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by lowmagnet 4758 days ago
90-140 average is what medtronic considers 'in-range' in my pump's data sets. Diamedic, another iPhone app for this, considers 80-160 'in-range'.

The difference isn't due to being from .au. It's because nobody agrees on what 'in-range' means.

My pump keeps track of all of this and uses a web site (carelink) to track results, and share them with my doctor/care team. I stopped using Diamedic since getting the pump, and it's nice to not have to perform an entry every time I mesure/bolus. It keeps track of everything, dose, carbs, readings, basal rate, etc.

If I apply one of their sensors, it tracks rough estimates of bg every 5 minutes, but it doesn't use blood to do so, making the result somewhat inaccurate. Good for spotting trends.

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I'm painfully familiar with Carelink. Until just the last year or so I maintained an XP box at home that was only turned on once every 90 days, when my wife needed to upload data to print reports for her doctor. The Carelink hardware didn't work with anymore more recent than XP until 2011 or 2012.

That continuous monitoring is kind of cool in short bursts. It's only a matter of time until there is a real-time feedback loop that allows to pump to auto-adjust as needed.