amagrude

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   by amagrude 2y ago

   In the US and EU, children that young are authorized to use CGM and Omnipod. It’s functionally equivalent to the tube based systems, expect that it only lasts 3 days. Ugh. But the total automation of basal based on realtime CGM is a lifesav
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   by amagrude 2y ago

   In the US or EU, there are many CGM and Insulin pump options for children aged 4+.
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   by amagrude 2y ago

   Regulation in the US makes single purpose devices basically impossible to justify from a cost perspective. Also, as the user, a commodity off the shelf device, which can do more than one thing (e.g. CGM and Pump from different manufacturers
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   by amagrude 2y ago

   OmniPod pumps have both iOS and Android apps, as well as a prepackaged Android based device (without a cellular modem.) This is an area in which technology is hugely helpful, however the development cycle is incredibly slow. Like glacial.
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   by amagrude 2y ago

   Any iPhone in an Otterbox case. Don’t do fanny pack. Do cross body bag with the bag on chest. This is not something you want to go cheap on. iPhones are flat out better hardware than everything shown. I went down the Android route for Omnip
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   by amagrude 3y ago

   Oh yeah. A Google Drive link, controversial topic. Yeah. That seems safe…
7. 7.▲
   by amagrude 3y ago

   You control the network that device is on. Block and/or track access using that fact. I use a combination of DNS via https://1.1.1.1/ and WiFi/DHCP via https://eero.com/ . Works great. Yes. This sh