# Latest **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=167 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 168 --- ## [Halloween for T1 Toddlers / Kids](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/halloween-for-t1-toddlers-kids/2462)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/halloween-for-t1-toddlers-kids/2462 "2017-11-02T18:53:17Z")
So, with Halloween right around the corner and this really being Liam’s first true “Trick-or-Treat” experience, I’m wondering what other parents have planned for Halloween, for their kids? My plan is to let him trick-or… --- ## [Dexcom sensor failed on startup](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-sensor-failed-on-startup/2575)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-sensor-failed-on-startup/2575 "2017-11-07T16:55:06Z")
Brand new dexcom sensor failed on startup 3 times now? Know any tricks or just give up on it. Warms up for about 10 minutes then says sensor failed. ETA I just noticed that this and all my other sensors expired 9/29. … --- ## [Something new on dexcom g5](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/something-new-on-dexcom-g5/2578)
**Author:** [@Robellengold](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Robellengold)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/something-new-on-dexcom-g5/2578 "2017-11-07T14:14:50Z")
It’s probably always been there and I only just noticed it - but I always hated the screen on my iPhone as it didn’t give enough hours … And then I turned the screen on it’s side and hey presto ! Has this always been … --- ## [Safely consuming alcohol question](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/safely-consuming-alcohol-question/2574)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/safely-consuming-alcohol-question/2574 "2017-11-06T16:06:12Z")
So after the low earlier this week, which I’m almost positive was due to the glass of wine I had that night, I’m just curious what tips y’all have for drinking. I’m having a 1/2 glass of wine with dinner and plan to chec… --- ## [Promising research?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563 "2017-11-06T15:27:58Z")
--- ## [Afreeza and lung issues](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afreeza-and-lung-issues/2571)
**Author:** [@Gary](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Gary)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afreeza-and-lung-issues/2571 "2017-11-06T09:02:15Z")
I have a an endo visit coming up and I’m thinking about bringing up Afreeza. I have concerns about my ability to actually use it. I have breathing issues, although I have not been labeled as having asthma I have been de… --- ## [Dextape questions](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dextape-questions/2505)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dextape-questions/2505 "2017-11-06T02:44:24Z")
So what are your secrets. We followed the directions (alcohol swabs, and step by step application instructions) and got about 2-3 days out of our first two. This doesn’t compare well to our use of Grifgrips that last a… --- ## [CGM coverage - a revelation](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/cgm-coverage-a-revelation/2545)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/cgm-coverage-a-revelation/2545 "2017-11-05T12:07:28Z")
I tried again today to get through to someone at our insurance company to try to get coverage details for a CGM and figure out why I keep getting denied. I was once again denied coverage, quoted the specifics of our plan… --- ## [Formulary change: your thoughts on bolus and basal insulins?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/formulary-change-your-thoughts-on-bolus-and-basal-insulins/2534)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/formulary-change-your-thoughts-on-bolus-and-basal-insulins/2534 "2017-11-05T00:31:01Z")
--- ## [Post-exercise muscle glycogen replenishment](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-muscle-glycogen-replenishment/2554)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-exercise-muscle-glycogen-replenishment/2554 "2017-11-04T15:49:19Z")
I wanted to post this image because it’s a great visual representation of muscle glycogen getting replenished during the night, shortly after exercise. You can see 3 distinct drops on this trace. Each rise in the trace … --- ## [First overnight low](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/first-overnight-low/2535)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/first-overnight-low/2535 "2017-11-04T15:43:52Z")
Sitting here waiting to check my BG after treating a 66. While it was a very mild, almost-doesn’t-count number, it disturbed me for a couple reasons: Well, first, not sure why I went low. I only had Afrezza on board ton… --- ## [Stockpiling insulin](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stockpiling-insulin/2558)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/stockpiling-insulin/2558 "2017-11-03T22:14:05Z")
--- ## [Insurance jargon question](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-jargon-question/2543)
**Author:** [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-jargon-question/2543 "2017-11-03T18:39:33Z")
Just a quick question about insurance jargon…I am looking at signing up for a new group plan and found this in the marketing info: “The Select Plan is medically underwritten (all size firms).” What specifically does th… --- ## [Dealing with a child's night low without wake-up](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dealing-with-a-childs-night-low-without-wake-up/2522)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dealing-with-a-childs-night-low-without-wake-up/2522 "2017-11-03T12:06:59Z")
Sustained lows at night are sleep killers for our kids. I have discussed what we do for this before, but a recent post of @Thomas causes me to write this up as a separate thread: @Thomas, I wonder if your daughter migh… --- ## [Gochujang pulled pork](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gochujang-pulled-pork/2536)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gochujang-pulled-pork/2536 "2017-11-02T07:39:02Z")
After the great success we had yesterday with @Chris’s Gochujang BBQ Ribs, we decided to try something new and Gochujang today! Since we had a large amount of Gochujang left from our Amazon purchase (https://www.amazon… --- ## [Type 1 and Epilepsy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/type-1-and-epilepsy/2537)
**Author:** [@mentat](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mentat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/type-1-and-epilepsy/2537 "2017-11-02T19:35:52Z")
I haven’t visited for a while—a lot has happened in the last few months. I’m going to tell my gruesome story (but it has a happy ending). I was diagnosed with Type 1 in late 2010 at the age of 22, and I took it in my st… --- ## [Canadian / U.S. OmniPod Swap Test!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/canadian-u-s-omnipod-swap-test/2442)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/canadian-u-s-omnipod-swap-test/2442 "2017-11-02T19:35:37Z")
This was brought up previously. Some discussion on the price difference between the omnipod PDM in the U.S. (available in the U.S. for $200-$300 direct from Insulet, with some haggling) versus up to $6,000 in Canada depe… --- ## [How do you handle those unknowns eating out?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-handle-those-unknowns-eating-out/2531)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-handle-those-unknowns-eating-out/2531 "2017-11-02T03:33:39Z")
So I’ll be eating at a friends house tonight and really want to not be stressed over my BG (so far I haven’t been doing too well on not stressing when out). We’re eating gumbo (which means rice, too), and a spice cake fo… --- ## [And You Think YOUR Diabetes is a Problem](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/and-you-think-your-diabetes-is-a-problem/775)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/and-you-think-your-diabetes-is-a-problem/775 "2017-11-02T02:05:28Z")
It seems that there is a serious problem with diabetes in the UK! --- ## [And just like that it appears to be back](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/and-just-like-that-it-appears-to-be-back/2532)
**Author:** [@Robellengold](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Robellengold)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/and-just-like-that-it-appears-to-be-back/2532 "2017-11-02T00:26:48Z")
\[47E33C81-3FB2-4CD7-B96E-4A21AD8A8938\] First drop was 3 humalog before dinner Ate 3 orange slices to counter to the low and then injected 2 humalog to counter the rising high Was expecting the nornal nothing happens … --- ## [Deliberately non-compliant](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/deliberately-non-compliant/2528)
**Author:** [@bkh](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bkh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/deliberately-non-compliant/2528 "2017-11-01T17:03:47Z")
In Renza Scibilia’s blog I encountered the delightful phrase “deliberately non-compliant,” https://diabetogenic.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/deliberately-non-compliant-diabetic/ which was Professor Tim Skinner’s (favorable)… --- ## [Activity level, sickness and basal needs for a teenager](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/activity-level-sickness-and-basal-needs-for-a-teenager/2521)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/activity-level-sickness-and-basal-needs-for-a-teenager/2521 "2017-11-01T16:57:23Z")
My son’s basal needs vary widely and quickly. Over the past few months we have found out a pattern that turns out to be reasonably repeatable. This is valuable info for us and I figure the range of numbers we found may b… --- ## [Insulin pumps: J&J Animas drops out](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-pumps-j-j-animas-drops-out/2266)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-pumps-j-j-animas-drops-out/2266 "2017-11-01T15:51:41Z")
About 6 months ago, J&J announced that, despite their successful tests of new technology, they would reflect upon their future plans without making rash decisions before investing into new projects. The other shoe droppe… --- ## [Treating night time lows](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/treating-night-time-lows/2523)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/treating-night-time-lows/2523 "2017-11-01T15:06:49Z")
The last bad low did get frustrating after 4 hours, 80 carbs and at 3AM in the morning. lol However the upshot was my T1 told me that next time, just do a mini-glucagon (15 u) if the first attempt at a nighttime low d… --- ## [Gochujang BBQ Ribs](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gochujang-bbq-ribs/1912)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gochujang-bbq-ribs/1912 "2017-11-01T02:50:02Z")
Gochujang glazed pork ribs…mmmm Something similar to this, --- ## [Dexcom email](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-email/2513)
**Author:** [@Irish](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Irish)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-email/2513 "2017-10-31T20:32:45Z")
Anyone else receive the following today? What’s it about? Dear Dexcom Customer: We’re writing to let you know about an important update to your Dexcom G5® Mobile Receiver. There is a software update available that will… --- ## [Fingerstick and Handwashing](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fingerstick-and-handwashing/2509)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fingerstick-and-handwashing/2509 "2017-10-31T15:45:55Z")
The Dexcom G5 wanted a calibration and it was going into nighttime as well as the cgm data showed straight and level so it seemed a good time to calibrate. Using our Contour Next One we did a fingerstick as normal. The… --- ## [Success at over bolusing at a restaurant](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/success-at-over-bolusing-at-a-restaurant/2495)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/success-at-over-bolusing-at-a-restaurant/2495 "2017-10-31T14:32:06Z")
Last night i went out for an enormous dinner at a steak house to celebrate my cousins 60th birthday. i was really anxious about going, being around all this food that i didn’t think i would be able to have, but just to b… --- ## [Honeymoon basal needs](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/honeymoon-basal-needs/2508)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/honeymoon-basal-needs/2508 "2017-10-31T14:22:00Z")
I’m curious - has anyone else experienced quite a bit of time not needing any basal insulin (but definitely needed bolus) during the honeymoon period? I was on nothing after diagnosis, then basal/bolus during pregnancy, … --- ## [Banza chickpea rotini](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/banza-chickpea-rotini/2503)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/banza-chickpea-rotini/2503 "2017-10-31T03:15:38Z")
A friend of mine, whose husband eats GF, found this on Amazon and we tried it last night. A 2-oz serving (dry) has 32 g carbs, 16 g fiber, and 14 g protein. I didn’t spike at all from the carbs, didn’t measure my portion… [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=166) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=168)