Hey all,

Male-28yrs old here, and I was recently told by my Endocrinologist that my Cholesterol is high. When I looked at my bloodwork report, it had the following: (all in mmol/l): 4.20 Cholesterol (162.4 mg/dl), 2.34 LDL (90.5 mg/dl), 1.55 HDL (59.94 mg/dl), 0.67 (59.3 mg/dl) triglycerides, non-HDL cholesterol: 2.65, and Cholesterol/HDL Ratio of 2.7.

as far as I'm aware, this is all within normal ranges, and she prescribed Lipitor (10mg). I'm a bit confused, I understand this can be preventative more than anything, but it was kind of odd to be told I had high cholesterol when everything else proves I'm well within the ranges I should be. Anyone else been prescribed a statin as a protective measure? Should I take Lipitor? Worried about insulin resistance and/or muscle cramps.

I started a job as a busser recently and my numbers during my shift have been a nightmare, just constant lows when I've never had a problem with them before and then feeling like garbage even after i get it back into the 140's. the topic came up when i was talking to a family member with hypoglycemia and they mentioned how they need to have a protein shake otherwise they also feel like crap. so i took they're advice and drank a shake with 30 grams before my shift, and it was magical. flat line at 130 for my entire shift. so i would like to thank protein shakes for being a life saver and a god send

So, I'm getting a custom license plate and want to do a diabetes pun. The ones we've come up with so far are: no toes, toeless, DKA 1, betes1, beetus1..

Can y'all do better?

Help! So I've been on the Medtronic for about a month now and have had some "lows" over the last couple of days.

My current issue is, I prebolused for pizza, have eaten the pizza but am currently going low. How do I correct when I am full of pizza? I'm at 3.3mmol with a straight down arrow. I've suspended delivery.

I'm not used to being so sensitive to insulin. I was often less than 30% TIR on MDI. I have been quite active the last couple of days so that's clearly affecting my sensitivity and it's a nicer problem to have than being chronically high.

Sorry if I'm rambling but the low is clearly taking effect and I don't know what to do, I've had some haribo but I don't know how they'll be digested any quicker than the pizza that's I've already eaten.

I want to be proactive about an ineffective site. Most of the time the site is fine, and I can relax because I know the pump will handle things until I have to change it.

But my anxiety peaks when I change because I don't know how to tell if it's working correctly or not until I'm out of range. So right now my solution is to avoid eating for at least two hours after changing the site, longer if I can manage. That way I know that any significant rise is due to a failed site, and not ICR or a poorly balanced meal.

Is this really the only way to know if a site is working or not? What do you do to test a new site out?

Does IRS Notice 2019-45 mean that I will get a refund for previous copays that I paid back to 2019 for CGM and pump supplies? Seems someone would owe me money since the ruling is retro to 2019 and I paid my deductible each year to have my prescription filed before meeting my deductible. #diabetessupplies #highdeductibleplant1d

Hi, my (f17) insulin pump sites have recently became all red and irratated, im not new to diabetes or my technology but i am new to dealing with this by myself as i start to transition into becoming an adult. I was wondering if anyone had any experience or advice that i could use, (google has been no help) and i’d like advice from someone who has more experience than i do. (i’m on the medtronic minimed 780)

hey guys. i couple weeks back i posted about my manager giving me a hard time about checking my sugar on my phone and whatnot . today i unfortunately had to call out of work because my sugars been all over the place and when my sugar gets high or low i feel so nauseous. there’s a 2 hour rule where you have to call out 2 hours before your shift . my shift starts at 4:30 and i called at 2:40. i was trying to make myself feel better enough to go to work because i hate calling out and my general manager answered and told me it’s an improper callout and that i’ll be getting written up for it . is that allowed??? i told her that i have been trying to get myself to feel better and she gave me an attitude and said “so are you coming in or not”

Diagnosed since 3, I'm 21 now so I'm not a new diagnosis. I know I am killing myself.

I am ready to just let myself die. Gaining weight, losing weight, the self-hatred, the binge eating, diabulimia. I'm only happy when I'm starving myself, my blood sugars are stable when I'm restricting but I wished for a restrictive eating disorder and went the opposite direction instead. Restrictive eating does wonders for me mentally and physically. Just my luck that I'd develop the 'wrong' problem.

My ribs only stuck out of my body when I was in and out of the hospital, I only had pretty legs when my body was shutting down and I couldn't work. I hate how I look when I'm functioning. I'm obsessed with food. My thoughts revolve around food and my appearance. Recovery would be easier if I wasn't cursed with this disease.

This entire world is obsessed with weight loss and dieting. It's so evident that people value you on your size and how much you eat. Some of this paranoia is just mentally ill projection on my part, but I'm pretty sure there's some truth to this just by listening to how people speak about others. Having the DIABETES label doesn't help either.

I need to stay under >!110lbs!<which I've been consistently staying under the past two years despite my binge eating. Diabulimia makes it so easy for at least the scale to be acceptable. But diabulimia will also take my legs and my eyes. But I also can't bear to be any larger. But I will never be thin enough. But I can't live like this.

Counseling is about a month away but DKA could kick in whenever.

I feel alone in this. I guess I am just posting here to see if anyone else has similar struggles.

My A1C went up from 5.7 to 6.3 which I’m not stoked about, but it’s an exact match with my GMI on Dexcom which is the first time this has happened! Makes me feel more confident in the Dexcom readings. Hopefully can get back in the 5s for the next one!

A little bit of history: I was diagnosed type 1 in October of 2022 with an a1c over 16. Never really took it seriously until September 2024 when I went into DKA again and seriously almost lost my life. Had to be intubated and flown to a different hospital, long icu stay, the whole 9 yards. My a1c was 13.1. Since then I have been SO careful and meticulous, and this was incredibly validating today. I would have been happy with anything below 8. I cried so hard when I opened it. This proves all of my hard work is paying off and that I’m truly in control of my health. Not to be too dramatic, but this is actually one of the best days of my life

I use Tandem Tslim pump, and as long as I can recall, my pump never detects the full amount of insulin that I put into a new cartridge. When I put in a new infusion set, It'll say, for example, 180u+ when I put in 240u. Or 240u+ if I put in almost 300u. I read on here that the pump auto-adjusts and the number of insulin remaining should become accurate over time, but this didn't feel right, so for the past couple of months, when I do a site change (which is usually right at when the number reads 0u left), I've been using a syringe to take out the leftover insulin in the old cartridge to see how much was left. And it's been consistently over 0.3 mL (30 units) every time, sometimes up to 0.5 mL (50 units) (and this doesn't include any insulin left in the tubing when the pump reads 0). 30 units of undetected insulin, that won't go into my body and that they just expect me to throw away!? This is awfully wasteful. Why is there so much undetected insulin in the pump? Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

Sensor is placed on the outside of my upper right arm

Hi all, wondering if anyone has advice or good/bad experiences using waterproof wound dressings (like AquaGuard, Tegaderm, Elastoplast) for wearables to make their adhesive last? My SO has a Dexcom G6 and a t:slim X2 pump, and we're looking into extra protection during activities like swimming in a pool and snorkeling. He regularly uses Skin Tac when applying his sensors and infusion sets and has used overpatches or Flexifix when it's hot. Because sweating a lot in a hot climate already threatens to detach his wearables, he has avoided water activities on past vacations to minimize those chances, but I'm hoping we can come up with a good plan so he can enjoy the water next time. I appreciate your input!

P.S. I just want to say that I appreciate this group so much and have learned a lot from you all and how to better support my SO. I don't think the majority of people understand how mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially taxing it is on you on a daily basis, and I admire you resilient rockstars!

If I add all the details right now, it will be a massive wall of text so I’m going to try to be short but am more than willing to give more information if needed.

My son is on a pump (the ilet) and the school nurses have been telling my 12yo (who was diagnosed almost 10 years ago) not to dose for his breakfast he eats at school because “it always makes him go low” and they won’t have him dose for lunch sometimes either. He had been having crazy lows at school so I went looking into the app I have and I discovered all the missed doses. I sent the nurses a very lengthy, but incredibly polite, e-mail about my concerns and why it’s so important to dose and they have been so retaliatory today. I sent the email last night and this morning they’ve called me 5 times about missing paperwork, missing vaccinations (which wasn’t true) not having his Baqsimi (which is on him at all times in his pump pouch…that he’s worn all year-they don’t KNOW where that is!?) and they sent his stepmother (who is a teacher at his school) saying that she was no longer permitted to speak to them about diabetic care. In the email, I asked to be contacted more because I felt like she needed to be able to focus on being a teacher during school hours (I am a STAHM so I am available at all times of the day for questions) and they were so rude to her this morning she cried. And then, to top it off, they didn’t dose him for breakfast. After explaining in the email that can no longer happen.

What do I do? Who do I involve at school? Do I need to call our Diabetes Center and get them involved? It’s obvious they need more training about his pump, and he’s only had it for 9 months so I mean, we’re all still learning but they should know dosing for meals is important.

Any advice is appreciated, I’ll give any additional information you might need in a reply to your comment as soon as I can.

Basically the "tube" (or what ever you call it) of my insulin pump fell out before I started eating

I try not to be political but it scares me that many Americans justifies the high price of insulin in their country by blaming diabetics for bad diet and lifestyle when T1D couldn't be further from the truth or try to blame it on government intervention instead of the companies that have monopoly over insulin and can set it in insane prices.

Sorry if I offend anyone but I was watching a documentary about Americans rationing insulin and some even eventually dying.

Hey,

I recently posted that my insulin wasn’t working and it turns out that I have lipo on my abs. Nothing major but I just can’t use that area for a while. Any tips of where I should inject now? I’m afraid if I do anywhere on my stomach now there will be problems? Also, how do you rotate your sites? Does anyone have a system? I seem to hit the same 3 or 4 spots over and over.

Today hopefully my hypoglycemia will get better. My carb ratio went from 1:25 to 1:50 and basal at 1.6 u/hr.

Just curious! I went out and ate a "cornetto"

(Like when you didn't know)

Hi all,

I'm considering a move to Norway from the UK (EU citizenship) and I have a pump and all of my diabetes care done through the NHS. I know as a tax payer I'd be entitled to subsidised healthcare in Norway, but does anyone have any information or resources on how it would work if I were to move there? The only thing I'm hesitant about leaving the UK is the worry of my diabetes

Thanks in advance

Does anyone else get a bloodsugar spike from tea? Just tea, no milk and only artificial sweetener.

What was your threshold for deciding to take meds for anxiety caused by diabetes?

Hi! My college student daughter had her checkup today, with me present, and the CDE pulled up her Tandem Mobi pump data which showed she is rarely bolusing, instead seeming to rely on the pump's "control IQ" algo to correct. Her a1c was 9.9, up from 9.2, and the highest it has been since DX at age 11. Ho can I help support her, inspire her to turn this around? I don't walk in her shoes, and imagine the 24/7 is super hard. I am so so so worried. TIA for any advice on how to reach her.

I’m 21 years old and studying electronics and communication engineering I was diagnosed with diabetes about a year ago I’m trying to adapt to it but I’m facing some challenges with studying and I feel like my academic performance has dropped compared to before but it’s okay I’ll fix that

I have a question does diabetes lead to sexual weakness over time some people told me I should get married quickly because I might face this issue in the future is that true

Honestly I’m not thinking about marriage right now because I believe my future is more important I’m planning to get married when I’m around 26 or 27

Help with settings please!

I'm joining a volunteer organization that goes into the local jail to teach inmates. I will not be permitted to bring my phone (dexcom receiver/loop app) in with me. I decided it'll be easier for me to just switch to the t:slim X2 that I've had in the garage for 3 years. Anybody have suggestions on how to enter in my initial settings for the X2? I understand the algorithms are totally different.

I emailed my endo NP about it and she just said "where do you want your new prescription sent?"

I have seen this trend all over tiktok and lately been seeing some diabetic ones that always make me giggle! Some of the highlights are: have not changed my lancet in months (or even over a year), reuse pump sites, don’t refill my pump when it alarms me at night and I don’t want to get up (same for CGMs) and I frequently use my diabetes as an excuse to get out of social activities! I can relate to all of these heavily, and I’m sure many of you can as well. Please share your best confession and we will all promise to listen and not judge!!!

Ps. I do not condone any of these, but for those of us who understand the diabetic fatigue I’m sure we can all relate 💀

Hi everyone!

My sweet little niece has been diagnosed with type T1 Diabetes. Currently, this is hard on all of us. We are trying to get more awareness and get ourselves educated. I want to know how can I help her in this journey? She likes to read books. She likes painting. How can I just let her know that the world’s not changing entirely for her and that I am there for her.