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Oh, I am so sorry for your wife. Maybe I’m thinking of Jardiance, but I know I’ve seen one of the drugs that states explicitly that is not for Type 1 diabetics. I guess that isn’t Ozempic, but I certainly hope her doctor listens to her when she reports these awful side effects.

My older brothers are both Type 1…one diagnosed when he was a toddler in about 1970, and the other just in the last few years, after initially being identified as a Type 2 several years ago. The life-long T1D brother lost his eyesight in the mid-90s, when he was in his 20s, due to diabetic retinopathy. His blood sugar swings are wild. A1C is always bad. He has recently been pressured to use a CGM, which has frustrated him as a blind person. Plus, the readings it gives versus his regular old glucometer are significantly different. I think after this first prescription cycle is up he is going to discontinue the CGM.

Thank you for the information about your wife’s experience with Ozempic. That’s really helpful for everyone to keep in mind when looking at taking it. She has a good advocate in you.

My wife uses the TSlim2 pump, Dexcom G7 CGM and an app on her phone to provide a bolus after authentication. Her normal range is 80 to 180. There is usually a discrepancy between the finger stick and CGM the first day after installation. After a day, you can calibrate the CGM reading to a finger stick to help them track together. They are quality control issues. Sometimes the tracking is good. Other times it is way off. The pump/CGM works as a closed loop. That is great when the CGM is accurate. Not so good with an "off" CGM sensor. The pump supports "normal" and "activity" modes to avoid excess insulin when doing physical activity that burns lots of glucose. I can understand the frustration of using a CGM when blind. A text to voice conversion might help. I haven't investigated whether the phone app has that kind of support. The need to key-in the code from the sensor to the app is also no friendly to the sight impaired.