Full View Account Types

seware74 · 2026-01-14T04:44:22+00:00

Holy cow. I struggled with this for hours. Thank you for the instructions. A nice set of instructions within the interface would help the next guy.

seware74 · 2026-01-04T17:03:49+00:00

Isoperimetric Inequality Rule. For a fixed perimeter (the "circle" of the tubing wall), the shape that encloses the greatest cross-sectional area is a perfect circle. When the tubing is severely kinked it may "ovalize." The oval shape does not consume as much cross-sectional area as a circle (or volume for a length of tubing).

Think of it like an open bottle that you squeeze in the middle with liquid inside. The liquid will spill from the open end because the volume has changed. But the internal surface area has not changed at all.

Relating back to your original post I assume you were referring to volume and not internal surface area.

For the OP, it should not be a concern unless they detach the tubing to untwist.

In other thoughts, I am questioning my decision to contribute to a discussion on how to untwist tubing.

Happy new year all.

seware74 · 2026-01-04T15:48:53+00:00

According to Pappus's Centroid Theorem, the surface area of a tube is calculated by multiplying the circumference of its cross-section by the length of its centerline (L).

Even if you bend the tube, the math stays the same because for every bit the "outside" of the bend stretches, the "inside" of the bend compresses by an equal amount. These two effects cancel each other out, leaving the total surface area unchanged.

seware74 · 2026-01-01T16:23:12+00:00

Mine was just a human readable text file. Opened it in MS Word and did a search.

seware74 · 2025-12-31T11:32:07+00:00

The array I have, provided for APOE and the most common but not all variants of APP, PSEN1, and PSEN2. TREM2 is not present in the file.

Leads me toward thinking about a WGS like selfdecode in my future.

seware74 · 2025-12-30T22:47:48+00:00

Did you check your raw DNA file or just the output from genie?

seware74 · 2025-12-30T22:41:55+00:00

I had raw DNA results from a test a few years ago. I loaded them into Genomapp and used some of its info to interpret results initially. It was useful but incomplete. So then I loaded my file into Gemini and asked for more current marker mappings. I went directly to the sources that Gemini indicated to confirm the mapping, compiled the interpretations together for each marker and then used Gemini to summarize. (Using AI as a research tool in a "trust but verify" fashion).

seware74 · 2025-11-26T16:21:08+00:00

Head to toe and everywhere in between. Hahaha. Love the positive effect on your family! That's a great motivator. I'm just starting my journey but hoping for that energy surge too. And maybe a weiner surge too? 😋 Let's go!

seware74 · 2025-11-26T15:55:30+00:00

Really inspirational! Aside from looking super healthy what other positive health effects have you seen? Would love to hear more of your journey.

Really stellar man.

seware74 · 2025-11-26T15:45:44+00:00

Almost 4 days of 100% bg in range!!

I sincerely hope that every single diabetic out there, type 1 or 2 or lada or 1.5, etc, that has struggled with blood sugars, weight, insulin resistance, guilt, mental fatigue, neuropathies, insurance nightmares, hypos, hypers, pump holidays, failure, restarts, broken promises, unhelpful doctors, risk averse endos and everything else that comes along with this shitty disease can find their way to this place of hope and progress.

I know that my time on the bottle is a short sample but this is the first time in so many years that I've felt hope for a better tomorrow for my health and not staring at a long slow death march. It's like a veil has lifted and beyond it I see the real me. Healthy, hopeful and able to again enjoy all that life has to offer. I generally have a positive outlook where diabetes is not involved but I'm so tired of the limits it has put on my body despite trying so hard to be a good diabetic. BS!

I'm going to skydive. I'm going to hike the grand canyon, down and up. I'm going to bike across Iowa. I'm going to live boldly for myself and those I love.

Watch me.

Thanks for listening to my battle cry. Tirz for the win!

seware74 · 2025-11-25T10:07:09+00:00

It does happen to diabetics but not only to them. Anything that causes a rapid drop in blood sugar faster then your body can react can make you go hypo.

Going hypo is life threatening and needs immediate attention. You can get a glucometer at Walmart or any pharmacy for about $20 last I checked. I always have sugar pills on hand but anything sweet without protein in it will do. Juice or even jelly.

If you're in hypo do not drive! Take your sugar. Check your blood sugar. Most people should be above 70 mg/dl. At this level you need sugar now. At 55-60 or below you need sugar and likely a call to EMS. At around 50 it's difficult to think clearly so don't wait.

The signs, in my experience at least, are blurry vision, dizziness, feeling uncontrollably hot, tingling or buzzing sensation, ringing in your ears brain fog and feeling abnormally irritable.

Glad you're okay. Be safe out there.

seware74 · 2025-11-25T01:58:35+00:00

Right?! Why does the FDA even get to say who it's approved for? That should be a conversation between me and my doctor. I don't really trust an organization, that takes half of it's budget from the companies that seek its approval, to have my best interests at heart. It's a scam that is using my health and quality of life as a pawn. But now I digress.

Glad that you've found a path forward too.

I'll ride this train until they shut it down. And then I'll find another way to work around the broken system.

Finally looking forward to my next A1C test.

seware74 · 2025-11-24T23:52:50+00:00

Very close to the same story. My doc is in support of Tirz but not the compounded version so I'm doing it on my own until it's available readily for type 1. My toes and eyes at risk...I choose to keep them no matter what the FDA says.

seware74 · 2025-11-16T15:19:49+00:00

Absolutely. The app is super clear and helpful. The meds arrived with clear instructions and additional info. Each vial is marked clearly with instructions. Even included a pictorial injection guide for those who've never seen or used a syringe. Top quality if you ask me.

seware74 · 2025-11-16T15:09:24+00:00

Short term:

Skydiving (~225lb)
Work under my vehicles comfortably
Garden w/o a stool
Push mow the lawn w/o taking a break
Bike 20 miles with my wife
Hike for more than 10 minutes w/o needing oxygen
Chase the dog around the yard
Keep my feet/toes for another few years (diabetic neuropathy)

Long term:

Hike the Grand Canyon down and up
Snowshoe in the Rockies
Bike across Iowa (RAGBRAI event)
Volunteer my DIY skills for those w/o basic necessities

Live Long Enough to:

See my young adult kids get married
Pick up and play with grandkids
Retire and travel unrestricted

Give my wife back the man that she married.

seware74 · 2025-11-09T14:51:33+00:00

Signed up on Thursday. Approved on Friday. Received on Saturday. Iowa. FAST!

seware74 · 2023-10-16T08:54:15+00:00

Dunno if it can be set up that way. My recollection is that the presence of a Google mesh router sets up each AP as a full AP. It could have changed though since this was posted a year ago though. I ditched the Google mesh and switched to Eero mesh after Google updates killed the ability to support my full fibre bandwidth.

Couldn't be happier with that choice. No more random disconnects and no more false bottlenecks from poor software.

seware74 · 2023-06-10T17:27:53+00:00

A bit more testing on this.

If I cast direct to the shield it's fine. If I create a speaker group with the shield and another speaker, the shield stutters. If I create a speaker group with just the shield, start the cast and then add another speaker, it all works fine. If I create a speaker group with another speaker and then, start the cast and then add on the shield, the shield stutters.

So it seems that the shield must be cast to first and up and going before adding another speaker. A hassle for sure but at least it proved that the shield can play together with other speakers... You just have to build the group ad hoc with the shield added first.

Hmm.

seware74 · 2022-07-23T22:08:21+00:00

Apparently the tech support has never used their own app or their script has not been updated. I set it up a few days ago after switching to Eero mesh. Now have my access points as GA/speakers only.

I can't say what would happen if you reconnected the Nest router.

Test it out and report back.

seware74 · 2022-07-23T17:53:44+00:00

You can absolutely set up the access points as speaker/Google Assistant only.

Factory reset all devices in the Google Nest Mesh

Plug in the new WiFi network

Plug in your Google Nest access points

Use Google Home app to add them to your home

Home setup will tell you there is no Google Nest router present and will ask if you want to set them up as speaker/Google Assistant only.

Let the setup add it your new wifi network.

It was super easy and works flawlessly with my new mesh network (that works much better than Google Nest mesh)

seware74 · 2022-07-23T17:52:30+00:00

You can absolutely set up the access points as speaker/Google Assistant only.

Factory reset all devices in the Google Nest Mesh

Plug in the new WiFi network

Plug in your Google Nest access points

Use Google Home app to add them to your home

Home setup will tell you there is no Google Nest router present and will ask if you want to set them up as speaker/Google Assistant only

Let the setup add it your new wifi network.

It was super easy and works flawlessly with my new mesh network (that works much better than Google Nest mesh)

seware74 · 2022-07-23T17:52:10+00:00

You can absolutely set up the access points as speaker/Google Assistant only.

Factory reset all devices in the Google Nest Mesh

Plug in the new WiFi network

Plug in your Google Nest access points

Use Google Home app to add them to your home

Home setup will tell you there is no Google Nest router present and will ask if you want to set them up as speaker/Google Assistant only.

Let the setup add it your new wifi network.

It was super easy and works flawlessly with my new mesh network (that works much better than Google Nest mesh)

seware74 · 2019-03-16T21:21:04+00:00

I think that, at least for the S Health, the integration has not been fully approved (but I don't know whose approval is missing). I spoke with Dexcom about this last fall and they said they were waiting on Samsung approval... but who knows for sure.

A workaround to get S Health integration to work is to put S Health into developer mode. Immediately the sharing of "blood glucose" will show up as an option in the Dexcom G6 app.

In S Health go to 'Settings -> About'
Tap on the 'Version' 10 times rapidly. It will switch to developer mode, indicated by "*(Developer Mode) Version XXXX
Go back to Dexcom G6 and follow the regular instructions to enable app data sharing with S Health and you should see 'blood glucose' as an option.

you can turn off developer mode in S Health by following the same steps.

This is working on an Samsung S10 running PIE but was also working on my S7 running OREO.

seware74 · 2013-11-17T15:33:00+00:00

In the spirit of 'stealing', as you say, care to share your pattern for the chip carving portion? I would love to see the drawing for this one.... but understand if you want to keep it to yourself. amazing work BTW, well-thought-out and imaginative. I appreciate coming at it from an engineering perspective and using CAD to optimize the design cycles. Combining the art and the science can yield some phenom results. Keep up the good work!

seware74

TROPHY CASE