"The thing I probably hated the most, and I think I'm not alone in this, was keeping diabetes diaries. My first year of diabetes, I didn't have a sensor, so I measured my fingers between 12 and 14 times a day. You can probably imagine how beautiful my fingers looked. But that wasn't even the worst part. The worst thing was constantly writing things down. The values ​​here, the food there. When did I correct them? When did I exercise? And as befits a well-behaved, growing teenager, I of course kept forgetting everything after a few months. It got a little easier when I got my first sensor, but not really much. But luckily there are now lots of apps that can replace pen and paper in conjunction with sensors. But it's still a bit annoying." "In 2020, I switched to the G6 . Although the G6 came out in 2019, I waited quite a long time because I had read a lot about people getting allergic skin problems. I have a lot of problems with patches in general and was afraid that I wouldn't be able to wear the G6 at all. But I'm very happy that I finally dared to test the G6. In the end, I hardly have any problems with the new patch (no more than I have with any other) and the sensor is really amazing! I can especially recommend the G6 in combination with the t:slim pump. But even without it, the sensor has gotten a lot better and my favorite feature is that you no longer have to calibrate it. After a 2-hour warm-up phase, the values ​​appear automatically on your phone. That has made my life a lot easier. I prefer to put the sensors in in the evening. But that was always stupid before because I had usually just fallen asleep when the sensor wanted to be calibrated. And anyone who knows Dexcom knows that the "Calibrate me" sound is not one you want to be woken up by. With the G6 I can now go to sleep with a clear conscience, knowing that I will soon have readings and of course alarms, which are nice after a pizza." "What I also find very pleasant is that the type of catheter has not changed much. Except for the end of the tube, pretty much everything has stayed the same. The reservoir is a little different. The filling process has a few more steps than Medtronic and is a little more complicated at the beginning. But you don't have to be afraid of that. After a few concentrated fillings, you quickly understand it. And I think it's somehow more fun. I've often read that this is one of the few negative points of the t:slim, which put me off a little at first. But today I can say that it's really not worth mentioning. One big difference that I had to get used to was the battery. Unlike my old pump, the t:slim is not battery-operated, but has a battery that needs to be charged every few days. In the first few weeks, I often forgot to do this and then walked around for half an hour with the power bank in my pocket, which I think is a pretty cool solution. But now I have a small charging station in the bathroom and have gotten used to plugging it in while I shower. At first I wasn't really convinced by the "charging with a cable" thing, but now I'm pretty excited about it. The fact that it is charged with a micro USB cable is also pretty well thought out. I hardly know anyone who doesn't have one of these cables. So if the pump runs out when you're at a friend's house, it's no problem to quickly charge the pump. In an emergency, you can also put a short cable in your diabetes emergency kit. Then you could even charge the pump using the cigarette lighter in your car." "You can of course buy a clip for the pump. Unlike what I was used to from Medtronic, the clip is integrated into a cover. At first I thought that was stupid, but that changed very quickly. You don't actually notice that the pump has a cover, as it is generally super small. It is also nice that it is a little more protected if it falls. The clip cover arrived as shown in the picture below. I personally hang the pump on the outside of my front trouser pocket. That's why I would rather wear it upright. It was only after a few days when I saw an Instagram post from someone wearing the same pump that I realized that this woman was wearing her pump upright. So I started playing around with the clip. I noticed that you can easily slide the metal part out and slide it into the other vertical or horizontal opening provided for it."

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