Insulin quality control sucks!

#Diabetes #Dexcom #TandemDiabetes #Type1Diabetes #dsma

For the first time ever since my t1d diagnosis in 2000 I had a bottle of insulin lose potency.

All damn day yesterday I battled my blood sugar. I took corrections via pump, a syringe and insulin bottle. I could keep it hovering around 300 but not get it any lower.

12 hour battle to get a newly inserted sensor that failed to work!

#Diabetes #Dexcom #TandemDiabetes #Type1Diabetes #dsma #xdrip+

I've had a 12 hour battle with my new dexcom sensor, first it said I was 53 for hours, (at 10pm) then I calibrated because it almost tipped the insanity scale.  It kept asking for a calibration every 15 fricken minutes and then it FAILED, of course!  Ahhhh!

So I switched back to xdrip+

#Diabetes #Dexcom #TandemDiabetes #Type1Diabetes #dsma #xdrip+

So I decided to switch back to xdrip+ for a few different reasons.

Restart Dexcom G6 sensor on just your phone

How to restart your G6 sensor with just your phone and no x2 pump.

1. Phone alarms for 6 hours left on the sensor.

2. Go to the picture folder I keep on my phone for the current sensor code or wherever you have yours written down.

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Freshened things up a bit

I gave my blog a bit of a make over!

How to restart a G6 sensor after your sensor has ended with your phone and x2 pump.

If you ran out of time to do a restart on your G6 sensor and Tslim X2 pump this is what you need to do.

Another restart failure then success, I think I figured out what went wrong.

So yesterday I was due to restart at the 6 hour warning mark, but I kept forgetting or putting it off.

My G6 sensor mysteriously ended itself 3 days early

So today at 8:08 am my sensor for whatever reason said my session ended.  It wasnt due to be changed or restarted for 3 more days.  I have no idea why this happens sometimes.

Restart Dexcom G6 sensor with x2 and phone updated

I restarted yet another G6 sensor today using my Samsung Galaxy S8 and my x2 Tandem pump. The same instructions should work with an iphone.