# Latest **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=45 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 46 --- ## [Omnipod takes 5 hours to start working](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-takes-5-hours-to-start-working/13354)
**Author:** [@Klondiker](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Klondiker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-takes-5-hours-to-start-working/13354 "2022-11-26T01:49:12Z")
I have been using Omnipod for over a decade and have always found that insulin is just not absorbed for hours after a pod change. I have no scarring at any of the 5 locations on body where I put it. If, for example, I ch… --- ## [Question About OmniPod 5 Cost](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/question-about-omnipod-5-cost/13056)
**Author:** [@bggale](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bggale)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/question-about-omnipod-5-cost/13056 "2022-11-22T00:47:04Z")
Hello folks. I’m a new member here, although I’ve been observing the discussions for a while. I’m a T1, and recently was encouraged to start the OmniPod 5 at Kaiser Senior Advantage (Medicare). I picked up my supplies on… --- ## [Trouble with G6 and BG after surgery](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/trouble-with-g6-and-bg-after-surgery/13333)
**Author:** [@Jan](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/trouble-with-g6-and-bg-after-surgery/13333 "2022-11-20T15:09:58Z")
T1D, G6, MDI I just got home from my 2nd hip replacement surgery. The first was exactly 8 weeks ago. I experienced elevated BG and insulin resistance after the first surgery, so was expecting it the second time. Just to… --- ## [New drug to postpone onset of type 1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-drug-to-postpone-onset-of-type-1/13334)
**Author:** [@JessicaD](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/JessicaD)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-drug-to-postpone-onset-of-type-1/13334 "2022-11-19T15:52:54Z")
V expensive immunotherapy drug approved today to delay onset of type 1 by 2+ years (but requires v early identification of antibodies). Gift (free) NYT article. Will you try to have your kids’ antibodies monitored? --- ## [Celecoxib nsaid risks](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/celecoxib-nsaid-risks/13308)
**Author:** [@arnolfo](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/arnolfo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/celecoxib-nsaid-risks/13308 "2022-11-18T20:58:23Z")
I recently was prescribed Celecoxib for ongoing pains in my upper inside leg muscles. However, after reading up on rx level nsaids there’s an increased risk of heart related events. I’m a 59 year old man with LADA diabe… --- ## [I started Omnipod 5 a week ago, I am not happy!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-started-omnipod-5-a-week-ago-i-am-not-happy/13027)
**Author:** [@Josephine](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Josephine)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-started-omnipod-5-a-week-ago-i-am-not-happy/13027 "2022-11-18T20:24:28Z")
I started on Omipod 5 a week ago. Today my PDM controller went crazy on me. It glitched all day. Then restarted itself. I worked with a messed up screen for a while. Then the screen got better, 3 hours ago it stopped wor… --- ## [No Dexcom!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/no-dexcom/13299)
**Author:** [@bob.carlson](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bob.carlson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/no-dexcom/13299 "2022-11-18T20:23:01Z")
I need help, or perhaps I should say that my Dr. and pharmacist need help trying to get Medicare to pay for Dexcom through Walgreens. Anyone have any advice? Medicare seems to keep raising walls (that’s what pharmacist s… --- ## [When tech fails…](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-tech-fails/13331)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-tech-fails/13331 "2022-11-18T17:26:02Z")
Going on an hour and the CGM reads low and he hasn’t been low a minute of it. Ranging from 90 to 70 (perfect imo)….but Endos and “diabetes educators” love to give advice on this faulty data about all the things you shou… --- ## [From blurry eyesight to a clear vision for life](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/from-blurry-eyesight-to-a-clear-vision-for-life/13328)
**Author:** [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/from-blurry-eyesight-to-a-clear-vision-for-life/13328 "2022-11-17T19:32:15Z")
About 33 years ago I had 2 consecutive days (nights actually) of being unable to focus. The 2nd was worse, as it didn’t go away. I went to the clinic, but my doc was on vacation, and the ophthalmologist was in surgery. T… --- ## [What Diabetes app do you use?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-diabetes-app-do-you-use/13320)
**Author:** [@SBee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SBee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-diabetes-app-do-you-use/13320 "2022-11-16T13:36:12Z")
So I have just found out that the app that I’ve used as both my BSL diary and my food entries as well as a bolus calculator for the last decade, is about to become unavailable to me in Australia while the TGA (equal to t… --- ## [Dexcom/xdrip questions](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-xdrip-questions/13323)
**Author:** [@Dsg1987](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Dsg1987)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-xdrip-questions/13323 "2022-11-16T04:18:10Z")
So to my fellow xdrip/ g6 users. I just received my 2nd transmitter. Do I switch to the new one and hold on to the old one, or ride the old one or till it dies? The reason I included xdrip is I’m looking at voltages, bot… --- ## [Tslim "all deliveries stopped" issues](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tslim-all-deliveries-stopped-issues/13116)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tslim-all-deliveries-stopped-issues/13116 "2022-11-16T00:32:44Z")
Samson’s been on the Tslim now for more than a year, and overall it’s been good but lately we’ve been having some major issues and I’m not sure if it’s a pump issue or something else. Basically, he’ll go super high over… --- ## [Tandem pumps to interoperate with Libre 2 CGM](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-pumps-to-interoperate-with-libre-2-cgm/9925)
**Author:** [@bkh](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bkh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-pumps-to-interoperate-with-libre-2-cgm/9925 "2022-11-15T01:47:56Z")
The t:slim pump currently works with the Dexcom G6 CGM. Today it is announced that they’re working on integration with the Abbott Libre 2 CGM. --- ## [Using an Infusion Set Longer Than 3 Days](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/using-an-infusion-set-longer-than-3-days/8143)
**Author:** [@Richard157](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Richard157)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/using-an-infusion-set-longer-than-3-days/8143 "2022-11-14T00:28:00Z")
Using an infusion set longer than 3 days??? “The FDA approved on Friday a proposed trial of an insulin infusion set that can be worn for 7 days, according to a press release from Medtronic.” That would cause so much tr… --- ## [Season/Insulin changes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/season-insulin-changes/13257)
**Author:** [@SBee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SBee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/season-insulin-changes/13257 "2022-11-11T14:16:16Z")
Hi all, It’s that time of year again, where I’m heading into the warmer months and I have to muck about with my insulin doses because otherwise I’m completely out of whack. :roll\_eyes: Last night for example, I was 8.9… --- ## [SA100A9 Protein. Any Validity?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sa100a9-protein-any-validity/13155)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sa100a9-protein-any-validity/13155 "2022-11-11T01:31:58Z")
I know we’re always hearing about “groundbreaking” discoveries…this is another one. Any good minds want to dissect this for us? --- ## [Control IQ is working great on my Tandem](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/control-iq-is-working-great-on-my-tandem/13254)
**Author:** [@drpepper68](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/drpepper68)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/control-iq-is-working-great-on-my-tandem/13254 "2022-11-10T22:47:27Z")
I have to say after a few years of ditching my new tandem x2 cause I gave up its really working well a few weeks in. I went from like a 33% time in range to currently at 68%. Previously I keep trying to do the untethered… --- ## [Experience with Using Control IQ Sleep Mode 23.9 hours per day](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/experience-with-using-control-iq-sleep-mode-23-9-hours-per-day/9750)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/experience-with-using-control-iq-sleep-mode-23-9-hours-per-day/9750 "2022-11-10T17:28:31Z")
So my son’s experience using sleep mode has gone really well. How does it work for you? --- ## [Daylight Savings Time ending](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-savings-time-ending/13304)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daylight-savings-time-ending/13304 "2022-11-06T21:05:54Z")
Pump users, be sure to adjust your settings tonight if you live where DST is ending! --- ## [Looking for a new (old) Medtronic pump](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/looking-for-a-new-old-medtronic-pump/13302)
**Author:** [@refields](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/refields)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/looking-for-a-new-old-medtronic-pump/13302 "2022-11-05T20:20:19Z")
Hello! I am new here and hope this is the right location to post a question like this. I am looking for a second hand Medtronic 722 / 715 in order to continue looping. My current pump seems like it’s about to kick the … --- ## [This is new to me](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/this-is-new-to-me/12059)
**Author:** [@3cTim](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/3cTim)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/this-is-new-to-me/12059 "2022-11-03T02:03:47Z")
am highs for the last week for the last week I have been going very high in the early morning (highest between 5:00 am and 6:30 am) I have heard of the dawn effect but this is the first time it has happened to me and I… --- ## [Anyone need G5 sensors?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-need-g5-sensors/13235)
**Author:** [@Becky](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Becky)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-need-g5-sensors/13235 "2022-10-14T23:03:30Z")
I apologize ahead of time for hijacking this thread, but I just joined tonight and I haven’t yet figured out how to post. . Is anyone still using the Dexcom G5? I ask because I’m trying to find someone who could use som… --- ## [OMNIPOD 5 - Has anyone noticed this?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-5-has-anyone-noticed-this/13287)
**Author:** [@Josie](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Josie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-5-has-anyone-noticed-this/13287 "2022-11-01T16:20:18Z")
I didn’t know this was happening to everyones pdm or if it was just me. After talking to a omnipod rep she said its everyone. She said that most people are not as involed in their insulin pumps and would not notice the t… --- ## [Omnipod 5 app updated](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-5-app-updated/13210)
**Author:** [@Hammer](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Hammer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-5-app-updated/13210 "2022-11-01T03:40:10Z")
I started using the O5 with the stock PDM because of the issues I was hearing that people with the newer Samsung phones were having. Last week the app was updated to fix the issues with the S20 phones. I have a Note20 … --- ## [Switching insulin for pods](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/switching-insulin-for-pods/13283)
**Author:** [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/switching-insulin-for-pods/13283 "2022-10-31T14:45:05Z")
I had a long run successfully using Fiasp in Omnipods but my Medicare Part D drug plan does not cover Fiasp. So I switched to Lyumjev recently and it seems to be about equivalent to Fiasp for onset time and duration. Lyu… --- ## [The Two Wolves](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-two-wolves/3632)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-two-wolves/3632 "2022-10-30T04:52:47Z")
Inside everyone there is a fight going on. It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One is the wolf of anxiety. Of fear and doubt and uncertainty. Of uneasiness, of panic, of distress. The trail he makes is formed by … --- ## [Bolus for coffee or tea?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bolus-for-coffee-or-tea/13267)
**Author:** [@Jan](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bolus-for-coffee-or-tea/13267 "2022-10-28T14:31:41Z")
Those of you who bolus for coffee or tea, is this for the “accessories” like milk or sweetener etc, or is there something about coffee or tea itself (caffeine?) that increases BG? --- ## [Pump settings](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-settings/13258)
**Author:** [@T1john](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1john)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-settings/13258 "2022-10-25T18:59:48Z")
Good afternoon all, let me begin by saying I suffer from the can’t remember s\*\*\* syndrome, have forgotten most of what I knew about diabetes and pumps. With that being said I am working on testing my settings for I/c ra… --- ## [Bionic Wookie - Anubis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bionic-wookie-anubis/11443)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bionic-wookie-anubis/11443 "2022-10-25T10:13:25Z")
Interesting tech doing some interesting thing with discarded G6 batteries. --- ## [Anyone need Omnipod Dash pods?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-need-omnipod-dash-pods/13248)
**Author:** [@dianalewis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/dianalewis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/anyone-need-omnipod-dash-pods/13248 "2022-10-25T10:09:34Z")
I just switched to Omnipod 5 and have lots of DASH pods! [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=44) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=46)