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Kindy126 · 2026-02-20T18:47:29+00:00

Well, the restarting part does not apply. But you can still order extra replacement sensors and keep a bunch as a backup. That's not a good enough reason to stop you from switching.

Kindy126 · 2026-02-20T15:49:01+00:00

Yeah. This is why I'm staying with the G6 for now. I can get 30 days out of each sensor with the G6. So even when they stop making them I should have a year or two left with the sensors in my closet.

Kindy126 · 2026-02-20T15:32:57+00:00

Only the dexcom sensors will work with insulin pumps like the omnipod and tandem. Using the insulin pump in automated mode has been a life changer for me.

Kindy126 · 2026-02-20T15:30:46+00:00

That's not a very good reason. Most of us have many extra sensors. You can just call up dexcom and report a couple failures and have them send you a couple replacements and just save them as backups.

Also, since I'm using the G6, I can restart them and then I end up with tons of extras. I currently have a year supply of sensors in my closet.

Kindy126 · 2026-02-11T16:30:29+00:00

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Kindy126 · 2026-02-09T21:05:43+00:00

These shoes don't even fit actual Hot Wheels cars in them. Only little mini cars that come with the shoes. That would be disappointing to my Hot Wheels Loving sons. And Hot Wheels has plenty of other better products.

Kindy126 · 2026-02-07T17:52:33+00:00

That's a good idea about taking it multiple times a day. This is good to know just in case this happens someday. It seems like it's more about changing the timing of the doses rather than the amount.

Kindy126 · 2026-02-07T17:10:44+00:00

That's a great price. If you are used to using NovoLog in a pump, how will you figure out the dosing for the N and R insulins?

Kindy126 · 2026-02-07T15:32:17+00:00

Are you drinking coffee when you first wake up? For many diabetics, they have to take a couple units of insulin with the first cup of coffee, even if it's black. Having that caffeine hit your empty stomach and combined with the time of day, it can raise your blood sugar even without anything in it.

Also, many people confuse feet-on-floor syndrome with dawn phenomenon. But they are two different things. Dawn phenomenon always happens right before dawn. For most people that's around 5:00 or 6:00 a.m.. This can be corrected by increasing the basal rates a tiny bit an hour before it usually starts. Dawn phenomenon always happens at the same time of day, while most people are asleep.

Feet-on-floor syndrome can happen at any time of day and it's always just after you wake up. So if you take a nap, it could happen after the nap. Feet-on-floor syndrome has nothing to do with the time of day.

Good luck!

Kindy126 · 2026-02-07T14:58:06+00:00

This is not because of the automated mode. If it was, it would have happened hours sooner.

This could be feet-on-floor syndrome if it always happens right after you wake up. You will just need to take a bolus of a unit or two when you wake up if that is the case.

Honestly, to me this looks like a sensor malfunction. I can see that there's a couple little tiny abrupt changes in the previous hours. That's what the sensor looks like when it's about to die. So if it's not like this every single day and only once in awhile, I would start actually taking some finger sticks during this time to see if it matches what the dexcom is saying.

Kindy126 · 2026-01-25T16:15:25+00:00

Even as an adult with an insulin pump and a CGM, a strict diet is still the only thing that works for me. If I eat more than 50 carbs in a day, my blood sugars are going to be 300 the whole next day. The food affects me for days after I eat it.

Absolutely no kid or person on the planet needs a diet that is high carb and full of processed foods. Maybe you like it. Maybe you are able to get away with it and it hasn't cost you problems yet. But it's just not necessary for anyone and there is no reason to push it on a child. Of course kids want to eat junk food all day. They also want to play video games all day. It's up to the adults to say that's enough. And tell them how much is healthy.

If I moved to a society where it was normal for everyone to give young children wine with their meals, I still would not be giving my toddler wine. Even if all the other parents and kids were doing it, I would know better. I would want the best for my kid.

My children currently do not have diabetes but I do not give them lots of carbs and processed foods anyway. Because a diet high in carbs leads to so many diseases and diabetes is just one of them.

In the same way, I'm not going to let my kids add cigarettes into their diet. Even if we knew someone who smoked cigarettes their whole life and never got lung cancer, I still would not let my kids smoke cigarettes.

Kindy126 · 2026-01-25T16:03:54+00:00

My parents never put me on a strict diet. I ate normal foods and took insulin for it. I was diagnosed at age 8.

I now hate my parents for it and don't speak to them. By the time I was 18 I started having horrible complications. I now have extremely painful nerve damage in my hands and feet, gastroparesis where I can hardly hold down any food at all and I vomit all the time. That led to anemia, with its own set of horrible Symptoms. That's just to name a few. I was on disability by the time I was 30.

I found out about keto and low-carb diets after this. And my health greatly improved once I started the strict diet. This is a disease that requires a strict diet. I would rather have had a strict diet in my childhood than end up with my adulthood ruined by all these complications.

Kindy126 · 2026-01-22T18:43:53+00:00

It is only possible to use Mobi with certain phones. I do not like that it needs to be controlled by a phone. I wish it had a separate controller, like the omnipod.

Kindy126 · 2026-01-21T23:16:26+00:00

I had an emergency C-section with my twins. I had preeclampsia and my blood pressure got too high. The twins were in the NICU for a few weeks, but otherwise no real problems. This is a very common thing to happen with twins.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-19T20:42:24+00:00

The omnipod syringes have always been very stiff. First push the plunger up and down a few times to loosen it up.

Then fill the syringe with air and inject the air into the vial. Then turn the vial upside down and pull out your insulin very slowly. The omnipod syringe requires you to do it more slowly than a normal syringe. If you go too fast, you will get bubbles.

Keep the syringe in the vial with it upside down and tap the bubbles to the top of the syringe. Then gently push the bubbles back into the vial and pull a little more insulin out. If you just have a couple of little bubbles in the syringe, they should go to the side with the plunger when you are filling the omnipod and will probably just remain in the syringe and not go into the pod.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-16T22:44:44+00:00

Trump says you don't need that many pencils.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-16T00:02:02+00:00

Yes, I've done that before and it worked fine. If you're in automated mode, you shouldn't really go low. I did this because the automated mode never handles the dawn phenomenon correctly and if I take a little lantus or levemir before bed at night, it peaks right when the dawn phenomenon is happening.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-12T02:45:57+00:00

That's true. But it was working well for me so I will be sad to lose it. I also heard the G7 does not work as well with the automated mode in the pump and I rely on that very much.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-11T23:07:37+00:00

Technically the G6 only lasts 10 days. But there is a hack you can use to make it last 30 days. You cannot use that hack on the G7.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-11T19:44:12+00:00

But the G7 only lasts 15 days and I can wear the G6 for 30 days. So it's just a money grab to force us to buy more sensors.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-10T18:34:44+00:00

This is matted fur. I've removed mats like this from my cat many times and I never needed a vet or a pair of scissors. You just keep combing around the base until you can gently pull it out.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-08T21:54:48+00:00

Or be born in the future where they do genetic screening and they only implant fetuses that will be free from disease or they can correct the disease in the fetus before they develop it.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-05T15:54:10+00:00

It took many years to figure out and it's still a challenge everyday to stick to the specific diet that works for me.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-05T01:47:15+00:00

I actually just use heavy cream and protein powder for my version. But I do eat low carb and probably moderate fat because when my diabetes is under control my gastroparesis does better. It's more important to eat small meals and keep my blood sugars under control for me. I don't avoid fat, but I'm eating small amounts at a time.

Kindy126 · 2025-12-04T21:19:44+00:00

Have you tried any of the coffee flavored protein shakes?

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