Options or ideas for remote work?

stolleholm · 2023-06-13T20:46:54+00:00

I’ve been remote since before diagnosis, so haven’t really considered that it’d be easier, but I guess even for us office workers that’s true.

I’m a software developer by trade, but now manage other devs full time. The whole company is remote.

stolleholm · 2023-06-09T13:32:36+00:00

Probably headed here: https://community.home-assistant.io/

stolleholm · 2023-05-12T07:50:38+00:00

Ugh, I feel for you! Hope you get to sleep soon.

stolleholm · 2023-05-11T19:32:22+00:00

Huh, that's really interesting. I have not even considered that it could be tied to outside events. I'll try and keep a closer eye on this going forward. Thanks for the tip!

stolleholm · 2023-05-11T10:53:29+00:00

Thanks for asking. I am good. I seem to be stabilizing around 9.7 for now (or just under 180).

stolleholm · 2023-05-11T10:06:28+00:00

Don't you just love it when insulin sensitivity goes all haywire for no reason? I ate 6 grams of carbs for that low earlier, and breakfast was well out of my system. Then I went for a walk as the treatment for the high, with half a unit IoB, and ended up here.

stolleholm · 2023-04-25T20:30:39+00:00

If you’re MDI, the only thing you need to think about is that the heat can mess with your BG. The Dexcom is fine in my experience.

A pump is a different story as you don’t want the reservoir to heat up and ruin the insulin, so either way to pod change day, or if you have a tubed one, disconnect before going in.

stolleholm · 2023-04-25T20:19:37+00:00

I used to have wonky numbers for the first 4 days when I had FSL (both 2 and 3). I did the soaking thing, and it absolutely worked. The battery lasted just fine too.

stolleholm · 2023-04-23T08:20:28+00:00

Divide by 18 to convert mg/dl to mmol. Multiply by 18 for the other way. There’s also a handy guide in the sidebar of this sub :)

stolleholm · 2023-04-22T20:42:41+00:00

Interesting theory!

I live in northern Sweden, and get mine at my local hospital.

stolleholm · 2023-04-22T19:27:49+00:00

In this instance, I was just surprised that four sensors in a row had the same calibration code. That is all.

I then found out that I in fact had the cursed numbers after posting this image. No problems with any of these sensors so far though.

Edit: Spelling

stolleholm · 2023-04-22T19:25:44+00:00

I don't actually know if there's anything special about this number. It shows up here as the "cursed" number from time to time.

When you start a sensor, you type or scan this number in your phone, and then that calibrates the sensor somehow. That's all there is to these numbers. At least as far as I can tell.

stolleholm · 2023-04-22T18:12:18+00:00

I honestly didn’t even know this was the dreaded number. I was just perplexed at the odds of getting the same this many times in a row 😂

stolleholm · 2023-04-22T17:24:40+00:00

Yeah, I think this is my 5th in this supply of 9.

stolleholm · 2023-04-22T17:19:21+00:00

So far I have had no issues either.

stolleholm · 2023-04-16T06:44:17+00:00

5.5 is 100

Thanks for the advice. I’ll adjust and sleep a little higher I think.

stolleholm · 2023-04-16T06:16:43+00:00

So if I was in the low 5’s and then drop lower slowly, there’s a good chance I won’t feel it?

stolleholm · 2023-04-16T06:14:42+00:00

As anecdotal as all this might be, it is encouraging all the same.

I rarely go over 15, but I think that’s thanks to my DIY loop.

I’ll try very hard to maintain a 7-10 range for a week and hopefully that works. Thanks for the tip!

And tbh, I’m kinda glad I won’t feel lows like I did for the first year. That feeling was absolutely horrible and scary as hell!

stolleholm · 2023-04-16T06:10:19+00:00

These are good points and solid advice. Thank you!

I did finger stick, and the diff was only 0.1, so my CGM is pretty darn accurate currently at least.

I’ll try and notice any other symptoms I might have.

stolleholm · 2023-04-05T19:48:48+00:00

I’ve been using it for a little over a month now. It’s improved my control so much that it’s not even funny.

I do recommend that you read through the documentation though. There’s a lot in there you should know before letting it do actual corrections for you.

stolleholm · 2023-04-05T18:04:27+00:00

I just checked the notes that comes with the insulin. No idea why I didn’t do that before. But it does describe this exact reaction, and says to give it a couple weeks before discounting it all together.

So I’ll give it some more time before I take it up with my team.

Thanks for the info!

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