package this morning from Dexcom: a brand new, but old-type G5 receiver! This is really strange at many levels: I had no idea my insurance company allowed new receivers every year (I … --- ## [Tandem T Flex cartridges - anyone want FREE cartridges](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-t-flex-cartridges-anyone-want-free-cartridges/3273)
**Author:** [@LisaS](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/LisaS)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-t-flex-cartridges-anyone-want-free-cartridges/3273 "2018-01-18T06:29:56Z")
I am a type 2 and use several hundred units of insulin daily because I am very insulin resistant. I first started on the Animas pump, switched to the Tandem T flex because of its large reservoir – and had to switch back… --- ## [New Version of PredictBGL released](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-version-of-predictbgl-released/3204)
**Author:** [@Bradford](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Bradford)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-version-of-predictbgl-released/3204 "2018-01-18T02:23:14Z")
\[image\] They claim that it works with closed/looped systems too. I personally haven’t tried this to the full extent but looks to have potential. --- ## [How to access and fill the Android emergency screen information](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-access-and-fill-the-android-emergency-screen-information/3256)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-access-and-fill-the-android-emergency-screen-information/3256 "2018-01-17T23:31:10Z")
Accessing the emergency screen of an Android phone If you are involved with someone undergoing a medical emergency who has an Android phone, here is how to access his/her emergency screen information: on the locked sc… --- ## [New Endo, new NP/CDE, and Nurtitionist](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-endo-new-np-cde-and-nurtitionist/3268)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-endo-new-np-cde-and-nurtitionist/3268 "2018-01-17T23:30:15Z")
saw new Endo, NP/CDE, and Nutritionist this afternoon, the ones that i mentioned before on the other threads. the ones up at Mt. Sinai in NYC. OMG, the team is beyond my wildest dreams and expectations. the encouragemen… --- ## [Omnipod Leaks Update](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-leaks-update/3265)
**Author:** [@finny1981](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/finny1981)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-leaks-update/3265 "2018-01-17T22:10:36Z")
Hi all! I just wanted to post an update in case anyone was interested. Back on January 5th I posted about my 13 year old daughters leaking PODs and how frustrated I was. Well that same day I called her endo who put me in… --- ## [Omnipod Leaks](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-leaks/3113)
**Author:** [@finny1981](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/finny1981)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-leaks/3113 "2018-01-17T22:07:46Z")
Ok so I am new here, but a quick intro. My daughter was diagnosed at 12 years old last Valentine’s Day in DKA with a BG of 993. She spent a week in the hospital between PICU and regular Peds. She has been on Dexcom G5 si… --- ## [Isotretinoin (Accutane):concerns about BG/ diabetes management?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/isotretinoin-accutane-concerns-about-bg-diabetes-management/3201)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/isotretinoin-accutane-concerns-about-bg-diabetes-management/3201 "2018-01-17T20:32:58Z")
Our son’s dermatologist would like to have him use a 5-month course of isotretinoin (Accutane) for treatment of acne. He told us that, given the seriousness of the drug, he would expect to see the boy every 4 weeks to ch… --- ## [We just found out](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/we-just-found-out/3198)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/we-just-found-out/3198 "2018-01-17T18:32:07Z")
Our son, Ronan, 12, who is on the autism spectrum has been a human calculator for as long as we can remember and has a photographic memory, but we recently found out that he’s also a “calendar calculator”. We only found… --- ## [Medic Alert Info on Phone?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medic-alert-info-on-phone/3220)
**Author:** [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medic-alert-info-on-phone/3220 "2018-01-16T21:27:24Z")
Does anyone use a D-related medic alert image wallpaper on their phone just in case? I realize that I-phone and Android phones have emergency info screens that First Responders can access, but what about the general publ… --- ## [Annexin A1 attenuates microvascular complications in type 1 diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/annexin-a1-attenuates-microvascular-complications-in-type-1-diabetes/3247)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/annexin-a1-attenuates-microvascular-complications-in-type-1-diabetes/3247 "2018-01-16T16:31:07Z")
Annexin A1 attenuates microvascular complications through restoration of Akt signalling in a murine model of type 1 diabetes Just came across this article concerning the proposed use of Annexin A1, an anti inflammation … --- ## [UnitedHeathcare and Omnipod: overturned on outside appeal :-)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/unitedheathcare-and-omnipod-overturned-on-outside-appeal/1444)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/unitedheathcare-and-omnipod-overturned-on-outside-appeal/1444 "2018-01-16T05:47:44Z")
It only took us 8 months, 4 appeals, and probably a hundred pages of writings :slight\_smile: As you know, UHC denied, in November, our request for an Omnipod for my sports loving son who is a big swimmer. They denied ev… --- ## [Can the Dexcom G6 transmitter work with the new touchscreen receiver?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/can-the-dexcom-g6-transmitter-work-with-the-new-touchscreen-receiver/3236)
**Author:** [@mwashburn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mwashburn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/can-the-dexcom-g6-transmitter-work-with-the-new-touchscreen-receiver/3236 "2018-01-15T23:31:36Z")
Has Dexcom indicated that the G6 will only involve a change in transmitter? It would be great if they would take into account some of the many issues/suggestions that people have had with the G5 touchscreen receiver. --- ## [Omnipod: do Pods need special adhesive or precautions to last 3 days?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-do-pods-need-special-adhesive-or-precautions-to-last-3-days/3234)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-do-pods-need-special-adhesive-or-precautions-to-last-3-days/3234 "2018-01-15T23:17:14Z")
Does a pod not last 3 days without the extra adhesive? I don’t use anything like that, since it’s only 3 days. --- ## [Dexcom G5: can we have two phones serving as receivers at same time?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g5-can-we-have-two-phones-serving-as-receivers-at-same-time/3222)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g5-can-we-have-two-phones-serving-as-receivers-at-same-time/3222 "2018-01-15T03:09:36Z")
We discussed this recently. I want to make sure that I understand fully well the issues there: can we have 2 iPhones receiving simultaneously? I think the answer is NO—confirm? can we have one iPhone and one Androi… --- ## [Does the smell of insulin always imply a pump leak?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-the-smell-of-insulin-always-imply-a-pump-leak/3200)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-the-smell-of-insulin-always-imply-a-pump-leak/3200 "2018-01-15T01:30:06Z")
My son has been sick at home for a couple of days. He is injecting large quantities of insulin all day to try to stay in range, and not succeeding. I can distinctly smell insulin from his Pod. Is this a certain sign of … --- ## [The latest tandem news](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-latest-tandem-news/3213)
**Author:** [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-latest-tandem-news/3213 "2018-01-14T00:57:31Z")
on facebook the tandem pump has posted the latest update on the pumps. it is an interesting read. --- ## [Tandem's plans for hybrid closed loop](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandems-plans-for-hybrid-closed-loop/2340)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandems-plans-for-hybrid-closed-loop/2340 "2018-01-13T00:58:05Z")
Tandem has today updated its “Pipeline”. October 12, 2017 Tandem has reiterated the pivotal study for its first generation Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) called the Predictive Low Glucose Suspend (PLGS) is anticipat… --- ## [Is there such as thing as mild gastroparesis?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/is-there-such-as-thing-as-mild-gastroparesis/3209)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/is-there-such-as-thing-as-mild-gastroparesis/3209 "2018-01-13T00:34:22Z")
How long after dinner was the late evening spike? What’d you eat? --- ## [Medical reduction in utility bills due to Diabetes -- what do you think?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medical-reduction-in-utility-bills-due-to-diabetes-what-do-you-think/3129)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medical-reduction-in-utility-bills-due-to-diabetes-what-do-you-think/3129 "2018-01-12T06:23:47Z")
So we got our first electricity bill in our new house and it was HUGE! PG&E said we were using much more than the average household of our size. We are trying to debug the cause – especially since our furnace was broken … --- ## [What Age Should We Stop](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-age-should-we-stop/3160)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-age-should-we-stop/3160 "2018-01-11T20:33:41Z")
This is for the parents out there. I was in a discussion with our resident meerkat (@Thomas) and he mentioned that he loved the ability of a pump remote to treat his child with insulin in the night without waking said c… --- ## [If Only My Pump Could Do This](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/if-only-my-pump-could-do-this/3157)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/if-only-my-pump-could-do-this/3157 "2018-01-11T16:04:42Z")
i am just posting this b/c i havent found anyone asking about it on the forum. i hope i am not repeating someone else’s post. i wish that my Medtronic MiniMed had this feature; i am a lover of temp basals. i find them i… --- ## [New Feature from Glooko](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-feature-from-glooko/3175)
**Author:** [@Bradford](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Bradford)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-feature-from-glooko/3175 "2018-01-11T15:24:52Z")
You can now directly link glooko with your Dexcom account. In the Glooko Mobile App, go to “Sync” -\> “New Device” -\> “Add Devices” -\> “Continuous Glucose Monitor” -\> “Dexcom Account”. https://support.glooko.com/hc/en-u… --- ## [Preparing for a large meal with non-insulin dependent T2 diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/preparing-for-a-large-meal-with-non-insulin-dependent-t2-diabetes/3137)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/preparing-for-a-large-meal-with-non-insulin-dependent-t2-diabetes/3137 "2018-01-11T14:31:49Z")
A very naive question: If a non-insulin dependent T2D has an upcoming large meal, is it possible for him/her to, for instance double their daily metformin dose? Or can/should they take a glucoside pill? Or? I guess the … --- ## [Is there any side effect of Glucophage 500 mg?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/is-there-any-side-effect-of-glucophage-500-mg/3071)
**Author:** [@venus6884](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/venus6884)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/is-there-any-side-effect-of-glucophage-500-mg/3071 "2018-01-11T03:52:13Z")
I have purchased my diabetes medicine from an online pharmacy, its working fine… my diabetes is in control now. I just want to know is there any side effect of taking Glucophage 500 mg regularly ? --- ## [Dex data gone](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dex-data-gone/1434)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dex-data-gone/1434 "2018-01-11T02:58:26Z")
@ClaudnDaye Harold, I though you had this a while age. I looked at my Dex receiver this morning and everything before 2am is gone. Is that a receiver problem they will swap out for you? --- ## [Spare Dexcom phone: good deals on AT&T and Verizon right now](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spare-dexcom-phone-good-deals-on-at-t-and-verizon-right-now/1446)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/spare-dexcom-phone-good-deals-on-at-t-and-verizon-right-now/1446 "2018-01-10T23:05:19Z")
I just found out you can buy a prepaid iPhone SE 32GB for $200 from AT&T and from Verizon. Prepaid = no plan. If you are going to use it on Wifi only (since it is a spare for us), with AT&T, there is a “plan” where you … [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=159) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=161)