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Re: Continuous glucose monitoring on the Apple Watch

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Post by frosted-flakes »

rsaxvc wrote: post #90
frosted-flakes wrote: post #74

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What's the difference?

I'm not an expert on this stuff, but usually the needle is usually only present while installing the IV. After it's placed, the needle is removed, leaving only the catheter. I wasn't sure if appendicitis would need something larger perhaps? Anyways, the Dexcom pods are similar to an IV in the way the insertion needle and sensor go in together then the needle retracts.

Oh yeah, then it would be an IV catheter. It was just for fluids and antibiotics, fairly routine I think.

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Post by rrrrrrrrrrrryan »

imoverclocked wrote: post #28
wardedVibe wrote: post #12

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As a t1d who's been using a cgm for like 8 years at this point, having it there constantly is objectively better, and you normally don't notice the needle (needs a bit of fat though). Fairly routinely, I'll go a couple of days without because the installation is a bit of a pain, and my blood sugar is invariably worse on those days. A big part of it is the reduction in cognitive load devoted to managing your blood glu…

The article does mention closed loop systems. > That's what Beta Bionics, amongst others, are focusing on. Their iLet® system literally bills itself as "a fully automated bionic pancreas".

It's crazy that we've kind of been capable of this for almost a decade now. You can buy all the parts to make an artificial pancreas, and use open source software from GitHub to get them to talk to each other, but none of the biotech giants want to put the parts in a box and sell it as an artificial pancreas because the liability would be insane. One little firmware glitch could literally kill a ton of kids in their sleep.

Re: Continuous glucose monitoring on the Apple Watch

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NhanH wrote: post #54
jawngee wrote: post #45

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We've found them to be pretty reliable here. They tend to lose accuracy for extreme highs and lows, but when it's within 80-250 it's pretty spot on with our blood meter. xDrip also has a feature that will calibrate the libre with pokes which increases the accuracy. We never bolus off the libre's readings though, but it's fantastic for trends and seeing spikes and crashes in real-time. For example, I can see that my s…

Where do you get the MiaoMiao transmitter in Vietnam? I need to get one for my dad (thanks to your comment), but my google-fu didn't work out for it.

We got ours from https://miaomiao.cool/ but it took almost 2 months to get. I'd also order extra stickers.

If you need xdrip4ios, let me know and I can put it on testflight for you.

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safog wrote: post #50
boringg wrote: post #5

Sounds cool if i didn't have to have micro needles in my arm. Anyone wear one of these things? I figure it useful for a month then after that you have a sense on what impacts your glucose…

Yep I used levels health for a month and it was extremely useful. Beyond that, I mostly eat the same stuff all the time so I know what it's going to do to my glucose even without the CGM telling me about it. I still would like to give it another few months to narrow down all the other environmental factors - sleep, exercise, stress, alcohol etc. and see how my blood glucose reacts. Needle in the skin is a non-issue.…

I saw levels - was interesting. What did you find useful about it? Learning about the loop and which foods impacted glucose?

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boringg wrote: post #94
safog wrote: post #50

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Yep I used levels health for a month and it was extremely useful. Beyond that, I mostly eat the same stuff all the time so I know what it's going to do to my glucose even without the CGM telling me about it. I still would like to give it another few months to narrow down all the other environmental factors - sleep, exercise, stress, alcohol etc. and see how my blood glucose reacts. Needle in the skin is a non-issue.…

I saw levels - was interesting. What did you find useful about it? Learning about the loop and which foods impacted glucose?

Yep, but there are a lot of environmental factors that the link above talks about. Stress, Sleep, Alcohol Consumption etc. all matter and the effect varies by individual.

What was incredible was how well the glucose level predicts cravings. I just ate as I usually do and almost every time I had a sugary snack (cookies etc.) I'd notice that my glucose level was low just prior to the snack.

The goal is to find out which food is tasty, provides satiety and keeps glucose from dropping too much.

I eat an Indian + Vegetarian diet with rice being the primary carb. Rice causes pretty sharp rise in glucose and a pretty steep crash after insulin is released leading to cravings etc. One behavioral change that was permanent was that we got rid of one variety of rice that's really bad (Sona Masoori) and replaced it with Basmati. We also mostly eat Quinoa or a mix of Quinoa + Basmati for our primary carb now.

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safog wrote: post #95
boringg wrote: post #94

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I saw levels - was interesting. What did you find useful about it? Learning about the loop and which foods impacted glucose?

Yep, but there are a lot of environmental factors that the link above talks about. Stress, Sleep, Alcohol Consumption etc. all matter and the effect varies by individual. What was incredible was how well the glucose level predicts cravings. I just ate as I usually do and almost every time I had a sugary snack (cookies etc.) I'd notice that my glucose level was low just prior to the snack. The goal is to find out whic…

Interesting - thanks for sharing. Also - you don't cook quinoa and basmati at the same time do you? That would be a super time saving way to enjoy those two at the same time.

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boringg wrote: post #96
safog wrote: post #95

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Yep, but there are a lot of environmental factors that the link above talks about. Stress, Sleep, Alcohol Consumption etc. all matter and the effect varies by individual. What was incredible was how well the glucose level predicts cravings. I just ate as I usually do and almost every time I had a sugary snack (cookies etc.) I'd notice that my glucose level was low just prior to the snack. The goal is to find out whic…

Interesting - thanks for sharing. Also - you don't cook quinoa and basmati at the same time do you? That would be a super time saving way to enjoy those two at the same time.

Yep we just throw both basmati + quinoa in the same pot and throw it in the rice cooker. Works well.

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safog wrote: post #95
boringg wrote: post #94

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I saw levels - was interesting. What did you find useful about it? Learning about the loop and which foods impacted glucose?

Yep, but there are a lot of environmental factors that the link above talks about. Stress, Sleep, Alcohol Consumption etc. all matter and the effect varies by individual. What was incredible was how well the glucose level predicts cravings. I just ate as I usually do and almost every time I had a sugary snack (cookies etc.) I'd notice that my glucose level was low just prior to the snack. The goal is to find out whic…

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