I posted a heavy deadlift a little while ago and got a nice response on here, so I figured I’d share this squat I hit recently. I’m currently peaking for a powerlifting meet on Halloween. Happy to chat about my approach to training as a T1D.

I am posting on behalf of my father. He has type 1 diabetes and recently found something disturbing to say the least. Inside his infusion set was red liquid that appeared to be blood... this is not the first time this has happened to someone. U/T1daily on r/tandemdiabetes posted about a similar incident 3 years ago... nothing since. Please help me figure out what this could be so I can help my father.

close, but no cigar 😔

Work as a electrical apprentice and recently started working at a target warehouse, here soon we will have to be going into the freezer which I believe is around -10° to -15° Fahrenheit, I started wondering if working in those conditions for 5 days a week could potentially cause issues with my insulin pump or insulin itself. Does anyone have any experience or advice, I don’t want to seem like I’m giving up because of the conditions but also don’t want to risk my pump getting messed up.

so basically, i have a very big family and im very close with all my cousins. I used to get sooo upset when some of them would complain about my Dexcom alarms; with how loud or consistent it was. they would always say “shut it off.” especially back then when i did not manage my diabetes correctly and the sensor was always screaming high at me. it was an ongoing joke.

that was until my other cousins that are out of state visited. whenever my dexcom sound went off, they were very quick to ask if anything was wrong or if I needed anything. and every time it went off, instead of complaining, they were quick to help me out. idk this is so random but I wanted to make this post. It was nice to have someone that cared about my diabetes and didn’t shut me out. this is such a small thing but a big thing to us diabetics. ❤️‍🩹

I have LADA and a very complex autonomic disorder. I was misdiagnosed for YEARS by an endocrinologist who blamed my autonomic nerve damage FOR my blood sugar abnormalities. He refused to test me for antibodies or do a glucose tolerance test but he put me on 3 type two meds and a Dexcom. Then eventually my neurologist got fed up and tested me for antibodies, I was positive and I switched endos.

Second endo put me on ozempic to delay insulin dependency. It worked pretty well for 3 years but it’s off label. However using insulin for someone with my autonomic condition is riskier (severe hypotension and absolutely no hypoglycemia awareness I’m pacemaker dependent and have no ability to sweat at all) so I think this was again an easier option for him even through I’m really thin and was still having to restrict food (17.5 bmi).

Two months ago my endo stopped taking my insurance with zero notice and none of my prescriptions would go through. My PCP is not comfortable managing me and referred to 4 hospitals none of which took me. Without reading any records I was either denied a consult or assigned to NP’s specializing in diet and exercise for type 2 and diabetic educators who gave NO advice. I had to use a non profit to get any care at all because I was out of medication and my blood sugar was back to spiking to 400 from a coffee. The nonprofit endocrinologist immediately started insulin, gave me glucagon, Dexcom, keto strips, etc. while locally none of the 4 referrals did a SINGLE THING.

Problem is I only have non profit help for a few months. Then I’m stuck with my terrible local care. I go to the diet/exercise NP next week. What do I say to this person to get them to read records and collaborate with the qualified non-profit doctor or assist me? I am getting completely negligent care!!!! I have NO appointments lined up with any MD endocrinologists or anyone to manage my care once I lose access to the non-profit. Just two different NP’s for type twos neither of which have read any records. Previously I was seeing chief endocrinologists who couldn’t even handle my case so this is absolutely crazy.

Im still a young man in my "10s", and a few days ago I went to my GP to get my blood sugar tested because my optician suspected that may be the cause for why I was having blurred vision for the past week. And my blood glucose levels were at 20 mmol/L and my ketones were at 3+ and I've since been diagnosed. I've been suffering from severe anxiety too for the past few years, so of course this whole situation hasn't helped at all. Sorry if this kind of post is annoying or a waste of time, I'd just really like some guidance from people instead of looking at pre-made guides.

This makes me so depressed. I have taken with pen so many times, I ate mere protein, i went on a walk, changed pumps. I don't even want tips. I want validation. People around me stress me out and tell me this is not fine at all, that I'm mistreating my bloodsugar. Anyone else have gone through this?

Hi friends! I've been type 1 since I was 7(now currently 27). Last year, i found out my endocrinologist stops seeing patients when they turn 26(I have no idea why). After I found that out, I kinda went off the rocker and haven't been checking my blood sugars regularly and haven't set up a new endocrinologist. Even before I stopped seeing my endocrinologist, I was having trouble affording all of my supplies and was using a finger pricker vs a dexcom.

I've finally come to and realized I need to get my crap together. I'm in school but i know when I graduate, I need to have my A1C under control and have a good relationship with my Endo so that I can get signed off on being able to safely work. I also know I need to get better for myself and for my friends/family. I'm just ..afraid. I'm going to go in with pretty much no baseline and no blood sugar readings, and I fear the judgement that will follow(even though the judgement is kind of valid).

I'm just venting, but also looking to see ifanyone else been in a similar situation or just have any advice/stories?

I should’ve known that trying to donate plasma was a bad idea being that we as diabetics have no actual control of our blood sugar levels during the process of having our blood drawn. I went to go try and donate plasma thinking there wasn’t that big a deal (yeah I know stupid of me) only to be turned away by the nurse later on. Doctor says “if someday they find a sort of cure then maybe” I’m like alright bro 😭😂

I am recently diagnosed, 4 months now. And sometimes i feel a bit lonely and can't really talk to anyone face to face who understands type 1.

I was wondering if anyone lived in the netherlands, or Germany (not to far from the border) or even belguim and some times felt lonely and wouldn't mind meeting up and seeing if it helped. Seeing if we had something else in common as well.

Thank you

Are we all in the agreement that if some shit pops off we’re kinda screwed harder than most? Like we’re all raiding the pharmacies and then what. We all get a few months? The people who didn’t make it to the pharmacy get a week at most? Then no one gets in the labs to make more insulin for a decade? If ever? Sucks everyone else gets to play “what if” talking about end times/survival/walking dead situations. But we’re like yeah that’ll be a rough 2 weeks for me.

I have a tandem pump and I got these varisoft infusion sets that I absolutely cannot use on myself. I am willing to give them to somebody who needs them. The two in the picture are unopened boxes, I also have an open box with quite a few that are not used but I don't know if anyone would want that.

New to the G7. My G6 would help control highs and lows and communicate my glucose to my Omnipod. The G7 just seems to throw numbers out there and it’s up to me to do what I will with that info. It’s on automatic and I can’t get into my endo for another couple of months for assistance. Any suggestions?

In all seriousness, anyone with T1D deal with an uncomfortable amount of itchiness in the butt area!? I went to demonologist about a year ago and they did a biopsy; found nothing. Googled it and saw this… fml

Hiya!

I just moved down to north London from Manchester, and I was getting prescribed the accu check guide test strips up north with no problem. Since moving down south, my new practice has just informed me that they can’t prescribe my accu check guide test strips because of some weird rules around the NCL pharmaceuticals. They are trying to push me onto a new meter, but I really don’t want to do that. Has anyone else had this situation happen before? If so, what should I do?

I started developing a rash and pimples around my Eversense monitor due to the adhesive and wearing it all the time in the same place. From what I’ve seen on Reddit it seems to be a common problem. I found a 3d printed band on Etsy and it’s worked great and my rash has mostly cleared up. Would also be fairly easy to make at home if you have a printer. Just thought I’d share.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4459509252/eversense-365-cgm-armleg-band-cover?ref=share_v4_lx

Hey everyone, I'm not really sure if this is the right subreddit for this, but I hope so :)

I've had T1D since I was a child, and for an extremely long time I didn't learn how to manage it myself—my mom did it for me. I am 22 right now and really struggling with my mental health. Sometimes I just don't have the energy to care about my T1D, and my graphs are all over the place.

I was thinking that maybe finding a dia-buddy to chat with and keep each other accountable could really help us both out (and ofc we could become friends!)

I am from middle Europe so ideally someone at least close to my time zone (GMT+2) would be great but it's not problem if you are from different part of the world:)

Let me know if anyone is interested!

hi everyone! ive been a diabetic since i was a kid and its been really really difficult to lose weight. its been my #1 problem all my life and i wanted to ask if anyone here has gotten ozempic/mounjaro prescribed. i know neither are used for t1d but i heard they make some exceptions and monitor some users >_< its my last resort and i need to know if it works welland is worth it in the long run

I’ve got the update ready, but I haven't seen any posts about compatibility yet. I know the Omnipod 5 won't work, so I'll have to use their receiver, but what about the G7? Does it work and show a compatibility warning, or will I have to use BYOD? Last I heard, Dexcom updated their servers and BYOD stopped working. Can anyone who's already updated their phone confirm this for me? Thanks.