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- 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
  
  Lee Tincher likes your comment at
  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  I oftentimes give myself a little insulin for when I go unplugged while changing pods, depending on what my current sensor reading is.
- 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
  
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  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  Always, until I began to increase the "cannula fill" amount. I found I need a good bit more than the (1.3u) to "prime the site" to have the next blood sugars be in goal. Just remember "every body is different". Darn than OmniPod does not let you change that amount, have to use "fake carbs". Something to consider.....
- 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
  
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  How well do you understand the details of your health insurance coverage?
  At the risk of being overly simplistic, it boils down to: "Heads, you lose. Tails, You lose." ╰── ──╮
- 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
  
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  How well do you understand the details of your health insurance coverage?
  They change all the time. Generally not in a direction to improve my health, but to increase the money in their wallet.
- 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
  
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  How well do you understand the details of your health insurance coverage?
  "Slightly," I think, maybe. Insurance companies change their policies, constantly. Prescription coverage changes every time I look at it. Medicare is a huge question mark. Honestly, Health insurance has become a big money making business, for them. I get different answers every time I call, depending upon whom I am talking with. I say it's time for socialized medicine.
- 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
  
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  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  Sometimes, which makes sense to me. It seems like it takes a while til the new insulin is absorbed.
- 7 hours, 8 minutes ago
  
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  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  **cannula
- 13 hours, 26 minutes ago
  
  Kathleen Juzenas likes your comment at
  If you use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), where do you prefer to view your CGM readings?
  I find a using the T-Connect app I have the main features needed, CMG, bolus, battery level and remaining insulin.
- 14 hours, 18 minutes ago
  
  Kathy Hanavan likes your comment at
  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  There are certain areas on my body where the insulin is more effective than others.
- 17 hours, 20 minutes ago
  
  TEH likes your comment at
  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  There are certain areas on my body where the insulin is more effective than others.
- 17 hours, 20 minutes ago
  
  TEH likes your comment at
  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  Sometimes, which makes sense to me. It seems like it takes a while til the new insulin is absorbed.
- 17 hours, 28 minutes ago
  
  atr likes your comment at
  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  There are certain areas on my body where the insulin is more effective than others.
- 17 hours, 30 minutes ago
  
  atr likes your comment at
  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  Usually the opposite. Fresh insulin sometimes sends me low.
- 17 hours, 43 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  If you use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), where do you prefer to view your CGM readings?
  Mostly pump because I want to quickly see insulin on board. Tandem on IPhone when holding my great-niece while she sleeps since getting my pump out of my pocket always wakes her ☺️. Dexcom app if not in need of insulin.
- 17 hours, 43 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  If you use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), where do you prefer to view your CGM readings?
  usually the pump; sometimes my phone.
- 17 hours, 43 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  If you use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), where do you prefer to view your CGM readings?
  My pump (Tandem X2). Since I have to carry a work phone close to 247, I don't want to deal with two phones (device overload!). As I go about my day, looking at my pump meets my needs, I can decide to bolus etc - and edit the bolus. For more in depth data review and analysis, I use the TConnect.
- 17 hours, 43 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  If you use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), where do you prefer to view your CGM readings?
  I read it from my pump.
- 17 hours, 43 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  If you use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), where do you prefer to view your CGM readings?
  On my insulin pump
- 17 hours, 43 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  If you use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), where do you prefer to view your CGM readings?
  My pump. Keep it simple.
- 17 hours, 46 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  How well do you understand the details of your health insurance coverage?
  Do you realize what you have just said: "Obscurantism, gobbledegook, and pointillism used not as an art form but as a 'Gotcha!' of legal/financial determinism?"
- 17 hours, 47 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  How well do you understand the details of your health insurance coverage?
  How much of this is intentionally misleading? My mail order prescription service says that can’t possibly know the cost of a medication until after it’s been shipped, which is too late to cancel or return, of course, and makes it impossible to comparison shop.
- 17 hours, 49 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  How well do you understand the details of your health insurance coverage?
  I have an MA in writing and lit, but gobbledegook is gobbledegook. The fancy term is obscurantism.
- 17 hours, 50 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  How well do you understand the details of your health insurance coverage?
  They change all the time. Generally not in a direction to improve my health, but to increase the money in their wallet.
- 18 hours, 4 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  When you change your insulin pump site, do you tend to notice a spike in your blood glucose levels afterward?
  Usually the opposite. Fresh insulin sometimes sends me low.
- 1 day, 15 hours ago
  
  Sarah Berry likes your comment at
  If you use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), where do you prefer to view your CGM readings?
  My pump
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Jewels Doskicz

Jewels Doskicz is a registered nurse with 22 years of clinical experience and a freelance medical editor, writer, and consultant. Living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) alongside her daughter, Jewels brings both professional expertise and personal insight to her work. She is passionate about empowering others with practical knowledge and actionable tools for living healthier, more informed lives.