I realise that the new Medtronic elite sensors are not yet FDA approved but here in the UK they are licensed and I have been able to persuade Medtronic to let me have a trial for a few weeks. So far t one wwk in I am very impressed th sensor is comfortable and insertsionn is easy and painless. The first sensor lastedd six days and I am now on sesor no 2.
I had a crazy dream the other evening that these sensors allowed my insulin pump/ CGM to detect Jedi Knights.
Wow that is a crazy dream!
I was holding out hope that when the sensors got smaller one would be able to get more than 6 days as the trauma associated is less with the smaller needle. Maybe that won’t be the case? Did you use the previous version of the sensor? Can you comment on accuracy with the old version vs the new Enlite?
It was great! The year and a half I was studying to become a Tae Kwon Do instructor, I was too knackered to read anything serious most of the time so I read like 50 Star Wars novels so the dream was freakily detailed, like there’s 4 screens on the pump and I went back and “missed” the “when is my next calibration?” window and blam, there was Mace Windu on screen #5. And arrows, like your BG, to Yoda, etc.
I’ll probably be old and decrepit and too demented to use the Enlites by the time they come out in the US!!
So there is a change in both the sensor and transmitter? Would you mind terribly if I asked you if you could post a photo of the two side-by-side? In all of the literature I’ve seen, you’re only able to see the transmitter. (Or if there’s a link to such a photo, I’d appreciate it too!)
Man I love those detailed dreams like that since I never have scary ones. Every once in a blue moon I have them. It’s crazy how much “normal” life is superimposed on to not possible things. I like how you explain the dream going down. I can really picture it.
How hypo were you, when you had that dream? 
Trisha
Not at all, nighttime is cool all the time. Currently fighting w/ endo re basal rates which is a new experience. Likely I will ignore her although I did a sneaky flanking maneuver by emailing her ■■■’t (nurse? CDE? I am not even sure…she calls me on the phone @ work so my blood is about 95% likely to be riled up from some feud when she calls…I try not to be too snippy though…) my Garmin logs so they can amalgamate that w/ the logs from my pump/ CGM and compile an informed picture of it? I think the 60s and 70s at night make them nervous but I’d much rather have those than run up to the 140s…
I’m sure it does make them nervous. I don’t like being in the 70’s at night time. Too worrisome for me. I slept right thru a HI alarm last night. The night before and part of yesterday, I had 14 both directions of alerts/alarms in 15 hours! One of those two nights, I must have went hypo and didn’t hear the alarm, but abruptly woke up while I was dreaming. It was about 0310 and Kelly was in the dream. It scared the hell out of me. I thought she was in trouble!
Just remember, it is your choice whether to let them in. Even when calling you at work, they probably know how busy you are, so I wouldn’t worry about the snippy part. My doc just wants hard copies of reports. I did offer to let him in, but he said nada.
Trisha
When I look at someone who is doing SO well as you are, I’d think twice about insisting on basal changes, EVEN if I was an endo. 99% of the DM world would give their fame and fortune to do as well as you.
60’s and 70’s at night are absolutely normal IF they’re not just a prelude to going lower. And since you have a CGM, you know if you’re riding flat or not. Does your endo realize that?
Just for the other side of the picture, I’ve always had endos who tell me I’m doing super, because I have an A1c in the 6’s, in spite of the fact that I’m a low glycator, and my BGs have always cycled up into the 200’s. I honestly don’t know which is the more important factor, but since meeting you guys, I’m striving (mostly) for lower BGs, and ignoring endos. I just want the docs for writing prescriptions, and to fight with Medicare when I get there (even though I know its a losing proposition).
Keep using that good brain on your head, AR!
Is the transmitter a lot smaller than the initial transmitter? Also, do you know the exact gauge of the introducer needle? I have seen pix and it does look a lot shorter and thinner, but gauge size is not mentioned.
I don’t know where i saw a pic of it, maybe at the MiniMed UK website or something like that, but I didn’t think that the new sensor looked all that less conspicuous from the outside. A smaller needle would be nice. I told the guy who did my tattoo “I think it’s a 20 or 22 guage needle…” and he was like “woah” although they do all sorts of piercings, etc. there too.
Well, these are small changes and they seem to be working so taking less insulin and maybe getting the same result will be ok too. Interestingly though the nurse seems to have adopted a rather stern mien which sort of riles up my “oh yeah?”/ Beastie personality a bit. It may also be that to keep things flat and happy I will eat less which would perhaps also help me drop the 5-10 additional pounds I’d like to drop to get into shape for the race in October? Hmmmm…