# Latest **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=171 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 172 --- ## [Post meal bg profile](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-meal-bg-profile/2167)
**Author:** [@Robellengold](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Robellengold)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/post-meal-bg-profile/2167 "2017-10-02T21:55:21Z")
I have noticed that my bg for a low carb / zero protein meal reaches its peak two hours or more after a meal and whether anyone else sees this As the norm is always 2 post prandial to be down it seems odd that it takes … --- ## [Study: eating carbs last reduces spike](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-eating-carbs-last-reduces-spike/2236)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-eating-carbs-last-reduces-spike/2236 "2017-10-02T21:14:42Z")
--- ## [Backstory: how did Medtronic 670G artificial pancreas get fast FDA approval?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/backstory-how-did-medtronic-670g-artificial-pancreas-get-fast-fda-approval/982)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/backstory-how-did-medtronic-670g-artificial-pancreas-get-fast-fda-approval/982 "2017-05-20T02:05:50Z")
These two FDA employees, Courtney Lias and Stayce Beck, are getting some recognition. Great to see that – they went above and beyond, and made something very difficult happen! (unrelated) Interview with Stayce Beck: h… --- ## [Mannkind starts Afrezza pediatric trial](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mannkind-starts-afrezza-pediatric-trial/2237)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mannkind-starts-afrezza-pediatric-trial/2237 "2017-10-02T15:57:57Z")
Related news, the MannKind CEO also announced that the Afrezza Pediatric clinical trial has officially started with the first pediatric dose of Afrezza being given within this scope on this past Friday (Sept 29, 2017). … --- ## [FDA approves New Afrezza label](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fda-approves-new-afrezza-label/2235)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fda-approves-new-afrezza-label/2235 "2017-10-02T14:18:19Z")
--- ## [WatchOS 4 Downloaded & Dexcom](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/watchos-4-downloaded-dexcom/2234)
**Author:** [@brrit](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/brrit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/watchos-4-downloaded-dexcom/2234 "2017-10-02T13:40:36Z")
Ok Dexcom fans… I downloaded the new WatchOS 4 to my Apple Watch this morning. Does this mean that I can now connect my Dexcom G5 directly to my watch? If not, what else needs to happen. I’m so ready to not carry my pho… --- ## [Our best 12 hour flat line sofar](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-best-12-hour-flat-line-sofar/2231)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-best-12-hour-flat-line-sofar/2231 "2017-10-02T00:47:43Z")
There’s one bump but besides this one bump, his BG’s were between 90 - 110 for over 12 hours. The full time was 15 hours before more roller coaster lines started appearing. This was from a few days ago - I’m just getti… --- ## [Carbs in Nyquil](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/carbs-in-nyquil/2222)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/carbs-in-nyquil/2222 "2017-10-02T00:46:44Z")
I have a miserable cough and cold. I will not do without my old standby Nyquil Cough formula. It has no acetaminophen, so it clears the Dexcom concern. But it’s almost pure sugar. In fact, I looked it up so I can bolus… --- ## [Less pain when changing pump site](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221 "2017-10-01T20:41:13Z")
--- ## [OmniPod - Entering carbs without taking insulin](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-entering-carbs-without-taking-insulin/2229)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-entering-carbs-without-taking-insulin/2229 "2017-10-01T19:30:09Z")
Not sure if this is already well-known by the pod peeps here, but I don’t think it is documented anywhere. So I wanted to mention it. You can enter carbs into your PDM’s records without taking insulin. There is a place… --- ## [How to calculate carbs per weight in a recipe](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-calculate-carbs-per-weight-in-a-recipe/2220)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-calculate-carbs-per-weight-in-a-recipe/2220 "2017-10-01T17:08:25Z")
How do you calculate the carbs per ounce (or any unit of weight) in a recipe? Don’t you hate it when you cook something from scratch, expect that your dosage will be right on, and find out that you are quite a bit off? … --- ## [Implantable insulin pumps: a primer](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/implantable-insulin-pumps-a-primer/2205)
**Author:** [@MaryPat](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MaryPat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/implantable-insulin-pumps-a-primer/2205 "2017-10-01T16:14:29Z")
Implantable insulin pumps are out of the market today, but they may be coming back. @Boerenkool asked in another thread a question about Medtronic’s implantable insulin pump. It has been withdrawn from the market since 2… --- ## [CalorieKing?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/calorieking/2213)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/calorieking/2213 "2017-09-30T22:03:28Z")
Has anyone here used CalorieKing to count carbs? Any feedback, opinions, thoughts on it? Not sure if there is a thread that reviews a bunch of apps with comments. I’ve never used any, so I don’t know anything about them… --- ## [FDA rejects Intarcia implanted-pump for Type 2 diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fda-rejects-intarcia-implanted-pump-for-type-2-diabetes/2198)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fda-rejects-intarcia-implanted-pump-for-type-2-diabetes/2198 "2017-09-30T14:00:22Z")
This Boston start-up (Intarcia) is extremely well-funded ($600M), and has an unusual approach to Type 2 diabetes treatment: It has come out with a subcutaneous implanted pump, which pumps a GLP1 drug for 12 months at a t… --- ## [Absorption Issues](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/absorption-issues/2160)
**Author:** [@aleasa24](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/aleasa24)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/absorption-issues/2160 "2017-09-30T13:01:41Z")
So i just started on the omnipod Friday. My problem is that when a site is in for 2 days or less, my skin starts to get very tender and it starts to hurt going in. Take tonight for instance…I changed my site yesterday be… --- ## [Happiness is a good night's sleep and a cup of coffee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/happiness-is-a-good-nights-sleep-and-a-cup-of-coffee/2166)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/happiness-is-a-good-nights-sleep-and-a-cup-of-coffee/2166 "2017-09-30T02:55:13Z")
Nights have been rough lately, with my son going back to school and starting on a pump. He has been experiencing many night lows that I am working hard to fix – the consequence, for me, has been staying up the past 4 wee… --- ## [Buying transmitter for dexcom without insurance](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/buying-transmitter-for-dexcom-without-insurance/2211)
**Author:** [@Robellengold](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Robellengold)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/buying-transmitter-for-dexcom-without-insurance/2211 "2017-09-30T02:48:22Z")
I have just swapped insurance and having trouble getting dexcom approved - my transmitter is about to run out - does anyone know where I can just buy a dexcom transmitter for cash and how much they go for - worried th in… --- ## [Can You Guess Your BG Before Using Your Meter?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/can-you-guess-your-bg-before-using-your-meter/2209)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/can-you-guess-your-bg-before-using-your-meter/2209 "2017-09-30T00:48:28Z")
recently i was put to the test. it was about being in touch with my body and how i might know where my BGs are at any given time without using a finger stick or a CGM. i am familiar with how i feel when i am crashing. i… --- ## [1/2u Humalog Kwikpen Junior](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/1-2u-humalog-kwikpen-junior/2208)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/1-2u-humalog-kwikpen-junior/2208 "2017-09-29T22:25:03Z")
Eli Lilly announces the 1/2u capable disposable kwikpen --- ## [Tune basal or carb up before exercise?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tune-basal-or-carb-up-before-exercise/2030)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tune-basal-or-carb-up-before-exercise/2030 "2017-09-29T21:55:23Z")
--- ## [Not bad for per diem diet](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/not-bad-for-per-diem-diet/2203)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/not-bad-for-per-diem-diet/2203 "2017-09-29T16:23:33Z")
A day without afrezza is like a day without sunshine \[IMG\_0596\] --- ## [Finally! A successful correction](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/finally-a-successful-correction/2202)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/finally-a-successful-correction/2202 "2017-09-29T15:02:24Z")
So my dosing was off for lunch (tried a new type of bread I didn’t realize had sugar added to it, ugh), and my Novolog correction did barely anything (from 155 to 129 after an hour, which is when it peaks for me), so I f… --- ## [Third time this week](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/third-time-this-week/2201)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/third-time-this-week/2201 "2017-09-29T14:29:34Z")
No clue why it keeps doing this…\[unnamed (1)\] --- ## [Neuropathy: possible research breakthourgh on HCN2 protein](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/neuropathy-possible-research-breakthourgh-on-hcn2-protein/2197)
**Author:** [@MaryPat](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MaryPat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/neuropathy-possible-research-breakthourgh-on-hcn2-protein/2197 "2017-09-29T02:24:06Z")
According to this study, drugs that block HCN2 protein channels (it is an ion channel, that allows passage through the cell membrane) appear to completely stop neuropathic pain: “The researchers also found that blocki… --- ## [Afrezza outruns cgm](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afrezza-outruns-cgm/2149)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afrezza-outruns-cgm/2149 "2017-09-28T21:39:31Z")
This happens sometimes with afrezza corrections. It acts so fast that the cgm sometimes can’t track it. In minor cases that’ll just mean the cgm loses its direction arrow but still displays a number. In other cases we… --- ## [How do I change my "About me" card?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-about-me-card/2196)
**Author:** [@Robellengold](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Robellengold)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-about-me-card/2196 "2017-09-28T16:50:42Z")
--- ## [Infusion site leaking](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/infusion-site-leaking/2163)
**Author:** [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/infusion-site-leaking/2163 "2017-09-27T21:37:36Z")
My pre-lunch BG was pretty high (in the 200s ) so I had to do a pretty large bolus to correct and cover the carbs. When the pump had administered about two-thirds of the bolus, I noticed that my infusion site was wet. Ap… --- ## [My flattest line for 24 hrs](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-flattest-line-for-24-hrs/2053)
**Author:** [@Robellengold](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Robellengold)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-flattest-line-for-24-hrs/2053 "2017-09-28T00:19:51Z")
Very happy day today for me - kind of a eureka moment - very much due to those on this site - those of you who have seen what I’m posting will realize I am a little new to this and only just emerging from the dark somewh… --- ## [No-meter BG visual test strips: emergency supplies](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/no-meter-bg-visual-test-strips-emergency-supplies/1396)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/no-meter-bg-visual-test-strips-emergency-supplies/1396 "2017-09-27T22:59:41Z")
@PegE just found an amazing resource: visual test strips that require no meters (like the old-fashioned ones! I just went through a 10-day kayak camping expedition, and I would have LOVED to have some of those for redun… --- ## [For those of you using "Superglue"](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/for-those-of-you-using-superglue/2171)
**Author:** [@Dave6746](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Dave6746)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/for-those-of-you-using-superglue/2171 "2017-09-27T22:00:39Z")
How about trying this: https://www.amazon.com/Starbond-KEG-50-Flexible-Thin-PREMIUM/dp/B00BUVAW42/ref=sr\_1\_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1506543197&sr=8-12&keywords=flexible+cyanoacrylate so that you wont have issues with little brok… [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=170) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=172)