Dexcom G6 App Compatibility Issues

If you are like me and bought an Android phone that is not compatible with the G6 app you can get it off Reddit for any phone.  Go to: https://www.reddit.com/r/diabetes/comments/8ja38m/oc_build_your_own_dexcom_app_now_with_g6_support/

You can also download Xdrip+ in place of the G6 app and you can also use Xdrip+ for Follow App if your phone isn't compatible.  I use Follow and Xdrip+ to follow my 5 year old because it gives much better predictions and it alerts me sooner for lows.  Get Xdrip+: https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip. To use Xdrip+ for Follow you do not need a nightscout website to use it. You can use Dexcom data source.

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Living with type 1 and trying to wrangle your child's t1d at the same time.

The weight and stress of having type 1 Diabetes and having your child also have type 1 Diabetes is back breaking. My sweet little kiddo must be making some insulin again, pancreas is trying to sputter, and was low over and over last night and today even with no insulin on board.  Today I finally told the CDE that it's time to try an insulin pump.  Even nph is too powerful and every little thing the kid does causes a low and even when there may only be 0.5u or 1.0u on board....HOURS later.  On a plus side my hair that all fell out from diagnosis is growing back...I look like I am growing out like a half pixie cut all over my head, it's great.  Even the excitement of school is causing lows...how on earth are we suppose to navigate this mess....did I mention yet that I HATE type 1 Diabetes? 🤬  Starting the process to get the tslim x2 like I wear.  The kid needs smaller than .5u doses.

Free at home Covid tests for all but if you have type 1 Diabetes and cannot afford your insulin the government is ok with you dying.

The United States Government will mail anyone who wants an at home covid-19 tests sent to them for people who may or may not get sick for when, not if, they catch covid-19.  Yet the hundreds of thousands of people who live with type 1 Diabetes WILL DIE without insulin and yet thousands of us cannot afford the cost to pay for the life saving insulin we need to SURVIVE?! How about the Government mail insulin to everyone who cannot afford to pay for it?! This is insanity!!!