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At the moment open source artificial pancreas systems are way to go. Have you checked androidaps or loopkit?

by kakoni 3y ago

stranded22 3y ago
I had a look over the years - the libre can pretty unreliable with levels, so I am concerned about someone else’s life being in jeopardy if I made a mistake (would be different if it was my own - I’d have done it a long time ago) She’s waiting for a closed loop system from her hospital - should be within the next few months (omnipod is due an upgrade). That said, I’ll check out androidaps and loop kit, thank you!
- ninjin 3y ago
  The Libre has been life changing for me, but in particular during sleep I do find that the levels can be very unreliable if you end up sleeping on the same side as where you have attached the sensor.
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  - bdcravens 3y ago
    I have a Dexcom, and it's frequently 10-20% off of manual finger sticks. When paired with my pump (Tandem T-Slim) it keeps me in a good range, but still not perfect.
- Scotrix 3y ago
  I‘m actually using the Libre + Omnipod Dash with a closed loop and it works pretty well (almost „flat“ blood sugar with a few spikes here and there) beside that’s, for me as tech nerd, cool to inject insuline with my phone :-). Those are the pieces I‘m using on my iPhone: https://nightscout.github.io/ https://nightscout.github.io/ -> to store historical data https://github.com/Artificial-Pancreas/iAPS https://github.com/Artificial-Pancreas/iAPS -> to connect the libre and pump and control the pump and make the close loop
- nonplus 3y ago
  I briefly used the libre 3, and found it very accurate (but was skeptical as the 2 and 1 could not even warn you about a low/we're passive) and durable. Currently on the Dexcom G7, waiting for support for either of these with my pump. The libre3 and G7 seem to be leaps and bounds better than anything else I've used (G4, G5, Guardian 3). I hope you two find something that works well!
paulcole 3y ago
> At the moment open source artificial pancreas systems are way to go. He said confidently lol. I won’t give up multiple daily injections (Lantus morning and night, Humalog with meals and for corrections) unless I absolutely have to. Diagnosed in 2014 at around 30 years old. Been 5.5-5.9 A1C for the past ~6 years. Maybe one scary low a year and able to keep up with my marathon running and live a semi-normal life. No clue why I’d want to mess with that to try some hacker project.
- sdmike1 3y ago
  T1D that was also diagnosed somewhat later in life (24), the convenience of having something like a tandem that can buy and large manage my levels, is really nice. I definitely still keep needles around for when I need to do a larger injection, anything over about 20 units in an hour and you're going to have leakage and at that point you need to replace the infusion site.

At the moment open source artificial pancreas systems are way to go. Have you checked androidaps or loopkit?

by kakoni 3y ago

At the moment open source artificial pancreas systems are way to go. Have you checked androidaps or loopkit?

I had a look over the years - the libre can pretty unreliable with levels, so I am concerned about someone else’s life being in jeopardy if I made a mistake (would be different if it was my own - I’d have done it a long time ago) She’s waiting for a closed loop system from her hospital - should be within the next few months (omnipod is due an upgrade). That said, I’ll check out androidaps and loop kit, thank you!

ninjin 3y ago
The Libre has been life changing for me, but in particular during sleep I do find that the levels can be very unreliable if you end up sleeping on the same side as where you have attached the sensor.
- deleted 3y ago
  [deleted]
- bdcravens 3y ago
  I have a Dexcom, and it's frequently 10-20% off of manual finger sticks. When paired with my pump (Tandem T-Slim) it keeps me in a good range, but still not perfect.
Scotrix 3y ago
I‘m actually using the Libre + Omnipod Dash with a closed loop and it works pretty well (almost „flat“ blood sugar with a few spikes here and there) beside that’s, for me as tech nerd, cool to inject insuline with my phone :-). Those are the pieces I‘m using on my iPhone: https://nightscout.github.io/ https://nightscout.github.io/ -> to store historical data https://github.com/Artificial-Pancreas/iAPS https://github.com/Artificial-Pancreas/iAPS -> to connect the libre and pump and control the pump and make the close loop
nonplus 3y ago
I briefly used the libre 3, and found it very accurate (but was skeptical as the 2 and 1 could not even warn you about a low/we're passive) and durable. Currently on the Dexcom G7, waiting for support for either of these with my pump. The libre3 and G7 seem to be leaps and bounds better than anything else I've used (G4, G5, Guardian 3). I hope you two find something that works well!

paulcole 3y ago

> At the moment open source artificial pancreas systems are way to go. He said confidently lol. I won’t give up multiple daily injections (Lantus morning and night, Humalog with meals and for corrections) unless I absolutely have to. Diagnosed in 2014 at around 30 years old. Been 5.5-5.9 A1C for the past ~6 years. Maybe one scary low a year and able to keep up with my marathon running and live a semi-normal life. No clue why I’d want to mess with that to try some hacker project.

sdmike1 3y ago
T1D that was also diagnosed somewhat later in life (24), the convenience of having something like a tandem that can buy and large manage my levels, is really nice. I definitely still keep needles around for when I need to do a larger injection, anything over about 20 units in an hour and you're going to have leakage and at that point you need to replace the infusion site.