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      ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
      Do you store your unopened insulin in the refrigerator?
      I keep my opened insulin in the refrigerator too. When traveling I use a FRIO evaporative pouch.
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      Do you store your unopened insulin in the refrigerator?
      Sorry. Of course I store unopened in frig. Opened in my room as I use it up in 30 days
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      Do you store your unopened insulin in the refrigerator?
      No, I keep it in the oven! ;) Same answer as the last time they asked this ridiculous question!
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      Do you store your unopened insulin in the refrigerator?
      Unopened yes, and now even opened just in case. I am getting a new health [lan (thank goodness a much better one - with better doctors and hospitals in network!) so it's worth it. But I can't get any appt - even for a PCP until September. I've been occasionally buying out of pocket insulin, pump and CGM supplies (in my mind, hoarding is a character asset for T1D people). I need to have my enough stuff to see me through, Of course, I am hoping there''s an appt cancellation.
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      Bruce Schnitzler likes your comment at
      Do you store your unopened insulin in the refrigerator?
      Unopened yes, and now even opened just in case. I am getting a new health [lan (thank goodness a much better one - with better doctors and hospitals in network!) so it's worth it. But I can't get any appt - even for a PCP until September. I've been occasionally buying out of pocket insulin, pump and CGM supplies (in my mind, hoarding is a character asset for T1D people). I need to have my enough stuff to see me through, Of course, I am hoping there''s an appt cancellation.
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      Have you ever been told you couldn’t physically do something because you live with diabetes?
      Long time ago - told there were certain occupations I would not be allowed to do because if T1D. Pilot, air traffic controller, military, etc.
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      Has someone ever told you that you can’t eat something because you live with diabetes?
      I have been told many times "YOU CAN'T EAT THAT!" ONLY to frustrate them and eat it anyway and then bolus accordingly.
    • 19 hours, 41 minutes ago
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      Has someone ever told you that you can’t eat something because you live with diabetes?
      I think it is a common experience for most people with T1D. People do not understand anything about it. I do not take it personally. I try to educate when appropriate.
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      Has someone ever told you that you can’t eat something because you live with diabetes?
      Lol hell when haven't they. Lol
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      Being 4 years of age, I think I can be forgiven for not knowing much of anything at all. That was 3 quarters of a century ago. ⎛⎝( ` ᢍ ´ )⎠⎞
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      I was only 2 when Diagnosed 70 years ago. My small town doctor admitted he didn't know much about T1D, and fortune for my parents and I he called what is now Joslin Clinic, and they told him how much insulin to give me. He taught my parents, who then traveled over 350 miles to Boston, to learn about how to manage T1D. My doctor learned more about T1D, and was able to help 2 other young men, that were later DX with T1D in our small town. I went to Joslin until I turned 18 and returned to become a Joslin Medalist and participated in the research study, 20 years ago. Still go there for some care.
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      I was 7 when things changed in my home. My older brother was hospitalized for 2 weeks. When he came home, we no longer ate the way we had before. This was 1956. Dessert alternated between sugarless pudding or sugarless Jello. I learned that bread and potatoes had carbohydrates and that turned to sugar. There was a jar in the bathroom. It seemed my brother was testing his urine every time he went in there. There was a burner and pot on the stove designated for boiling syringes. I watched my brother give himself shots and I remember how hard it was to find someone to manage his care if my parents had to travel. Diabetic Forecast magazine came in the mail each month and there were meetings of the local diabetes association that my mother attended religiously. My brother got a kidney and pancreas transplant at age 60 and before he died lived for 5 years as a non-diabetic. A few years later I was diagnosed. Sorry he was not able to make use of today’s technology. I often wonder what he and my late parents would think about me, at age 66, being the only one in the family with type 1.
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      Being 4 years of age, I think I can be forgiven for not knowing much of anything at all. That was 3 quarters of a century ago. ⎛⎝( ` ᢍ ´ )⎠⎞
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      My brother was type 1 since an early age. I was only diagnosed in my late 40s
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      Absolutely nothing. Diagnosed in late December 1962 at at the age of 8 years and was told I was going for a stay in hospital because I have "sugar diabetes".
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      Being 4 years of age, I think I can be forgiven for not knowing much of anything at all. That was 3 quarters of a century ago. ⎛⎝( ` ᢍ ´ )⎠⎞
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      I was diagnosed in 1976 at the age of 18 while in college. One weekend, I was drinking a lot of water and peeing frequently. I remembered having read a Reader's Digest article on diabetes, and I told my friends I thought I might have it. Two days later, the diagnosis was confirmed.
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      Absolutely nothing. Diagnosed in late December 1962 at at the age of 8 years and was told I was going for a stay in hospital because I have "sugar diabetes".
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      I knew I couldn’t or shouldn’t have my two fav things in the world: Pepsi cola and chocolate. I was 42, and suspected very strongly that I had it, and ate a large piece of chocolate cake before my doctor’s appointment (sounds more like I was 12). Fast forward 25 years later: I never had a real cola again, but do occasionally have chocolate. I’m way healthier than I was back then in terms of diet. I no longer have irritable bowel, and I’m lucky to be able to afford what I need to combat the ill effects of this chronic disease. I’m blessed, and grateful for insulin.
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      It was 35 years ago for me. I had no experience with T1d. I was starting to show symptoms and my sister-in-law quickly researched T1d and told me what she found. I went to my GP a week or two later. My BG was over 600. He sent me to the hospital right away. Blood test confirmed it.
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      How much did you know about type 1 diabetes before you were diagnosed?
      I only knew a little . That is why I give grace to others who do not know anything or have misconceptions.
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    Do you have any of the following autoimmune diseases in addition to T1D? Select all that apply.

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    Sarah Howard

    Sarah Howard has worked in the diabetes research field 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 Marketing Manager at T1D Exchange.

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    29 Comments

    1. Daniel Smith

      While I don’t have anything yet, I am always concerned about thyroid stuff. Anxiety and hyperthyroid can feel similar to me. I just keep getting that blood work checked and it’s the number one reason I see my endo every 3 to 4 months.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. Yaffa Steubinger

      In addition to Hashimoto’s and T1, I have pernicious anemia and autoimmune hepatitis.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    3. Julie Akawie

      Where is the option for “None”? I answered N/A, even though as a person with T1D the question is, in fact, applicable.

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      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. ConnieT1D62

      T1D Exchange has asked this question before. For those of us who have answered it in previous QOTD surveys, does it skew the outcome data? Or not?

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      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Rebecca Lambert

      Hemalytic anemia and vitiligo in addition to type 1 and Graves. Diagnosed with Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome.

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      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. connie ker

      There should have been an option that said “NO” so I checked N/A.

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      4 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Joan McGinnis

        ditto

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        4 years ago Log in to Reply
    7. Tina Roberts

      N/A. Not sure yet. Seeing a rheumatologist in September.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    8. Denise Lyons

      I was diagnosed with vitiligo more than 10 years prior to my T1D diagnosis. Just diagnosed with T1D last year.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Kristine Warmecke

      I have Moyamoya Disease. It’s thought it maybe autoimmune, no one wants to do research on it though, because it’s it not a money maker.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. Steve Gold

      I have Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. rick phillips

      I am a 3-time winner. T1D – RA – AS

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    12. Henry Renn

      T1 65 yrs: other autoimmune diseases – Vitiligo 30 yrs, Unknown Autoimmune Disease 21 yrs.,

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    13. Pauline M Reynolds

      In addition to Type I, enteropathic arthritis (I marked Crohn’s and rheumatoid arthritis), Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, I also have seborheic dermatitis. Don’t know if that’s autoimmune.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    14. Stacia Wohlford

      Not sure if this counts, but I have hypothyroidism.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. AnitaS

        Stacia, yes it does—under the thyroid disease category. I have that too. Never heard it called Hashimoto by any of my doctors, but I believe Hashimoto is a type of low thyroid.

        4 years ago Log in to Reply
    15. Wayne Rybak

      Vitiligo Skin Disease
      Pyronines Disease

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    16. Maurine Bowser

      Pernicious anemia- I get B-12 injections monthly.

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      4 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. lis be

        me too, just diagnosed. Autoimmune atrophic gastritis. Need B-12 injections

        4 years ago Log in to Reply
      2. Stang777

        I also have pernicious anemia. Was diagnosed with it close to 25 years before getting type 1.

        4 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Molly Jones

      I have Hashimoto’s as does every member of my mother’s family.
      I also have extremely high GAD 65 antibodies (above 25,000) which causes some if not all of my epileptic seizures.

      I assume GAD 65 antibodies were the cause of all of my autoimmune problems as a few years after a vitamin b deficiency, epilepsy happened, then thyroid, then T1D.
      I will be grateful not to gain many more of the autoimmune conditions my mother’s family has.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    18. PamK

      Was diagnosed with UC @15 years ago. Very stressful time in my life, which is what I think caused it. My doctor thinks if’s because of my diabetes (over 50 years). Psoriasis just diagnosed in the past 6 months.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Becky Cain

        I was diagnosed with lymphocytic colitis which is autoimmune.

        4 years ago Log in to Reply
    19. Wanacure

      Mild skin cancer. Once a year for past 3 years at least one small melanoma has been surgically removed using local anesthetic in a doctor’s office. For past two years they’ve been removed by dermatology specialist. No big deal. Cancer is an auto-immune disease. Why didn’t you include it? Also just this year an endoscopy revealed celiac disease. Since I’m already on a low carb diet, and do not pasta, bread or grains the diagnosis made no difference in my life except maybe to explain an anomalous factor in past lab tests.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    20. Bonnie Lundblom

      Thyroid disease and vitiligo, both diagnosed within a few years after my T1D.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    21. T1D5/1971

      T1 – 50 years ago. First misdiagnosed as a UTI.
      Hashimoto’s – 25 years ago. This one was diagnosed correctly.
      Seronegative Inflammatory arthritis – 10 years ago. Diagnosed as RA, but questioned by more than one specialist. May be psoriatic.
      Possible pustular psoriasis – awaiting specialist confirmation. Misdiagnosed as folliculits.
      Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (most likely another autoimmune disease) – more than 10 years. Misdiagnosed as vitiligo.
      Can’t get the auto-antibody testing that’s recommended every 2 years for those of us with Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome. My doctors know nothing about this condition, including my primary care doc and multiple specialists – and can’t be bothered to learn. There could well be more as yet undiagnosed autoimmune issues going on.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    22. Jena Benoit

      T1D (for 7 years), Hypothyroidism (for 2 years), POTS (which some consider to be autoimmune, for 15 years)

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    23. persevereT1D52

      I seem to be diagnosed with a new autoimmune disease regularly. Most significant being CIDP chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Another is burning mouth syndrome which has a surprising effect on my quality of life. Several skin conditions which effect the use of the pump and cgm

      4 years ago Log in to Reply
    24. Becky Cain

      I have Sjogren’s which is autoimmune and also lymphocytic colitis which is different from ulcerative colitis. Lymphocytic is autoimmune.

      4 years ago Log in to Reply

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