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      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      shortly after I was diagnosed at age 43, went on a date with a T1D who had had it forever. she criticized what I ate, how much insulin I was taking for it (MDI) and when I ordered a Corona, I thought that her head would explode! needless to say there was no second date.
    • 12 hours, 27 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I answered NO, but on reflection, I'm not certain that is correct. Of the many girls/women I dated in the 1950s and early 1960s, the only one I ever told that I have diabetes [Type One naming didn't exist for another 40 years] is the woman to whom I've been married for an eternity. And not one of my many dates told me that she has/had diabetes [of any of the many kinds].
    • 12 hours, 29 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      At the time we dated and were married my wife was not diabetic. She was diagnosed as T1D during/after her first pregnancy. We shared T1D through the next 37 years and a second pregnancy!
    • 13 hours, 34 minutes ago
      Ahh Life likes your comment at
      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I answered NO, but on reflection, I'm not certain that is correct. Of the many girls/women I dated in the 1950s and early 1960s, the only one I ever told that I have diabetes [Type One naming didn't exist for another 40 years] is the woman to whom I've been married for an eternity. And not one of my many dates told me that she has/had diabetes [of any of the many kinds].
    • 1 day, 4 hours ago
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      I usually bring up new options and then we discuss the pros and cons.
    • 1 day, 5 hours ago
      Ahh Life likes your comment at
      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      I put "Never" because I'm 85 and stable. Why change a good thing?
    • 1 day, 5 hours ago
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      Ten years ago when I first started seeing her I asked her to work with me as an equal partner in all treatment decisions. She agreed and made a definite effort at every appointment to maintain that commitment. That was a decade ago. Healthcare has changed dramatically along with her caseload. At my 90 day appointment next week I hope she will have the uninterrupted time to allow for an actual pro/con discussion on several issues.
    • 1 day, 5 hours ago
      Ahh Life likes your comment at
      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      the best one was when he recommended a CGM (Libre 2) for the first time. I said to him, "am I gonna scan myself like a can of peaches at the supermarket"? he got a laugh out of that one
    • 1 day, 5 hours ago
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      Have you ever been hospitalized for a type 1 diabetes-related issue? Please share more in the comments.
      I said “No.” Perhaps I’m the luckiest person alive since I’ve navigated the diabetic road for 74 years. Have never had DKA, although symptomatic twice. Have had numerous hypoglycemic affairs, but no hospitalizations. I am also a bit determined. They may hospitalize me for dementia or other old age conditions. But not for T1D. ✨.•*¨*.¸.•*¨*.¸¸.•*¨`*• ¨*.¸.•*¨`*. ¸.•*¨*.¸¸.•*¨`*•.✨
    • 1 day, 7 hours ago
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      Ten years ago when I first started seeing her I asked her to work with me as an equal partner in all treatment decisions. She agreed and made a definite effort at every appointment to maintain that commitment. That was a decade ago. Healthcare has changed dramatically along with her caseload. At my 90 day appointment next week I hope she will have the uninterrupted time to allow for an actual pro/con discussion on several issues.
    • 1 day, 7 hours ago
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      My first one always pushed me towards new tech, letting me try it and then letting me decide. When I moved from Baltimore, a better place to be sick besides NYC you probably can’t find, to Florida, I asked for an Endo recommendation. He suggested USF but that’s a 45 min drive from me, on a good traffic day. So this one is convenient but he is more interested in not being inconvenienced. We got into it the last time I was there and were pretty honest with each other and he told me my insurance was the major problem. I have Medicare and a gap, like I’m not going to use that…I paid for it! Medicare is good paying for most things but you have to fight with them to get even normal prescriptions filled, here at least. So, to drone on, we’ve cleared the air and he and his staff have worked hard this past 3 months to get me what I need. I’m grateful for that. It’s not easy being a doc.
    • 1 day, 7 hours ago
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      To paraphrase a famous Ernest Hemingway line, it would be pretty to think so. 🧠
    • 1 day, 8 hours ago
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      Do you check your blood glucose before driving a car?
      Kind of a bad question, “check” means what, CGM and meter both are used to “check” BG, so it would appear that 60%+ “check”. Maybe it should have been, “How do you check BG before driving?” To get a more specific assessment of the BG checking task.
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      She recommended having the latest incarnation of Glucagon on hand and Lantus pens in case I have a pump problem.
    • 1 day, 11 hours ago
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      I am usually the one who asks about new tech. Or I explain the new tech that I am using to my endo.
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      To paraphrase a famous Ernest Hemingway line, it would be pretty to think so. 🧠
    • 1 day, 12 hours ago
      Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      the best one was when he recommended a CGM (Libre 2) for the first time. I said to him, "am I gonna scan myself like a can of peaches at the supermarket"? he got a laugh out of that one
    • 1 day, 12 hours ago
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      I think I stay more up-to-date than my doc on what’s available for T1 treatment, but then I’m retired, have more time and more stake in the result than my doc does; further, he has to stay up-to-date on numerous other conditions/treatments, though an argument is true, it is his job. We still discuss settings/treatments/new offerings/changes in formulary of insurance coverage at each appointment a few times a year to go over blood work, update scripts, and check current treatments.
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      Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      I usually bring up new options and then we discuss the pros and cons.
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      I think I stay more up-to-date than my doc on what’s available for T1 treatment, but then I’m retired, have more time and more stake in the result than my doc does; further, he has to stay up-to-date on numerous other conditions/treatments, though an argument is true, it is his job. We still discuss settings/treatments/new offerings/changes in formulary of insurance coverage at each appointment a few times a year to go over blood work, update scripts, and check current treatments.
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      Does your T1D provider suggest new offerings (tech, medications, etc.) they think would be beneficial during your appointments?
      I usually bring up new options and then we discuss the pros and cons.
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      I am usually the one who asks about new tech. Or I explain the new tech that I am using to my endo.
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      My first one always pushed me towards new tech, letting me try it and then letting me decide. When I moved from Baltimore, a better place to be sick besides NYC you probably can’t find, to Florida, I asked for an Endo recommendation. He suggested USF but that’s a 45 min drive from me, on a good traffic day. So this one is convenient but he is more interested in not being inconvenienced. We got into it the last time I was there and were pretty honest with each other and he told me my insurance was the major problem. I have Medicare and a gap, like I’m not going to use that…I paid for it! Medicare is good paying for most things but you have to fight with them to get even normal prescriptions filled, here at least. So, to drone on, we’ve cleared the air and he and his staff have worked hard this past 3 months to get me what I need. I’m grateful for that. It’s not easy being a doc.
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    Do you have any programmed diabetes-related “reminders” on your phone or other technology? For example, a reminder to take your long-acting insulin every night at 10 p.m., or a reminder to bolus every day at 1 p.m.?

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    29 Comments

    1. Ahh Life

      Yes. I use that great invention by Ts’ai Lun, a Chinese court official–a technology called paper. Reminds me when 3 days are gone for pump & 10 days for sensor. 🕺

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    2. Lawrence S.

      No. I use the Tandem X2, Control IQ system with the Dexcom G6 sensor. The sensor and pump do all of the work. I just have to remember to take my insulin bolus before I eat meals. Nice system 🙂

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    3. Nevin Bowman

      My pump reminds me to change sites.

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    4. Ginger Vieira

      I would definitely forget to take my once-weekly injection Ozempic if my Amazon Echo didn’t announce it every Sunday night. “Ginger, this is your reminder. Take Ozempic.” It’s critical! :p

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    5. KIMBERELY SMITH

      Yes

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. Janice B

      0n my Google calendar I have a reminder every 3 days to change pump site and a reminder every 10 days to change Dexcom. Then I have reorder supply reminders every 3 months.

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    7. Sherolyn Newell

      I like to change pods at around 5:30pm, so on that day I will set an alarm. Otherwise, time gets away from me and I get off schedule.

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    8. Kathleen Juzenas

      Yes: a reminder every 10 days that my CGM expires

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    9. Marty

      I have set, cartridge, and sensor change reminders on my laptop Calendar with alerts in addition to the reminders that come from my pump and the Dexcom app on my phone. I also have reminders every 90 days to check on insulin and supplies refills, which are supposed to happen automatically but don’t always. My Calendar also reminds me to make and keep appointments for routine care like labs and annual eye exams. I need all the help I can get keeping track of things!

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      1. TEH

        90 day event reminder is a great idea! Thanks for the idea! My sensors and pump supplies come at different times.

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. Dennis Dacey

      I allow the two diabetes management devices I wear, t-Slim x2 and Dexcom G6 provide all relevant reminders.
      Tandem built-in reminder system alone is sufficient, providing: G6 expiry countdown [better than Dexcom], site change reminder, reminder if I don’t take a bolus within an hour after “usual” meal-time.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. Grey Gray

      I have a rise alert on double arrows… that reminds me I forgot to bolus for my carbs. I have alert b4 low alarms that remind me I need to eat. Goin on 40 years with T1D it’s not like I don’t know but I don’t feel the lows till their pretty bad now. And I lost my appetite years ago.

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    12. Jim Andrews

      I do physical labor during the day which requires a zero basal profile. I have a reninder to turn my “normal” back on.

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    13. Mike S

      I mark every 10 days for the Dexcom in my calendar so that if I make a plan for that day, I’ll remember to take the new one with me. (I always have a backup omnipod on me, but the Dex is just too bulky to cart around)

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      1. TEH

        I do that too. I also have a recurring calandar reminder for cartridge/infusion sets for every 2 1/2 days.
        Then adjust it and future entries depending on exactly when i do change.

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      2. Gerald Oefelein

        I use Google calendar to remind me of site changes (3 days) and sensor changes (10 days).

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    14. Shelly Smith

      As others have mentioned, my pump does the reminding. The only other part of technology I use for such things is that my pharmacy sends me a text when its time to refill my scripts.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    15. Laura G

      The only time I use a phone alarm is to remind me to deactivate daytime “sleep” or “exercise” mode on my Tandem control IQ. Those modes can’t easily be set to last for a select number of hours, so a phone alarm is my hack for remembering to turn them off… Important!

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    16. Tere North

      I sure used to! Before I got my pump I had 5 alarms each day centered around needing to each since the crossover of long/short insulin was always a problem.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Bob Durstenfeld

      My only reminders are from my Dexcom Continuous Glucose monitor and that is plenty.

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    18. AnitaS

      My pump and CGM will remind me that my insulin has gotten to a low level and also that my CGM sensor or transmitter is about to expire.

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    19. Lori Lehnen

      When I was on Lantus, I had an alarm on my phone set for 7 am to remind me to take it. Now I use Tresiba for basal which is more forgiving if I’m a little early or late with my dosage, so I’ve removed the electronic reminders and just take it when I wake up.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    20. Kelly Wilhelm

      I started setting a daily reminder to check my settings because I often turn off my alarms when I am in meetings, etc. and forget to turn them back on

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    21. Cheryl Weaver

      I wear an insulin pump and my blood sugars are checked every 5 minutes by Dexcom.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    22. Jeff Balbirnie

      Save for the rawest, brad new diabetics, given the time periods long-acting insulins now cover why would such a reminder(s) be necessary? The entire purpose of modern insulins is complete and total flexibility rather than adherence to rigid schedule(s)???

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    23. Mick Martin

      The regular reminder is set on my pump, a Medtronic 780G, to tell me when I’m due to change my infusion set. (I don’t possess a phone, so I can’t set reminders on that. lol.)

      Pumps work using fast-acting or rapid-acting insulins, so I have no need to have a reminder about taking long-acting insulin.

      I currently have 6 different basal settings that change within a 24 hour period, and should my blood glucose levels ‘stray’ outside of the range that I’ve programmed my pump to ‘stick to’ it does it’s best, using its inbuilt algorithm to maintain those levels.

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    24. Wanacure

      I note on paper calendar when I can expect to change sensor. I write starting dates of new insulin vials there also.

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    25. T1D4LongTime

      My insulin pump alerts me of highs and lows as well as delivers insulin when needed, so no need to set any other alarms

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    26. Velika Peterson

      I set alarms to check bg in the middle of the night if my daughter’s sensor isn’t working well and sometimes when her Dexcom is warming up. Also, sometimes I set alarms for when she can eat after a prebolus, because sometimes we get carried away and she can crash.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply

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