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      How confident are you about having consistent access to the diabetes supplies and medication you need?
      Moderately. My doctor and pharmacy are awesome, my insurance and durable medical equipment supplier, not so much. The excessive red tape of paper to get DME supplies shipped is almost always a nightmare!
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      How confident are you about having consistent access to the diabetes supplies and medication you need?
      Run, don’t walk from Edgepark! Read my response to Nevin Bowman above! (Hint: the company I was referring to in that post was Edgepark)
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      How confident are you about having consistent access to the diabetes supplies and medication you need?
      I once had a supplier withhold old pump supplies while refusing to ship the order for a new pump and I was on a 3-way call with insurance and got to listen to DME lie directly to Insurance about it and then I had the pleasure of interjecting and getting to call them a liar! I would have been more vindicated if it actually accomplished anything, but after I finally got my shipment I fired that DME and never looked back. The red tape that insurance insists on for DME is excessive for chronically ill patients!
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      How often do you guess or estimate carbohydrate amounts rather than calculating precisely?
      After doing this weighing and measurements you get pretty good at estimating
    • 20 hours, 39 minutes ago
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      How often do you guess or estimate carbohydrate amounts rather than calculating precisely?
      I chose "Often". If I eat something packaged with a nutrition label, I'll use the carbs listed on the label. If I eat a plate of food, at home or at a restaurant, I estimate.
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      How often do you guess or estimate carbohydrate amounts rather than calculating precisely?
      Been doing it for so long it's mostly estimation at this point. Every once in a while at home I'll measure out exact portions of rice, pasta, etc to remind myself just how SMALL portions should be as I tend to let them get a little bigger over time. (wishful thinking) Very helpful to have that image in mind at restaurants where portions tend to be way larger than a single serving.
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      How often do you guess or estimate carbohydrate amounts rather than calculating precisely?
      Yes, for me never weighing or measuring but actively using the Calorie King book and app for several years I have most things memorized or I can make a decent assessment.
    • 21 hours, 50 minutes ago
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      How often do you guess or estimate carbohydrate amounts rather than calculating precisely?
      After doing this weighing and measurements you get pretty good at estimating
    • 21 hours, 50 minutes ago
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      How often do you guess or estimate carbohydrate amounts rather than calculating precisely?
      I chose "Often". If I eat something packaged with a nutrition label, I'll use the carbs listed on the label. If I eat a plate of food, at home or at a restaurant, I estimate.
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      How often do you guess or estimate carbohydrate amounts rather than calculating precisely?
      I chose "Often". If I eat something packaged with a nutrition label, I'll use the carbs listed on the label. If I eat a plate of food, at home or at a restaurant, I estimate.
    • 23 hours, 25 minutes ago
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      How confident are you about having consistent access to the diabetes supplies and medication you need?
      Well, since I'm waiting on pump supplies for 2 months now, my confidence is slipping.
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      I am confident about access to my medical needs in the immediate future. I am not a fortune teller and have no idea what my access to medical supplies will be like in a year or longer. I don't take my spoiled lifestyle for granted.
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      I've often said that "hoarding": is a character asset for T1D people. I try to purchase (paying out of pocket) a 60-90 day supply - just in case). I have a new health plan,. effective 1/1/26. AS we know, getting an appt with an HCP isn't easy. They have to be accepting new patients, they have to be in network etc. Once I knew what my new policy would be (nov 2025) I made an appt. The earliest appt I could get was in Sept 2026. Thank goodness for my stash of device supplies. I had to go to Urgent care to get an Rx for insulin (my old HMO plan "doesn't do bridge refills"). So yeah, I worry, and plan for hiccups in the supplies process.
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      How confident are you about having consistent access to the diabetes supplies and medication you need?
      I am worried about the changes to Medicare making no provision for getting an immediate replacement if a pump fails. It sounds like we will have to get these from the suppliers instead of a warranty replacement from Tandem themselves (or whatever brand you use). Pumps will be rented and will have to be returned so they can verify the problem before replacing them, which is ridiculous. Meanwhile, Medicare would not pay for us to get long acting insulin as a temporary replacement for the basal.
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      Amanda Barras likes your comment at
      How often do you guess or estimate carbohydrate amounts rather than calculating precisely?
      After doing this weighing and measurements you get pretty good at estimating
    • 23 hours, 42 minutes ago
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      How often do you guess or estimate carbohydrate amounts rather than calculating precisely?
      I chose "Often". If I eat something packaged with a nutrition label, I'll use the carbs listed on the label. If I eat a plate of food, at home or at a restaurant, I estimate.
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      So far since Jan 1, ‘26, I’ve spent nearly 30 hours on the phone battling and trying to get Medicare covered diabetes supplies. Called 5 different suppliers t get what I need to use my pump.
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      You are too modest. That hurdle is on fire and you have to juggle chainsaws as you jump over it. Congratulations and good luck making it over the next one in 90 days.
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      Somewhat satisfied with TSlimX2. Not because of pump shortcomings, but because of the sheer insanity of trying to get routine supplies through the American health care system. My current situation, to wit: "I am experiencing extreme frustration with Medicare that, 1) has an inoperable website, and 2) has an inoperable AI phone answering service. Consequently, I can no longer acquire needed supplies to operate the tSlimX2, particularly the T:Lock TruSteel 8mm 32.” This situation has persisted for 2 months. 😬
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      How confident are you about having consistent access to the diabetes supplies and medication you need?
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      I've often said that "hoarding": is a character asset for T1D people. I try to purchase (paying out of pocket) a 60-90 day supply - just in case). I have a new health plan,. effective 1/1/26. AS we know, getting an appt with an HCP isn't easy. They have to be accepting new patients, they have to be in network etc. Once I knew what my new policy would be (nov 2025) I made an appt. The earliest appt I could get was in Sept 2026. Thank goodness for my stash of device supplies. I had to go to Urgent care to get an Rx for insulin (my old HMO plan "doesn't do bridge refills"). So yeah, I worry, and plan for hiccups in the supplies process.
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    If you use the time-in-range metric, how often do you usually look at your time-in-range reports?

    Home > LC Polls > If you use the time-in-range metric, how often do you usually look at your time-in-range reports?
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    Sarah Howard

    Sarah Howard has worked in the diabetes research field ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Marketing Manager at T1D Exchange.

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    26 Comments

    1. Ahh Life

      Religiously, once a week, usually Saturday or Sunday am’s. I’ve been thinking about keeping a 52-week report card to include TIR, standard deviation, and maybe 1 or 2 other things.

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    2. Sahran Holiday

      Just use records on my Omnipod. What are Time In Range Reports?

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      1. Sahran Holiday

        OK. Now I see what it is. Can’t really see it on Dexcom G6. Would like to learn how.

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      2. Lucia Maya

        The Dexcom Clarity app has the time in range reports and lots of other great info!

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      3. KarenM6

        Hi Sahran –
        Both Dexcom and Omnipod have individual places to download your data to receive your TIR percentage.
        But, with Tidepool you can download both and receive both machines in one website.
        I imagine you have the Dexcom cable already easily available as it is also your charger (the green cable where the plug in thing can be removed and become a USB).
        The Omnipod cable would have come when you first got started with them…. I had to search for mine when I started downloading my data. Mine (and likely yours, too) is a 6ft black cable with a USB on one side and the other side plugs into the Omnipod.
        If you go to the individual websites, you’ll have to sign up with Clarity for Dexcom and Glooko for Omnipod.
        I hope that helps!

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      4. Nicholas Argento

        Dexcom Clarity app tells you how you are doing, including the TIR; Dexcom mobile app tells you where you are, and how fast it is changing. Check out Dexcom Clarity and weekly notifications…

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    3. Patricia Dalrymple

      I said at my appointments which are every 4 months because my A1C is so good (5.9). But I think doctors should begin to stress TIR more. They assume a low A1C means too many lows but only looking hard at the TIR report can that be accurately assessed.

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    4. Retired and glad

      Dexcom Clarity sends me a report every Sunday morning which includes all the relevant information for the past week. Although I’m pretty much aware of my TIR and other metrics along the way, it’s nice to see something like that reporting good numbers.

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    5. Gerald Oefelein

      I said daily. The newest version of the t:slim app includes time in range for the previous 24-hour period.

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    6. Lawrence Stearns

      I’ve never heard of a Time In Range report. I don’t know how to get it.

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    7. Lynn Smith

      Whoops. I answered wrong. Instead of once every few months, I should have put only at my diabetes appointments.

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    8. Daniel Diehl

      G6 reports to Sugarmate and %TIR is reported daily.
      Talk about a nag.

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    9. TEH

      Usually several times a day.

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    10. Marcia Pulleyblank

      My pump reminds me of time in range and automatically corrects for highs and lows.

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    11. Sharon Lillibridge

      I have never heard of “time-in-range-” what does this refer to?

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      1. AnitaS

        Sharon Lillibridge, if you have a CGM, it is generally recognized (I believe it is by the American Diabetes Association) that diabetics should try to keep their blood sugar levels within the range of 70 and 180.

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    12. Mig Vascos

      With the the clarity app on my iPhone and can check the information at any time and I do in a regular basis.

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    13. Annie Wall

      Every single day, because Clarity automatically sends it to me daily. I also get the TIR report for one week so you can see how many times you stayed in range. I think that comes from Clarity daily as well.

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    14. Mary Dexter

      Random. Sometimes more often than other times

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    15. Pauline M Reynolds

      Count me in as another one who’s never heard of it.

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    16. Carol Meares

      Haha, Madam OCD here;)

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    17. Janis Senungetuk

      It varies. If I’m having any issues I check it more often. Recently, it’s averaged about once a week.

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    18. Molly Jones

      I receive a weekly report which I read and informs me of time in range, the change in this from last week, my avg glucose for this week, my standard deviation from it, and my patterns.
      I chose once every couple of months as I do not sign in to the site to look at reports in more depth that often unless it feels like I need to adjust my insulin or before quarterly doctor appointments.

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    19. Nicholas Argento

      I get Dexcom Clarity alerts on whether I made my goal, which I set at 90%. I look at on a regular basis because the only way I can meet that is to limit post meal elevations and avoid freq hypoglycemia. It has helped me to focus on post meal elevations especially.

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    20. Cheryl Seibert

      I look at TIR every day, but only run the complete reports once per week and review them in detail.

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    21. MikeeB.

      I use the Dex and T-slim Smart Phone programs all the time on my Phone. The time in range is displayed on the T-Slim program and easy to see anytime you are using the phone.

      5 years ago Log in to Reply

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