I am using iAPS and Omnipod Dash, Dexcom G6 with Anubis transmitter. I can set my target at whatever level I want and can set various targets for exercise. I have a bunch of different profiles which I enable before tennis or pickleball or when I have a cortisone injection. My G6 warmup time is 50 minutes with the Anubis transmitter and the sensor can be used for 60 days without having to restart it. So far I am very impressed with the system. I send my spent transmitters to the people at Anubis to fix for people who need them.
That’s wonderful, Jane! Thanks for the encouragement.
Sounds like you have a good thing going, Clare. I dismissed Omnipod as a choice since my insurance coverage wasn’t as good as with Tandem.
I run CIQ in sleep mode overnight, during exercise and when I’m on vacation and maintain an A1c under 6. I was in Italy for 2 weeks and ran 85% between 70 and 140 with an average BG under 120 which I thought was good enough. When I run day time manual the results are tighter.
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I’ve tried the G7 and when used with the supplied over patch I get a severe rash with blisters. So I sent back to the G6. For me, the readings were more accurate with the G6 than the G7. I hope they keep making the G6 for a while. I also like using the X-drip program.
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I had the same issue, so I ditched the Dexcom-supplied over patches, and voila, the problem was solved. Mine stay on fine for 10 days, and I do a fair amount of exercise and shower twice daily.
It sounds like you’re doing good. I guess I will have to see what works for me but at this time I’m thinking of using CIQ sleep mode when I hit the sack and try out CIQ in daytime to see how it works. The trick will be getting my settings right. If after some time, I don’t get the results I want, I’ll probably switch to manual mode during the daytime.
Wow. A skin reaction like that is awful. I don’t have any knowledge of the X-drip but I might explore it if and when I learn how to get my pump to cooperate with my sugar levels.
You might prefer running sleep mode whenever you use CIQ. It uses a lower target and it never gives you a surprise correction bolus. The auto correction feature may be helpful for people who aren’t interested in keeping a close eye on their blood sugar but if you watch your graph the feature just adds one more random input into the mix.
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I’m staying with G6 and BIQ for as long as I can. I want to keep my target at 80 bg and I make use of the temp basal function often. A target of 110 bg is too damn high for me.
I understand, but at this point I have no choice. It seems like if I eat any amount of carbs at all, my sugar shoots high between 200-300 and stays that way for hours. Then it comes down and behaves through the night. It’s frustrating.
I agree G7 is an inferior product compared to G6. I suspect they cherry picked data from the clincal trials to report to the FDA.
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Do you eat right away after injection ?
With high carbs eaten first, you may get a spike.
Try eating proteins and lower carbs first or wait to eat.
Yes, I usually eat right away. I probably should wait at least 15 minutes. It’s sometimes hard to time everything just right, with cooking.
That’s a shame. We should be getting better instead of backtracking. This disease is hard to manage. We need the best technology has to offer.
WHen is this update due?
There’s an investor update in a couple days. I expect it’ll be a talking point then where we’ll find out more.
We know it was FDA approved earlier this year, but it takes a while to train everyone, publish materials, and get all the other internal operations sorted before rollout. If I had to venture a guess, I’d say either December or January for business financial reasons. It’s also the same timeline previous big updates have followed, like initial release of Control-IQ and G7/Libre integrations.