Will you (or your loved one with T1D) get a flu shot this year?

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  In 2024, did you add, remove, or change T1D devices? Select all that apply!
  I changed to the Dexcom G7 from the Dexcom G6. I got a new Tandem T:slim X2 last year (2023) to replace my old one that was out of warranty.
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  In 2024, did you add, remove, or change T1D devices? Select all that apply!
  I kept my Tandem pump, but changed From Dexcom G6 to G7.
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  In 2024, did you add, remove, or change T1D devices? Select all that apply!
  Upgraded from Dexcom G6 to G7.
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  In 2024, did you add, remove, or change T1D devices? Select all that apply!
  I switched from Dexcom G6 to G7 this year. I've had the same Tandem T:slim X2 pump model for many years now, although it's been replaced a couple of times for charging problems.
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  In 2024, did you add, remove, or change T1D devices? Select all that apply!
  I changed to the Dexcom G7 from the Dexcom G6. I got a new Tandem T:slim X2 last year (2023) to replace my old one that was out of warranty.
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  Do you try to have healthier options on the days leading up to a holiday get-together?
  I always try to eat healthy. Holiday time is no different.
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  Do you try to have healthier options on the days leading up to a holiday get-together?
  Your brain may be having a holiday, but your body is still T1D. It doesn’t take vacations or holidays. Changing routines rarely works out well.
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  In 2024, how much did you spend out-of-pocket on diabetes medications and supplies?
  I had to enter not sure. I can’t recall any direct expenses. However, I paid several thousand dollars for Medicare and the supplemental insurance that paid for my supplies.
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  In 2024, how many appointments did you have with your T1D healthcare provider?
  I had 4 with my endocrinologist because I have a pump and Medicare requires it also had 1 appt with a diabetes pharmacist
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  In 2024, how many appointments did you have with your T1D healthcare provider?
  My endo would be happy to see me only 2x a year vs 4x a year because of my good diabetes control BUT, Medicare mandates a visit every 90 days to the prescribing physician for any approval of claims for insulin pump supplies....penny-wise and pound-foolish, IMO.
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  In 2024, how many appointments did you have with your T1D healthcare provider?
  My endo would be happy to see me only 2x a year vs 4x a year because of my good diabetes control BUT, Medicare mandates a visit every 90 days to the prescribing physician for any approval of claims for insulin pump supplies....penny-wise and pound-foolish, IMO.
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  In 2024, how many appointments did you have with your T1D healthcare provider?
  Oh, I also went to diabetes training camp for the second year and honestly, that's the most helpful thing I do. Several days with endocrinologists, educators, dietitians, sports physiologists, and others, most of whom also have type one.
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  In 2024, how much did you spend out-of-pocket on diabetes medications and supplies?
  It depends if you include my Medicare Part B and Part D premiums. Those are $156 and $180 per month.
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  In 2024, how much did you spend out-of-pocket on diabetes medications and supplies?
  I had to enter not sure. I can’t recall any direct expenses. However, I paid several thousand dollars for Medicare and the supplemental insurance that paid for my supplies.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Before I get to using the long acting insulin, I’d go to my backup pump then the MDI.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Yes I do and I keep long acting insulin in my supplies. But for periods of a day or two I usually just take small doses of my fast acting (Novolog) every two to four hours and do fine with that... Luckily I am 75 years old and get up to use bathroom several times through the night; also my insulin needs are low, about 25 to 30 units per day
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  Do you use insulin pens or vials?
  I do! Also for if I want a larger bolus (I'll often use the pod for part and the pen for part) to avoid over saturating the pod site, or if I'm worried my site isn't absorbing well enough but I'm not 100% convinced enough to pull it off. I always have a pen in my bag in case of emergencies (though I do use vials to fill my pods) and I figure it's good to use the pen occasionally in the "use it or lose it" mentality. I'm happy keeping an active pen for many months or even a year but I'm sure it would fail eventually and need to be tossed.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Yes for close, accuracy is a challenge and the dose may be off, just part of the process.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  I am blessed, in 30+ years of pumping I've only had one pump failure. A Minimed pump failed on a flight home.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Before I get to using the long acting insulin, I’d go to my backup pump then the MDI.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  I don’t know how much long acting insulin I would need if my pump stopped working. I would simply contact my doctor, asking for the long acting that I’ve have used and would ask him to help me figure out how much of it I would need on a daily basis. When that has happened recently, I would just give myself periodic shots of my regular fast acting to tide me over.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  I don't, but I also don't have any long acting insulin
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Before I get to using the long acting insulin, I’d go to my backup pump then the MDI.
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  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  I don't, but I also don't have any long acting insulin
- 3 days, 15 hours ago
  
  Dennis Dacey likes your comment at
  If you use an insulin pump and it fails, do you know how much long-acting insulin to take?
  Yes I do and I keep long acting insulin in my supplies. But for periods of a day or two I usually just take small doses of my fast acting (Novolog) every two to four hours and do fine with that... Luckily I am 75 years old and get up to use bathroom several times through the night; also my insulin needs are low, about 25 to 30 units per day
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Will you (or your loved one with T1D) get a flu shot this year?

Do your blood glucose levels typically rise when you take a shower? Please select the option that includes whether you disconnect a tubed pump during the shower, or if you do not disconnect a pump (MDI, pods, inhalable insulin, etc.)

Sarah Howard

Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Manager of Marketing at T1D Exchange.

19 Comments

Lawrence Stearns

I believe in vaccines, and always get my flu shot.

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Wanacure

For COVID-19 I was Phizer vaxxed ASAP last spring at Kaiser Permanente. Vaccinations save lives. Look at the Salk polio vaccine. Vaccinations should be free to all people in the world. Future pandemics (germ warfare) could be far more deadly than COVID-19. COVID-19 has revealed many shortcomings with for-profit medical care. We can learn from these shortcomings.
Reasons for hope: CRISPER works. MRA tech is worth investment. Lobby for these & invest in these till we get socialized medicine which will be more cost efficient to all humanity.

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rick phillips

I already have and will likely get another in January

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Annie Wall

Got mine in August at my endo appointment. I get the flu vaccine every year and I’ve never had the flu.

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TEH

YES, had the double shot of Maderna for covid.
Will get the booster in a few months. I don’t want to end up in the hospital and have the health care pro take over my T1d management tgat has no idea how to deal with CGM & pump.

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gary rind

Before T1D (dx at 43), I never got a flu shot and never got the flu. My endo is rather insistent about me getting a flu shot. My company brings flu shots to work for free so it would be silly not to get one. Have gotten one ever since.

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Sahran Holiday

Usually get a flu shot, more important this year because of the pandemic.

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Richard Vaughn

My wife and I had flu shots in the early 1980s. Then we had the worst flu we have ever had. The sickest time of our lives. We read in our local newspaper that there were live viruses in some of the flu vaccines that year. We think that made us so ill. We stopped taking flu shots, and we have never had the flu since that time. Is it possible that our experience made us immune to the flu?

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Kaylea Bowers

Yes, absolutely. The flu is a nasty beast. I’ve gotten it pretty bad even with the flu shot (still wound up in the ER with a temp over 103), so I can’t imagine how horrible I would’ve felt without it. And it’s impossible to have lifelong immunity to the flu because that virus mutates constantly (that’s also why some years the flu shot isn’t as effective… it’s all a highly educated guessing game over which variant will emerge, but a guessing game nonetheless).

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Marsha Miller

I get a flu shot every year, and so does my husband and children. None of us have ever had a problem with it. We also do not get the flu!

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Lorri McLuckie

I believe in vaccines too and always get any that are available to me!

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Mig Vascos

I never get the flu shot and never had the flu. The shot makes me real sick in bed with fever.

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Kristine Warmecke

I will once they are available in my area.

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Janis Senungetuk

Yes, I got my seasonal flu shot 1 and 1/2 weeks ago. I’ll also get a booster COVID-19 shot when it becomes available.

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Andrew Stewart

Maybe, if it’s convenient I’ll get it but I rarely get sick and only occasionally have I got the flu shot. Maybe 2-3 times in last 10 years.

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Cindy Barcus

No. Government is getting crazy with the vaccines so not sure what they will be putting into it.

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Sadie Robinson

Yes I always get a flu shot.

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ConnieT1D62

Yes. I do so every year.

In 1990 I did not get a flu shot (I can’t even remember why) and got seriously ill from the virus that was rampant that year. I couldn’t breathe, spiked high fevers, felt physically drained anbd miserable, and my BGs were constantly >400 (finger stick meter tests in those days). Took me 10 days to recover. I have gotten one every year since and have not had another episode of seasonal flu.

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LizB

I got mine this past week. Before getting an annual flu shot I got extremely sick every year between December-February. Getting an annual flu shot has pretty much stopped that tradition.

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