Funny, snarky, but accurate. A few years ago I bought a used 3rd gen TL only because it was the “best” car I could afford to pay cash for at the time. “Best” meaning a mix of reliable, comfortable and powerful.

I was recently at an Acura dealership for service and was initially envious of the new model TLX. Once I got…

I’m not sure this would really alter treatment plans. I view it more as an additional layer of insurance. Keep in mind, type 1 diabetics will rely on blood tests for day to day insulin management.

The dog is like a smoke alarm, or check engine light - which alerts after a problem has happened. With proper testing…

Thanks. Yes, he’s doing well. We are extra cautious being new to this, and want him to develop good habits. It’s the folks that allow the huge swings in their blood sugar for several years that develop problems later in life.

ALSO - yes. Redundancy. I lock my doors and arm the security system at night, even though I have a dog. Excellent comment. Thanks for adding to the discussion here.

See my other comments. My boy has a CGM (it’s not a big deal) that communicates to our smart phones. We have high and low alert thresholds that trigger alarms.

Our untrained family dog has twice alerted us while we slept through the CGM alarms. Neither case was life threatening, but both were impressive to us.

My son has been diagnosed with T1D just 3 months ago. Already twice the family dog has alerted us when we missed the alarms from his CGM. We can (and probably should) discuss HOW dogs do this, but without question dogs CAN and DO detect low BG.

A constant glucose meter (CGM) samples every 5 minutes and can communicate to your smart phone or the cloud. Similar to a fitbit.

Where our dog was a hero, was when we muted our phones and slept through the low BG alarms from our son’s CGM. The dog persisted and barked until we rolled out of bed at 2am to figure out…

opposite. The dog smells LOW BG. The resolution to hypoglycemia is to eat sugar. The resolution to hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) is insulin.

The reason the BG can go low, is a miscalculation of the insulin dosage (over estimating the carbohydrates in a meal, etc.)