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      Have you ever attended a diabetes-related conference?
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      If you miss a long-acting insulin injection, what are your next steps? Please share more in the comments.
      BAAAAAAD WORDS. Definitely the next step for sure.... After that more grumbling, cursing and eventually the decision whether or not taking the long acting THIS late is smart idea. If NOT, then a slightly heavier dose the next day of the short acting insulin seems real likely
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      If you miss a long-acting insulin injection, what are your next steps? Please share more in the comments.
      OH boy, an impossible question to answer without a lot more specific details......ie name of insulin / miss an injection completely over 24 hrs or by shorter time frame / to list a few.
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      Have you ever attended a diabetes-related conference?
      While living in San Diego, I got spoiled: TCOYD is based there and their annual flagship conference occurs there. I went every year. Among my favorite break away sessions we always the ones where we as patients got to share ideas on how Endo's could better respect us as patients. All of the vendors (pharma an device) were there - great oppo0rtunity to see hands-on the devices. An added benefit to being in San Diego, Dexcom and Tandem are based there - so having face-to-face interaction with their staff was awesome. And of course, great swag! Once I moved to Portland OR, I went to an ADA conference. AS a T1D person, I was very disappointed. I had gone with the hopes of meeting my Dexcom and Tandem rep. No device companies were there. The focus of the break away sessions were are oriented to T2D. Fortunately for me, there was was an Oregon Potters Guild show at the convention center at the same time. I bought some great artwork. Since I knew Steve Edelman (TCOYD founder), I got in touch to see what I needed to do to get a TCOYD conference in Portland. I needed to have an idea of the budget so I could also work on funding support. First thing, I wanted support (not $$) from the local ADA and JDRF. Contacted them, but they never returned my calls or emails. Very disappointed I couldn't pull it off.
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      Have you ever attended a diabetes-related conference?
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      Have you ever attended a diabetes-related conference?
      Yes, TCOYD and maybe an ADA conference. The second conference I went to in order to check out tech. Both were in the 90s.
    • 15 hours, 8 minutes ago
      Lenora Ventura likes your comment at
      Have you ever attended a diabetes-related conference?
      While living in San Diego, I got spoiled: TCOYD is based there and their annual flagship conference occurs there. I went every year. Among my favorite break away sessions we always the ones where we as patients got to share ideas on how Endo's could better respect us as patients. All of the vendors (pharma an device) were there - great oppo0rtunity to see hands-on the devices. An added benefit to being in San Diego, Dexcom and Tandem are based there - so having face-to-face interaction with their staff was awesome. And of course, great swag! Once I moved to Portland OR, I went to an ADA conference. AS a T1D person, I was very disappointed. I had gone with the hopes of meeting my Dexcom and Tandem rep. No device companies were there. The focus of the break away sessions were are oriented to T2D. Fortunately for me, there was was an Oregon Potters Guild show at the convention center at the same time. I bought some great artwork. Since I knew Steve Edelman (TCOYD founder), I got in touch to see what I needed to do to get a TCOYD conference in Portland. I needed to have an idea of the budget so I could also work on funding support. First thing, I wanted support (not $$) from the local ADA and JDRF. Contacted them, but they never returned my calls or emails. Very disappointed I couldn't pull it off.
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      Have you ever attended a diabetes-related conference?
      Before retiring I would go to our local teaching hospital/ADA conferences. They were held yearly and were a great way getting my CE's.
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      If you were diagnosed with T1D at a young age, did you feel your “lows” right away? If you remember, please share more in the comments.
      Other: I was not diagnosed with T1D at a young age.
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      Before you chose an insulin pump, did you do a “saline trial” (a pump filled with saline instead of insulin)?
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      If you were diagnosed with T1D at a young age, did you feel your “lows” right away? If you remember, please share more in the comments.
      I felt my lows when I was younger. Now after 45+ years with type 1 I feel a bit of “blurry brain function” when below 50. Thankful for CGM alerts!
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      If you were diagnosed with T1D at a young age, did you feel your “lows” right away? If you remember, please share more in the comments.
      I was diagnosed at age 29. Is that considered "young"?
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      Yes 74 years ago. Yes today intensely. I am one of the small percentage of folks who, instead of experiencing hypoglycemia unawareness, feels it with even more almost acute intensity today. I guess sometime the nerves go the other direction?!? 🐦‍🔥
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      The "target" is set for 100 (the lowest option with Medtronic), my alarms are 70-130. With the algorithm it's interesting with a basal that rises and falls (and the "auto-bolus") according to levels and dosing, thus my alarms (down to 2% lows this way). But... There's another setting offering different target range, I have it set 70-90 for now. Only been a few weeks so interesting to see how it goes.
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      On my Omnipod, both the high and the low are set at 110, the lowest it will allow. My preferred target rang is 70 to 120.
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      If you were diagnosed with T1D at a young age, did you feel your “lows” right away? If you remember, please share more in the comments.
      Diagnosed in 1951 when I was 6 years old. I would feel terrible when glucose went low, but did not know what was wrong.
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      If you were diagnosed with T1D at a young age, did you feel your “lows” right away? If you remember, please share more in the comments.
      Missing answer is “I felt them early in, but not it can be hard at times to physically see a low.”
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      To me... (a1C has been as low as 5.2, now near 6.0 with a lot less lows). Discuss with your doc goals, read the DCCT trials (determined "multiple injections" were more beneficial than 1 or 2 shots a day (mixed). Than up to your own confidence with insulin: -how your body reacts (after dosed I notice in 30-35 minutes) it's different for everyone -confidence with understanding the glycemic scale for food (some reach the blood stream quicker, some slower) -your health-as I grow up may not hear a low alarm as quick, nor be able to react as well -and tools... I'm confident with my CGM, alarms, understanding my insulin pump A tighter or lower target can lower a1C, wasn't worth my lows. But an a1C a little closer to non-diabetic can offer a little more prevention against the damage from diabetes. We're doing this to get as old a we can and be as healthy as we can (not necessarily a brag about numbers)---read a definition of heath is to be as far from death as possible. I think that changes...
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      110, which is as low as omnipod 5 allows. If I could change it, it would be 90-100.
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      If you were diagnosed with T1D at a young age, did you feel your “lows” right away? If you remember, please share more in the comments.
      In 1973 when I was diagnosed the hospital policy was to force a low so you knew what they felt like. Around 2000 I became severely hypo unaware.
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      If you were diagnosed with T1D at a young age, did you feel your “lows” right away? If you remember, please share more in the comments.
      Initially, I felt lows long before they became problematic. This diminished gradually over time. Now, after 51 years, I feel nothing until BG drops to critical levels -50. Exception is when BG drops dramatically over a very short period of time.
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      Yes 74 years ago. Yes today intensely. I am one of the small percentage of folks who, instead of experiencing hypoglycemia unawareness, feels it with even more almost acute intensity today. I guess sometime the nerves go the other direction?!? 🐦‍🔥
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      My alarm range is 70 - 180.
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      If you’re on an insulin pump, what is your glucose target range?
      The whole "target" question is a mess. I think most of us here (T1D people who are proactive etc) define "target" as where we want to be after a meal or correction bolus has done it's job. Pump mfr's (and many Endo's) define "target" like they define an A1C goal: averaging 110 over time. Lots of "discussions" (notice the quotes) with my Endo about my targets (I don't accept the "standard goal" of 70-180, I prefer aiming for 70-140). So so answer today's question, my alert ranges are 70 and 120 for high (I correct if I have no IOB, but may have food on board). My target bg (post bolus) is 80-90.
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    Do you consider the glycemic index of different foods before deciding what to eat?

    Home > LC Polls > Do you consider the glycemic index of different foods before deciding what to eat?
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    22 Comments

    1. PamK

      I chose “other” because while I don’t really stop to consider the glycemic index of my foods, I eat a high fiber diet which includes alot of low glycemic foods already. I’ve been on this diet for @40 years, long before the lists of low/high glycemic foods became available.

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    2. Carol Meares

      I put yes, often but I don’t consider an actual number. I just know foods to be fast or slow or hit me hard and need more insulin. I also consider fat eaten with carbs just as another variable to consider when guesstimating insulin needs.

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    3. Nevin Bowman

      No. I eat a low amount of carbs so it doesn’t really affect me much one way or the other.

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    4. Clare Fishman

      Since I started using Loop I have been far more in tune with the nature of the carbs in a meal. When programming a bolus the food icons are labeled fast, medium, or slow indicating how quickly the food will impact blood sugar (glycemic index). Candy is 2 hours, casseroles, soups, sandwiches are 3 hours and fatty foods like meat, nuts, avocados are slow 4 hour foods.

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      1. Carol Evans

        Hi Clare, I’ve never heard this about Loop. Can you tell me more, or point me to a website that discusses these Loop food icons? (I’m on tandem pump with dexcom cgm).
        Thanks,
        Carol Evans

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      2. Denise Lyons

        Hi Carol, can’t reply directly to your post, Loop is a DIY hybrid closed loop system. It works similarly to your tandem system but it is community created. It works on iOS.

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    5. Lawrence Stearns

      Like some of the previous comments, I don’t actually use a glycemic index number. It’s all done subconsciously after many years of guesstimating carbs, speed of digestion, etc. I try to eat fresh fruits and vegetables as much as possible. But, the fatty foods mess up my digestive process more than anything.

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    6. Joan Fray

      Not so much whether to eat something as how much to eat.

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    7. Richard Vaughn

      I studies the index many times in the past, and I continue now to use it indirectly.

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    8. TomH

      I’m in the US which doesn’t require GI listing on nutrition labels. This means either a working knowledge of GIs or yet another app! Other countries, notably Australia, require posting. It would be helpful to have the info immediately available and is something manufacturers probably already have in hand.

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    9. Sahran Holiday

      Been at this for a very long time. It’s a guide not an absolute. I adjust for carbs depending whether fast or slow absorbing and acting.

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    10. cynthia jaworski

      The answers above indicate that we mostly have internalized concepts abo8t the GI of foods. After all, each one of us has known for a very long time that orange juice raises our blood sugar rapidly. And through the years , I am sure that we all learned that certain other carbs were slower or faster. So we don’t need a number define by a laboratory each time we eat.

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    11. Janis Senungetuk

      I consider it in regard to the time of the meal, past history with the food and what else is in the meal. That helps me determine how much of the food to eat.

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    12. Becky Hertz

      I never learned glycemic indices. I just know the more while our complex a food is the slower it absorbs.

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    13. Andrew Carpenter

      I don’t know what a “glycemic index” is. I count carbs and stay away from fructose and granulated sugar. No more than 75 grams of carbs per day in my bland diet…

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    14. Ernie Richmann

      Yes- especially if I am participating in strenuous activity for a longer duration- some higher glycemic foods during the activity. On more resting days- lower glycemic foods. Most times I choose whole foods which are generally lower glycemic. The more processes foods are higher glycemic and not as healthy for a variety of reasons.

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    15. Sue Martin

      Ice cream has a lower glycemic index than rice.

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    16. AnitaS

      I don’t actually look up the glycemic index for particular foods, but I will adjust how much insulin I give myself based on how particular foods affect me.

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    17. Molly Jones

      I chose other. My stomach is the one who decides and it often feels like it is based on multiple factors along with glycemic index. My appetite at times has no desire for slow digesting foods, if I’ve had too much during the last few days. I think that is my digestion in general.

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    18. MARIE

      I said other as I don’t directly consider the glycemic index as I find it misleading if used without considering overall glycemic load. However we count carbs and stick with a LCHF (low carb high fat) diet so we are indirectly considering both GI and GL.

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    19. Chris Albright

      I do consider this factor, but usually do a pretty good job of bolusing based on the GI of what I am eating. Is it always perfect….. no. But if you log those occasions of what you ate and how it effected you, you can improve on it going forward. With that said, life is easier if you meals that are low glycemic…

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    20. Cheryl Seibert

      Not exactly! I’ve been T1D 55 years and know how different foods affect by BG. Lows require fast-acting carbs. I DO consider Total Carbs along with IOB and BG level before deciding what to eat and/or deciding how to bolus (extended vs immediate).

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