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      Kathleen Juzenas likes your comment at
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Francisco Varea has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I just started Omnipod 5 with Dexcom G6 after being with Medtronic for over a decade. What a difference! I only wish the insulin capacity was greater, as l have insulin resistance.
    • 2 minutes ago
      Derek West likes your comment at
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      I've had Tandem x2 and Dexcom since September. Previously on Medtronic for around 15 years. Grew to HATE the sensors and switched before the warranty on my last Medtronic was up. So far, I absolutely LOVE the Tandem and the Dexcom. I'm disappointed, however, in the amount of waste and plastic that this pair creates. Of course there will always be plastic waste from any pumps/sensors, but the amount of non-reusable stuff for insertions is ghastly.
    • 3 minutes ago
      Derek West likes your comment at
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      Not perfect, but a MASSIVE improvement over MDI (Multiple Daily Injections), where I was sometimes injecting 7, 8, 9 times a day, purposely to lower blood glucose levels. (Even that was an improvement over 4 times daily injections and having to test urine glucose levels because blood glucose meters hadn't made their way outside of hospitals, and having to boil glass syringes prior to each injection, and having to sharpen needles, which, to me, appeared the size of a javelin. lol.) It's a real pity that MOST diabetes-related medical companies don't make available information with regards to 'pairing' pumps with glucose monitoring systems, other than what they themselves sell, and we have to count on the ingenuity of users to find out this information for us. ;-)
    • 7 minutes ago
      Kevin McCue has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      The tslim CIQ works pretty well with the Dexcom g6. I would like a way to cancel alerts remotely like with iPhone or Apple Watch. Then once the alert is canceled not have it keep going off after treating the event, either high or low.
    • 7 minutes ago
      Kevin McCue has commented in the same post you commented in :
      On a scale of 1-5, how satisfied are you with your current insulin delivery method (pump, pens, syringes, inhaler, etc.)? 5 = the most satisfied, 1 = the least satisfied
      The tslim CIQ works pretty well with the Dexcom g6. I would like a way to cancel alerts remotely like with iPhone or Apple Watch. Then once the alert is canceled not have it keep going off after treating the event, either high or low.
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    55 Comments

    1. Jodi Greenfield

      I tried diligently to find a diabetic alert dog after being told I had low sensitivity to low glucose – by the time I catch on to it it’s almost too late. However, I was denied because my highs and lows were too unpredictable and would be hard on the dog. Gee…

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. Grey Gray

      I have been type 1 since 1982. I have had many dogs the ones I have been closest too, including my current 7 month old puppy, have seemed to want to get my attention sometimes to an annoying point when my BG is low. I didn’t realize till a couple years ago that dogs can smell your body chemistry.

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    3. elsa

      I would love to have one. I grew up with dogs, and had responsibility for taking care of them. As an adult, I absolutely want to get a dog, and I would be so happy to have a diabetes alert dog, because wow—talk about a quality of life improvement! However, the cost is prohibitive. $10k is out of reach for all but the most financially secure diabetics. I say this as a professional with a good career.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. Debbie Kolterman

      I wanted to get one when I was single because of night time lows and hypoglycemic unawareness, but it cost to much. Now I have a CGM and do not need one.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Bonnie Kruger

      I have had many dogs over my lifetime that basically trained themselves to seek help when I needed it but mostly they could smell when I was low or high and let me know I needed to test or they would hassle me if they thought I needed to get help. Dogs are super smart and hounds have great noses so when I was diagnosed at age 10 before we had any blood testing equipment other than Testape or Clinitest and test tubes for testing urine, my Dad’s hunting dogs, Beagles, and Basset Hounds slept with me in my room and would get help if I was too low in the middle of the night. But this was in the 1960s. I have always had rescue dogs which I trained or who trained themselves. They have been super helpful and I have been very lucky since my 2 kids and my husband have helped me numerous times when my dogs have alerted them. Unfortunately, there are ridiculous rules now from the Diabetes training Centers that don’t allow you to have more than one dog in the house at a time. My dogs have saved my life more than once over the years and we have a real difference of opinion with regard to training. I have had to train my dogs myself because of this.

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