Been T1 for 6 months now and at first I was buying whatever I needed with little regard for cost, but now I'm wondering if I could be paying less.

After insurance, all-told I'm paying about $160/month for all my medicine:

$60/month for insulin (Humalog & Semglee pens)

$60/month for needles

$40/month for Libre 3 sensors

Is this par for the course? Or should I look into getting some better insurance?

Hey guys - almost 15 years as a type 1 and i realise i dont know the answer to this question. Just get why we get high blood sugar - our beta cells dont produce insulin. But why do we get low blood sugar? Are those cells also responsible for extracting energy from fat? Is that even how it works? Can someone lmk?

I see a lot of people posting on here about pregnancy with type 1, and usually they get directed over to r/bumperswhobolus, but I thought I'd share some thoughts with the larger group. (In the comments)

So I recently went back to consulting and decided, because I liked the coverage I was getting from my employer’s plan, to keep with the same plan but with me paying for it.

I maxed out the old plan before leaving and recently went in to get a new set of Dexcoms and other meds. The claim was denied because (and I sh@t you not) “…you don’t have a history of diabetes….”

When I asked they said I haven’t bought any diabetic meds on the account. I asked them to look at the old one and they said “oh, yeah this account has those meds.”

Apparently all I needed to do to cure my diabetes was switch drug plans. Who knew?

Did effexor (venlafaxine) affect your sugars and in what ways?

According to this clip you can check how much carbs your body needs by putting a saltine cracker in your mouth. The time it needs to go from salty to sweet it depends on the amount of amylase your body produces.

• 0-14 sec -> more than 250g carbs
• 15-30 sec -> from 100 to 250 carbs
• more than 30 sec -> less than 100g carbs

I'm honestly curious what the general result is for us with impaired pancreatic functions.

Edit: It personally took me 20 seconds to feel the sweet in my saliva. I average 160g carbs a day.

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Has anyone used Bimedis.com to buy a second hand pump? Is it legit or scam?

I know the heat just messes up your bg big time. But how do you guys deal with the pump/sensor sites when you’re in and out of the water all day? I used different kind of patches and covers (skin grip/water resistant tape) but the sensor always falls off.

Hello! I was diagnosed with type one about four months ago. All things considered, I'm doing pretty good!

What are some tips and tricks you wish you knew early on but nobody ever told you?

My case thankfully hasn't been too severe (after the initial dka lmao) but a lifetime of this is pretty daunting, so I'm just looking for help where I can. :)))

Well guys, as the title says, I am fat and would like to know how to go about losing weight , and gaining muscle as a type one diabetic . at the moment , I am five foot eight and way two hundred fifteen pounds . not quite sure the target wait to shoot for, but, I definitely want to get rid of the fat on my midsection, destroy these man boobs and have a toned physique. Daily push-ups have started impacting my shoulders and arms positively. How do I however go about dealing with my midsection? More precisely, in regards to low blood sugars.if my blood sugar goes low, would The snacks I have to regulate my hypoglycaemia count toward my daily macros? Thank you guys.

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I know I'll need to suspend my pump and leave it with my clothes for my MRI but do I need to take my infusion set out too? It's not the steel kind and 100% plastic - I'll ask while I'm there tomorrow but does anyone here know?

I’m a T1D for about 13 years and I have gotten pretty good and keeping my bg stable (A1C of 5.2) with a 80% in range. Recently, my rapid acting insulin just stopped working, it feels like water. Which is weird because literally last week I was doing my normal corrections and ratios. At first I thought maybe I got a bad batch of insulin, but I’m using the same vile as I was last week that supposedly worked? Nevertheless I still changed it but still nothing. I ordered a new box of insulin and I hope it helps, but I can’t help but feel frustrated. You put in all this time and effort into calculating good dosage amounts and it just feels like it’s thrown out the window. Also my long acting still works because my bg is stable and really only goes up when I eat.

Anyone dealt with this before when having nocturnal hypos ? I’ve had two incidents of this and it’s embarrassing as can be, when it happens my libre monitor is reading around 3.4 on the app, but it shows I’ve been hypo for hours before I wet myself. This is worrying and I have been in contact with my specialist to try and see what else I can do to get my diabetic control better.

I’ve tried to adjust my basal to prevent this from occurring and drinking water and the like earlier on in the evening.

I rarely have high sugars but seem to be struggling with more low sugars.

I was informed by my dietician that this was not the case, yet I’m analyzing multiple day trends and thinking she may have been incorrect.

Let’s say I eat the same amount of carbs on a daily basis (which I do), does this correlate with basal needs? Example, If I go from consistently eating 160g carbs a day to 200g will my basal needs eventually go up assuming each bolus adequately accommodated for each meal.

So when I made my appointment months back, I didn’t take into account fasting for my blood work (my doc does in office). My appointment is at 2pm on Wednesday and while I’ve gone that long without eating before, I’d just rather not lol I know I can still have labs done if I don’t fast but I haven’t had true fasted labs done in over a year so I’d like an accurate lipid panel.

Anyone know how long you should be fasted for? Online is saying 8-12 hours.. if 8 would be okay I could manage to wake up early for breakfast before and be fine for the appointment but 12 hours seems undoable for me so I’d want to reschedule I suppose. Any thoughts or opinions are appreciated! Thank you!!

I shot up some Basaglar just now and it hurt like a son of a buscuit-eating bitch. When I removed the needle, I noticed blood on the tip and some of it actually backed up into the reservoir. I guess I’m asking if I can just shoot it out and forget it ever happened, or if I should throw the pen away. It’s brand new and I hate wasting insulin.

My daughter just finished a book featuring a T1D character and wants more. Any suggestions?

I use an Omnipod 5 and last night was experiencing some pain anytime someone bumped it. Well I woke up this morning with a huge lump under the Omnipod and it’s still here 12 hours later. It’s all red and hot and hurts to touch. This is the first time this has happened to me. Could it be an infection?

Hi! This is super dumb I’m very aware. I’m newly type 1 and I have a lot of anxieties doing pretty much everything. Is it okay to get cupping done and massage?