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I have had Type I Juvenile Diabetes for 56 years.
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What is MCC?
Type 1.5 diabetes can be very challenging. I’m type 1 and have used Dexcom cgm, but now use Medtronic 780 G4, which is an automated system that provides automated insulin delivery. I’m not sure if that type of treatment works well for those with 1.5. I hope you can find some helpful suggestions for your wife. Good that she’s seeing Mayo.
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@celia16 hello, I want to make sure I understand your diabetes devices. Is your Medtronic 780 G4 an insulin pump? What do you use to track blood sugars? I’m curious because I used a Medtronic insulin pump back in the late 1990’s early 2000’s. It was a pump with tubing that was not very user friendly. Now I am using a Dexcom G6 CGM (plus a meter for finger sticks) and an Omnipod 5 insulin pump. These were recommended by a Mayo endocrinologist and my local endocrinologist concurs. The pump is programmed to deliver basal insulin (24/7) plus I can add a mealtime &/or correction bolus as needed. The CGM tracks where the blood sugar is headed and communicates with me and the pump to suggest the appropriate mealtime &/or correction boluses. So the CGM and pump work together to help keep me on track. I am not aware of any one device that does the whole job but I’m sure research and development teams are working hard to invent something like this.