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I have tried the cpap for over a year on two separate occasions and lost more sleep using it. I am set to get an operation to remove some obstructions. Have to wait and see.View Thread

I use an insulin pump and am on my second pump since starting on one about 6 years back. The new pump, MiniMed Paradigm 723L, has a larger reservoir and works better with my CG sensors. My old pump was having trouble with the sensor communication.
My new pump instruction manual says not to use "Lithium" batteries, so I have been using the "Energizer Max" and changing them when the battery indicator drops to 3/4, about once per week.
With my old pump, I had been using the Energizer "Lithium" battery and had to change it every two months. Now, maybe I need an attitude adjustment, but I do not like having to replace the battery every week.
I suspect the warning against using lithium is because of the rapid drop off rate when the lithium retires, versus the slower drop off rate of the alkaline battery.
Anyone else with thoughts, answers to why the warning against lithium?View Thread
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Sorry I do not have any links or data to back me up and surprised by there not being more of a response to your post. Maybe I am missing something?
For me, insulin resistance is best observed by the need for half of my "normal" amount of insulin for the 24 to 48 hours after a good bicycle ride.
You have to factor exercise into your calculations.View Thread

In 1996 I was 39 and had been on anti depressants for just over a year after going to a doctor due to headaches that were often and very painful. Not quite migraines, but still debilitating. The anti-depressants were improving my moods but not affecting the headaches. The doctor had me tested for diabetes, drink the horrible sugar mixture then a urine test, and decided I was a type 2. I bought a mountain bike, cut the sugar intake and life got better, still had the headaches, just not as often. Went from 200 lbs to 180. Sometime in 98 I had a problem with "Boils", like hugh zits in several locations. My PC referred me to a dermatologist who put me on antibiotics. The boils went away. Over the next half year I had been riding more and "Hydrating" more and thought the drop to 160 lbs was normal. When I reached 145 lbs and drinking water and diet soda by the gallon, along with having to urgently urinate every thirty minutes, I went to a diabetes support group meeting. A nurse there checked my BG and it was over 500. Made an appointment and saw my doctor. Dr put me on insulin and ordered blood test. For the first time I heard the term "A1c", 14 is good, right? Gained 5 lbs a week over the next month. General consensus is that the "Boils" were caused by a virus which also left me a type 1. Happy happy joy joy, NOT!
Today I still struggle to lower my a1c, now at a mid 9. Sleep Apnea and Depression both make managing Diabetes difficult. Being on a pump and recently adding a CGM has helped a lot.
Since I was, and still am a type 2, whose need for and absorption rate of insulin changes with exercise and diet, and also a type 1 with a pancreas that no longer produces insulin, I consider myself a type 3.View Thread
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