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- 16 hours, 22 minutes ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  Do you use any of the following insulin pumps right now?
  I use a Tandem t:slim x2 without activating Basal IQ or Control IQ.
- 16 hours, 22 minutes ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  Do you use any of the following insulin pumps right now?
  I've been using the Tandem TSlim and Dexcom CGM combination since around 2014? Used Medtronic before that. I'm happy with my Tandem/Dexcom combo, with Tandem Control IQ. There is always room for improvement, but we've come a long way...
- 17 hours, 23 minutes ago
  
  Melissa Childers likes your comment at
  Do you use any of the following insulin pumps right now?
  I am similar. Use Omni 5 some of the time and DIY loop other times. It's economics. My Omnipod 5 is too expensive on my insurance plan.
- 17 hours, 23 minutes ago
  
  Melissa Childers likes your comment at
  Do you use any of the following insulin pumps right now?
  I've been using the Tandem TSlim and Dexcom CGM combination since around 2014? Used Medtronic before that. I'm happy with my Tandem/Dexcom combo, with Tandem Control IQ. There is always room for improvement, but we've come a long way...
- 18 hours, 17 minutes ago
  
  Skye Greer likes your comment at
  Do you use any of the following insulin pumps right now?
  I've been using the Tandem TSlim and Dexcom CGM combination since around 2014? Used Medtronic before that. I'm happy with my Tandem/Dexcom combo, with Tandem Control IQ. There is always room for improvement, but we've come a long way...
- 21 hours, 56 minutes ago
  
  Marty likes your comment at
  Do you use any of the following insulin pumps right now?
  I've been using the Tandem TSlim and Dexcom CGM combination since around 2014? Used Medtronic before that. I'm happy with my Tandem/Dexcom combo, with Tandem Control IQ. There is always room for improvement, but we've come a long way...
- 22 hours ago
  
  Karington Johnston likes your comment at
  Do you use any of the following insulin pumps right now?
  Using OmniPod 5 now because I love being tubeless. Once tandem is tubeless I will switch back to that system.
- 1 day, 17 hours ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I not only love the idea of a "Dead Pancreas Society,” I cannot wait to buy a shirt or sweatshirt and wear one to my next in-person endocrinology visit. (Most are zoom visits.) 😋👻😋
- 1 day, 22 hours ago
  
  John Barbuto likes your comment at
  Do any of your siblings have type 1 diabetes?
  Neither do any of my children or grandchildren.
- 1 day, 22 hours ago
  
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  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  I’m on the 780g now, so it takes care of things. So the last 24hrs I’ve been 99% TIR. With that, it’s done some micro boluses, but every day will be different depending what I ate, and how closely the carb count was
- 1 day, 22 hours ago
  
  Jneticdiabetic likes your comment at
  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  2-3. I think I've gotten in the habit of giving it a little preventative push when I see my post-prandial getting up there and relying on my C:IQ to drop my basal later if necessary. So I don't know if that's a "correction," in the standard sense, but it seems to work pretty well. Just saw my endo last week and I had 99% TIR and a 5.6 AIC.
- 2 days, 11 hours ago
  
  AmyM likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I always celebrate World Diabetes Day November 14. It's my birthday. This year, I got a 5.6 A1C for my birthday, well actually my endo appointment was the day before, but that counts. Lowest I've ever had since dx in 1983. I finally got to normal! Only took 41 years.
- 2 days, 12 hours ago
  
  Anita Stokar likes your comment at
  Have you updated your T1D devices to reflect daylight savings time?
  Tandem's software starts to complain if my pump and phone have times that are more than a minute different.
- 2 days, 12 hours ago
  
  Anita Stokar likes your comment at
  Have you updated your T1D devices to reflect daylight savings time?
  My devices are all updated, but I'm not sure if my internal clock has been reset.
- 2 days, 16 hours ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Have you updated your T1D devices to reflect daylight savings time?
  My devices are all updated, but I'm not sure if my internal clock has been reset.
- 2 days, 16 hours ago
  
  Richard Wiener likes your comment at
  Have you updated your T1D devices to reflect daylight savings time?
  My devices are all updated, but I'm not sure if my internal clock has been reset.
- 2 days, 18 hours ago
  
  Becky Hertz likes your comment at
  Have you updated your T1D devices to reflect daylight savings time?
  My devices are all updated, but I'm not sure if my internal clock has been reset.
- 3 days, 11 hours ago
  
  Carl Robertson likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  You are your own best clinician.....if your health care person doesn't support your treatment...find one that does.
- 3 days, 11 hours ago
  
  Carl Robertson likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  Listen to the juicebox podcast.
- 3 days, 17 hours ago
  
  Patricia Maddix likes your comment at
  If you’ve had extra supplies from a device that you no longer use, what did you do with them? (Check all that apply)
  Insulin Pumpers does a great job of distribing extra or unused supplies.
- 3 days, 18 hours ago
  
  Louise Robinson likes your comment at
  If you’ve had extra supplies from a device that you no longer use, what did you do with them? (Check all that apply)
  Have donated to insulinpumpers in the past, but ended up throwing away some for my old pump recently which were past their use/by date. Had kept my old pump as a back up, but, in 4 1/2 years, never actually used it that way.
- 3 days, 22 hours ago
  
  Marty likes your comment at
  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  2-3. I think I've gotten in the habit of giving it a little preventative push when I see my post-prandial getting up there and relying on my C:IQ to drop my basal later if necessary. So I don't know if that's a "correction," in the standard sense, but it seems to work pretty well. Just saw my endo last week and I had 99% TIR and a 5.6 AIC.
- 4 days, 6 hours ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I'm housebound, but my plans are to keep on keeping on.
- 4 days, 6 hours ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I wear something blue every day and wear my diabetes awareness, diabetes warrior, and 1991 World Diabetes Day pins.
- 4 days, 6 hours ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I am running 100 miles during the month of November to celebrate my physical fitness at 66 years of age and living with T1D!
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Ginger Vieira

Ginger Vieira has lived with type 1 diabetes and celiac disease since 1999 and fibromyalgia since 2014. She is an author, journalist, and coach. Her books include: Exercise with Type 1 Diabetes, Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes, Dealing with Diabetes Burnout, Emotional Eating with Diabetes, When I Go Low (for kids) and Ain't Gonna Hide My T1D! (for kids). Ginger has created endless articles and videos on diabetes for many websites, including DiabetesMine, BeyondType1, Healthline, DiabetesStrong, T1D Exchange, and more. Her background includes a Bachelor of Science in professional writing, and certifications in coaching, personal training, and Ashtanga yoga.

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The Impact of Using a CGM Within Six Months of Your T1D Diagnosis

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