# My T:slim and Dexcom Journey: Observations, Questions, Compliments, and Concerns **URL:** \ **Category:** Type 1 & LADA\ **Created:** [January 5, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005 "2019-01-05T16:22:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/63 "2019-01-13T16:19:47Z")
> [@Thomas](#): > > Do not guess on the code. @Thomas… 🤦‍♀️… what kind of numbskull would I have to be to be guessing at codes?? That would take a special brand of stupid. 🤣 I have noticed just enough to wonder if it’s a thing that some of the sensors within the same box have the same code. I was just throwing it out to see if you guys could confirm. I also take pictures of all of my codes and LOT numbers and all of that and will start logging the start/stop times (which I think is a great idea but doesn’t mean it’s not obsessive). Guessing at codes… 🤣🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/64 "2019-01-13T16:21:30Z")
Hey - Just want to be sure you stay safe. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/65 "2019-01-13T16:24:33Z")
> [@Jattzl](#): > > The majority of my nights are a straight line 90-120. It took a lot of tweaking and monitoring because I don’t do low carb, have gastroparesis and eat at weird times. In the past dealing with all of that would have been impossible. Oh, it’s nice to hear that effort can affect results. This is the way it’s supposed to be. Not every day, obviously… diabetes won’t have that. But I’ve seen you put in this kind of effort before and not get the results. This makes me happy. > [@Jattzl](#): > > That makes me a happy girl 😊 But that makes me even happier. That’s good cheer. I’m gonna go smile at someone. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/66 "2019-01-13T16:40:36Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > I agree, @T1Allison. I’m always disappointed when I see my 12 and 24 hour screens. No matter how even I felt I had been, those screens are sharp zig zags. Im sticking with the one hour screen from here on out… there’s always happiness on that one. 😁 I agree. 12 & 24 hour trigger an emotional and incorrect “failure” thing. 3 & 6 are warm and fuzzy. Only look at 12 to see a full night picture if I need to. > [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > I’ve been torn between wanting to observe and document and just wanting to cruise. I’ve been cruising, baby. And it’s nice. 🕶 All the documenting, note taking and monitoring in the beginning of IQ was with the goal of cruising! That’s where I am now and it was worth every minute. I’m willing to put that effort in when I have accurate reliable tools that work!!! It’s rewarding and I’m so grateful. I’ve never experienced it before. The 670 forced me to work much harder with no positive results. I felt battered and bruised. I can’t believe I was able to get out of it with my insurance and move to Tandem. I knew Dexcom was the answer all along. ---
**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/67 "2019-01-13T16:50:13Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > So just tell me where to find sugarmama, and I’ll be off to see what it’s all about. Search the App Store on your iPhone. It will lead you through set up. Don’t hesitate to email the help guys. They are great. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/8/8e5fb76b5158f098766794cf99dc8b236ffa6a42.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/68 "2019-01-13T17:06:45Z")
> [@Thomas](#): > > Sometimes convenient. Maybe just obsessive. Could go either way. I love this statement so much. ---
**Author:** ![glitzabetes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/glitzabetes/32/4287_2.png) [@glitzabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/glitzabetes)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/69 "2019-01-13T17:33:08Z")
If you have a Mac computer you can also get a Sugarmate app for your menu bar, which I find super handy 🙂 I don’t really use t:connect unless I want info on how much/when Basal IQ has been active. I don’t really like the look of the graphs it outputs so I don’t check them very often. Also, I only ever put my actual BG into the pump when I’m correcting a high and the reports always show me a crazy “average BG” because of it — not a fan of that stat lol 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/70 "2019-01-13T17:40:38Z")
> [@Thomas](#): > > Three hour screen is my favorite. Mine, too. I was joking about the one hour… though it is always the one I want to take a picture of. 😁 I also like the 6, but I don’t need that information as often as I do the last three hours. It’s where I go with a mystery I need to solve. ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/71 "2019-01-13T17:44:44Z")
> [@glitzabetes](#): > > Also, I only ever put my actual BG into the pump when I’m correcting a high I haven’t put it in once. I don’t use the calculator and choose to make up my own bolus amounts— which so far hasn’t killed me. 🤞 ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/72 "2019-01-13T18:26:59Z")
> [@glitzabetes](#): > > I don’t really use t:connect unless I want info on how much/when Basal IQ has been active. I don’t really like the look of the graphs it outputs so I don’t check them very often. Yeah ditto. I just uploaded and took another look at the t:connect reports. Still not impressed. But I like the Dexcom Clarity reports !!! 😛 And I also still use Diasend even though it now takes about 10 minutes to upload the X2. So I don’t do the Diasend upload very often. (And more frequent Diasend uploads does not make it faster as is the case with Tandem - something obviously not coded very efficiently on the Diasend uploader plus the Diasend uploader still does not pull in the X2 cgm data even with the new and recently updated Diasend uploaded.) Also agreed that t:connect appears to be the only place to get easy stats on the Basal-IQ usage. So for that - sure - worth the minor trouble. At least Tandem has a good uploader. > [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > I haven’t put it in once. I don’t use the calculator and choose to make up my own bolus amounts— which so far hasn’t killed me. I do find this information helpful if looking back in history. If you put the BG in then it records that number with the bolus in the history even if you override the bolus calculations. I am not often in the history but sometimes it is convenient. Probably more so when two people are operating the pump. ie - A child during the day and a parent at night. ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/74 "2019-01-13T18:31:28Z")
BTW - My deletes posts in this thread. Just trying to consolidate my replies. Apparently the interface hates it if I do a reply back to each person in its own message reply. So then I consolidate and delete the individual posts. And the interface (apparently) is happier. Whatever it takes… ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/75 "2019-01-13T19:08:45Z")
> [@Thomas](#): > > My deletes posts in this thread. Just trying to consolidate my replies. I thought maybe you were cussing us out— then feeling remorseful. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/76 "2019-01-13T19:15:43Z")
Nah. I save my remorse for other things. 😈 ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/77 "2019-01-13T19:50:30Z")
> [@Jattzl](#): > > Search the App Store on your iPhone. It will lead you through set up. Going in. 🤞 ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/78 "2019-01-13T20:01:11Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/0/0f6a77f4969953db02311e99f50f6281c15d24af.jpeg) I don’t know why, but that was easy. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/79 "2019-01-13T20:04:54Z")
> [@Nickyghaleb](#): > > I don’t know why, but that was easy. 😁 Yay! As I think back it was mainly getting it on my Apple Watch that gave me trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/80 "2019-01-13T20:08:31Z")
> [@Thomas](#): > > That certainly is possible. It would have to be a change in the transmitter or the app used for restart. The sensor has (AFAIK) no intelligence. I’ve been thinking about this Thomas. How is this even be possible? In my mind I can’t imagine any way for them to know that you are using a sensor more than once. I don’t know anything about the workings of the transmitter but in my simple logical mind I don’t see how it would be possible. ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/81 "2019-01-13T20:42:09Z")
> [@Jattzl](#): > > Yay! As I think back it was mainly getting it on my Apple Watch that gave me trouble. Oh okay. That’s another level. I think I’ll just sit with my small victory today and deal with that when I’m in the mood for drama. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/82 "2019-01-13T21:15:14Z")
> [@Jattzl](#): > > In my mind I can’t imagine any way for them to know that you are using a sensor more than once. I don’t know anything about the workings of the transmitter but in my simple logical mind I don’t see how it would be possible. I think it would have been easy. I think there are really smart people who work at Dexcom. Hence, I think they deliberately did not try very hard and did just enough to satisfy what the FDA demanded. Followup - Unless the FDA presses the issue, I don’t see Dexcom changing this. ---
**Author:** ![Jattzl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jattzl/32/7851_2.png) [@Jattzl](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jattzl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005/83 "2019-01-13T21:58:46Z")
> [@Thomas](#): > > Unless the FDA presses the issue, I don’t see Dexcom changing this. I’m going to go with that!! I don’t know what that error is all about. There are so many that people say pop up when restarting. I’ll stick to my process and scroll on by. [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-t-slim-and-dexcom-journey-observations-questions-compliments-and-concerns/6005.md?page=5)