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    • 8 hours ago
      ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
      When did you bolus for your most recent meal? If you bolused multiple times for your last meal, please select all that apply.
      I usually bolus for breakfast right at the time I start eating. But I prefer to bolus 15 minutes before. Better results. But I always forget.
    • 9 hours, 56 minutes ago
      KarenM6 likes your comment at
      When did you bolus for your most recent meal? If you bolused multiple times for your last meal, please select all that apply.
      I said 15-30, but it may have been more than 30. I wasn't watching the clock this morning. I just checked my pump bolus history. It was about 30 minutes. I need to bolus early in the morning because my blood sugars shoot up high after breakfast. Bolusing sooner seems to help keep my BG from going off the charts. But, if I bolus too soon, I have serious low BG's. It's all an art ... and luck.
    • 9 hours, 58 minutes ago
      KarenM6 likes your comment at
      When did you bolus for your most recent meal? If you bolused multiple times for your last meal, please select all that apply.
      I am able to pr bolus for Breakfast and dinner as I am at home. I never know when I am going to eat at work so bolus is at start of meal.
    • 12 hours, 49 minutes ago
      Mick Martin likes your comment at
      When did you bolus for your most recent meal? If you bolused multiple times for your last meal, please select all that apply.
      Question is misleading until type of insulin is understood. I said 15 because I use Fiasp insulin.
    • 13 hours, 5 minutes ago
      Kris Sykes-David likes your comment at
      When did you bolus for your most recent meal? If you bolused multiple times for your last meal, please select all that apply.
      I said 15-30, but it may have been more than 30. I wasn't watching the clock this morning. I just checked my pump bolus history. It was about 30 minutes. I need to bolus early in the morning because my blood sugars shoot up high after breakfast. Bolusing sooner seems to help keep my BG from going off the charts. But, if I bolus too soon, I have serious low BG's. It's all an art ... and luck.
    • 14 hours, 2 minutes ago
      Ernie Richmann likes your comment at
      When did you bolus for your most recent meal? If you bolused multiple times for your last meal, please select all that apply.
      I said 15-30, but it may have been more than 30. I wasn't watching the clock this morning. I just checked my pump bolus history. It was about 30 minutes. I need to bolus early in the morning because my blood sugars shoot up high after breakfast. Bolusing sooner seems to help keep my BG from going off the charts. But, if I bolus too soon, I have serious low BG's. It's all an art ... and luck.
    • 14 hours, 23 minutes ago
      Robin Melen likes your comment at
      When did you bolus for your most recent meal? If you bolused multiple times for your last meal, please select all that apply.
      My most recent meal was breakfast and, during the work week, I am far better at bolusing ahead of time. The rest of my meals in the day though end up receiving the bolus as I start eating or part at the start and more later on (depending on what I am eating and whether I know how much I'll eat.)
    • 1 day, 9 hours ago
      KarenM6 likes your comment at
      Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
      Insulin, meters, diabetic tech are not magic wands. Its usage does not guarantee only "positive" results. Negative events can and do occur, period. Non -D- typically (incorrectly) equate negative events as being total user failure, severe user errors. As diabetics we get blamed, despite having made zero mistakes on our part. We make seriously educated best guesses, despite that truth, we can and do fail anyway sometimes! Outsiders falsely need to believe inulin, our tech are complete-total cures, rather than tiny bandages at best. When confronted for using (sic. my) "drugs" in public, no matter how invisibly done... it is their self righteousness , poor assessment which is the issue. I gladly squash such insects...
    • 1 day, 14 hours ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you use an insulin pump that comes with a clip, how often do you have your pump clip attached to your pump?
      The more important question is 'how well does the clip work'. For me, the Medtronic clip worked very well, but the Tandem clip is quite ineffective and the pump falls off my belt during things like yard work or other bending movements.
    • 1 day, 14 hours ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you use an insulin pump that comes with a clip, how often do you have your pump clip attached to your pump?
      I answered never. I always use a clip -- I wear my t:slim x2 on my belt -- but not the Tandem clip. I use the black t:Holster Rotating Belt Clip. Very pleased.
    • 1 day, 14 hours ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you use an insulin pump that comes with a clip, how often do you have your pump clip attached to your pump?
      I am rough on pumps and use a Tandem X2 but dont use the Tandem clip/holster. I use a neoprene case and a pouch with a metal clip. Thenmetal clip is uncomfortable while I sleep. Looking for a different solution for wearing my pump at night.
    • 2 days, 10 hours ago
      Wanacure likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I answered that nobody wants to be screened, but I was answering based on my immediate family. I did let my deceased type-1 diabetic cousin's 35 year old son know he can be tested for his likelihood of becoming type-1 diabetic. He said he may be tested as he was always curious if he had a chance.
    • 2 days, 10 hours ago
      Wanacure likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I have T1, and when my oldest grandson got T1, the other 3 grandkids got screened. The grandson who's the brother of the one with T1, showed a strong possibility of being a future T1 diabetic. It sadly came true about a year later.
    • 2 days, 11 hours ago
      Wanacure likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I have LADA, and the idea of screening has not come up, either by me or my adult children. I guess I need to present the opportunity to them so they can make the decision.
    • 2 days, 11 hours ago
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      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
    • 2 days, 14 hours ago
      Samantha Walsh likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I was born in 1939 and had many childhood illnesses. Three different kinds of measles and tonsils removed before I was 5 years old, then mumps and chickenpox when I was 5. While recovering from the mumps and chickenpox, I began showing the symptoms of very high blood sugar. Three doctors examined me and they were not able to make a diagnosis. I had lost much weight, and I had stopped eating. I did not have an appetite. It was almost impossible for me to walk. A fourth doctor had my blood tested and he made the diagnosis. While receiving pork insulin I finally began to recover a few days after my sixth birthday. I did not have ant relatives with diabetes. I think the childhood diseases caused internal damage and that was the cause of my diabetes. At the present time there are still no type one diabetics among my relatives. I do not believe it is necessary for my children and grandchildren to be screened for T1D autoantibodies.
    • 3 days, 9 hours ago
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      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
    • 3 days, 11 hours ago
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      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
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      Kate Kuhn likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
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      Karen DeVeaux likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I was born in 1939 and had many childhood illnesses. Three different kinds of measles and tonsils removed before I was 5 years old, then mumps and chickenpox when I was 5. While recovering from the mumps and chickenpox, I began showing the symptoms of very high blood sugar. Three doctors examined me and they were not able to make a diagnosis. I had lost much weight, and I had stopped eating. I did not have an appetite. It was almost impossible for me to walk. A fourth doctor had my blood tested and he made the diagnosis. While receiving pork insulin I finally began to recover a few days after my sixth birthday. I did not have ant relatives with diabetes. I think the childhood diseases caused internal damage and that was the cause of my diabetes. At the present time there are still no type one diabetics among my relatives. I do not believe it is necessary for my children and grandchildren to be screened for T1D autoantibodies.
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      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
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      Have you ever participated in a charity fundraising event that benefitted a diabetes organization (i.e., a walk, marathon, gala, etc.)?
      I have led a team for the JDRF OneWalk annually since the late 1990's. We have been able to raise a lot of funds for JDRF...and I have enjoyed doing it. Good cause!
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      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      my siblings & parents are older (like me) and they've never expressed any interest in getting tested. my nieces and nephews have never said anything either
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      I participated in several ADA walks not long after being Dx with T1D. As Ahh Life points out large $ are rased, but where do they go? I stopped supporting ADA for that reason. I think JDF is much more open on where the funding goes.
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    Do you think your (or your child’s) performance in school was affected by T1D?

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    Sarah Howard

    Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community 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 Manager of Marketing at T1D Exchange. Sarah and her husband live in NYC with their cat Gracie. In her spare time, she enjoys doing comedy, taking dance classes, visiting art museums, and exploring different neighborhoods in NYC.

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    29 Comments

    1. GLORIA MILLER

      The kids that I knew who developed diabetes when young were all excellent students.

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    2. Christine Gran

      High blood sugars causes my child migraines and he has missed numerous days of school due to that.

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    3. Kristine Warmecke

      At times, yes my performance was affected. While in grade school urine testing was all that was available. So knowing where one’s blood sugar level was unheard of.

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    4. Jeff Balbirnie

      Net to my knowledge, T1D had zero known effect(s) re: my academic performance directly. Hospitalized/more I’ll from XYZ due to diabetes occasionally, but causal to academic issues never, not once

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    5. AnitaS

      I am not sure. It possibly could have as I went to school with diabetes from third grade through 12th grade without the benefit of blood sugar monitoring. In college is when blood glucose meters came into play for me. There were times my sugar level went low during class so maybe I couldn’t concentrate as well at those times?

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    6. Ahh Life

      I am compelled to say, no, since I have known no other life. 18 years of school plus kindergarten. I, like so many other people, got my real education after I got out of school. You know, the place where they give the test first and the lesson afterwards. ︡⚈ ︵⚈︠

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    7. kflying1@yahoo.com

      My kid’s were all out of school when I was first diagnosed as being diabetic. All are now have been diagnosed as being pre-diabetic. 3 with PCOS (and 1 miracle grandson!)

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    8. pru barry

      I don’t think it affected me academically, but this shy kid entered high school with the shame of someone like a drug addict. Letting anyone know I lived on daily injections felt mortifying. So much better being an adult, and knowing all that horror is behind me. Times have changed for the better :^} !

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    9. Jneticdiabetic

      Diagnosed in college. Succeeded despite the challenges T1D and being on NPH insulin sometimes posed. Highs sometimes made me drowsy during lectures I loved. Lots and highs and lows trying to avoid NPH peaks and crashes during 2-3hr science labs. These surely affected my performance at times. Overall, I think living with T1D has made me resilient and an effective and creative problem solver, so also enhanced my performance.

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      1. Lyn McQuaid

        I was diagnosed in college too and perhaps about the same time period as you as I have the same memories of problems with NPH timing. Timing was difficult back then! But I never said a word about it to any of my professors.

        I have now been a college professor myself for 22 years and have only had two students who revealed to me that they were T1 and hence may need to eat during class, leave the room, etc.

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    10. Drina Nicole Jewell

      My son says it does when he has to miss school due to an early morning low that knocks him on his behind or a stubborn high we can’t get down throughout the night. Or when he has to leave early. He doesn’t feel lows so those don’t affect him more than the few minutes it takes to treat. Highs at school are typically from his gym class, that Carson spike I think he called it. But drops on its own so he does t do a correction dose. He is really good at communicating to his teachers about his needs so other than missing school due to his type 1, he says no it doesn’t affect him.

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    11. Janis Senungetuk

      Yes, I definitely think all the lows and highs I experienced from 1955 on made a difference. From 3rd grade until 8th grade I was taking one AM injection a day of beef/pork Regular insulin. I tested my urine twice a day…and that was the available glucose management. The years from 8th grade thru my undergraduate studies included a carousel of different insulins resulting in frequent sudden lows that made taking notes, paying attention to lectures and demonstrations and taking exams difficult. I did well in most subjects, with math being an exception, but I have no way of knowing if I could have done better.

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    12. Mary Ann Sayers

      Because I was only 7 years old when dx with T1D, dealing with a shot every day and no longer able to eat sweets, school curriculum and my performance was the last thing I was thinking about. Was it effected? I don’t think so. NOT UNTIL I GOT TO BE THIRTEEN!!! Who wants to go through puberty and deal with T1D at the same time?!!! And add high school curriculum and the personality changes that are part of that experience and you’re asking if T1D affected my performance? I don’t have anything to compare it to!!! I’ve been T1D since the 2nd grade!!!

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    13. Lawrence S.

      I did not have T1D while I was in school. But, I can definitely tell you that T1D did affect my performance at work and during work related trainings. Especially before blood testing was available, before insulin pumps, and before CGM’s. I was constantly fighting off low blood glucoses multiple times daily throughout those years, and my brain was in a constant fog. Once I got on an insulin pump, using blood test strips, I was able to stay up with my peers.

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      1. Amanda Barras

        I agree! Had no problems in school as far as grades etc were concerned but at work through the end of high school and college I had plenty of lows at work that interrupted my ability to do my job. I do not miss those pre-pump/CGM days!

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    14. Ms Cris

      …but it sure has impacted my job performance.

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    15. Britni

      I said no mostly because there wasn’t an “unsure” option. I definitely struggled through a few standardized tests (wet myself during one, had to cope with bigoted proctors during another), but I scored well despite the distractions. Who’s to say if I might have scored better without them?

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    16. Pauline M Reynolds

      Other because there should have been a category that indicated a diagnosis of T1D after leaving school.

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    17. Kim Murphy

      It was affected if I had a low blood sugar but not all the time.

      1 year ago Log in to Reply
    18. Bob Durstenfeld

      In the 1960s I often went to school both high and low. My granddaughter with T1D uses a Dexcom G6 with Follow. So much easier.

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    19. Lynn Smith

      I said no because other than the 3-4 weeks I missed of 7th grade when I was first diagnosed, I don’t remember missing any school due to my diabetes.

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    20. M C

      I waffled while deciding ‘how’ to answer…. I eventually went with ‘no’, as overall it really had little impact. On the ‘yes’ side, it impacted me only in the 1st year I was diagnosed, as it caused me to miss a good portion of the last 1/3 of that school year. It also caused me to be demoted by a gym teacher, who decided through her ignorance, that I wouldn’t be ‘able’ to cope remaining on the top field hockey (1st- 11’s) team due to my T1D diagnoses and demoted me to the 2nd team (2nd-11’s). What was bizarre, in the extreme, was the fact that I not only played on the 2nd-11’s, but asked to fill in on the 1st-11’s for most of their games. Made no sense then – still makes no sense today! After that year, school wasn’t impacted by my T1D. Went on to earn 3 university degrees after finishing with high school – so, overall, diabetes did not affect my performance.

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    21. Amanda Barras

      No, I was dx at age 4, was an honor student my entire schooling career. If anything it made me more responsible.

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    22. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      I answered “NO”. I was 23 years old and just discharged from USN.

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    23. Wanacure

      Before onset of T1D in Jr. High School (9th grade) I didn’t like to exercise much. After diagnosis I learned to enjoy exercise as much as I enjoyed reading books, always a good student. Really enjoyed HS Honor Classes and friends there. Always did great on tests, scored high on SATs, but found college disappointing at first. Eventually attended grad school. As a kid & young adult I was on beef/pork NPH and big carbo ADA diet with easy to understand exchange system. I kept my diabetes a secret, because I wanted to fit in, didn’t want to be treated differently. But fortunately my mom probably informed school system and school nurses and some parents of my closest friends (w/o telling me). I did my best to avoid lows, usually not a problem. Used Clinitest tablets and test tube at home, and when testape was invented, I relied heavily on that for convenience to avoid sugar in urine (180 mg/dL accepted as threshold for sugar appearing in urine). Finger-tip drop-of-blood glucose meter/strips a huge step forward, instead of the once per year lab test! With diabetes injections and no more candy, I felt more in control, more responsible for my life. That confidence was undermined at times as young adult and in adulthood by unexpected nighttime hypoglycemic tongue-biting seizure episodes. No longer a problem with seizure med and now a CGM. Maybe I don’t need seizure med after all for borderline “epilepsy?”
      Suggested Question of The Day:
      Using a pump have you been able to go off seizure medication? This would probably have to be addressed to a much larger audience that included the “seizure disorder” community to get any answers.

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    24. Steve Rumble

      My T1D was diagnosed when I was in my early 20s. It did not affect my time in college.

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    25. Cheryl Seibert

      No my performance was not affected. I had T1D throughout all my school years. I had a near perfect GPA (the 0.02 below a perfect GPA was NOT due to T1D: LOL!) and I was co-valedictorian of a class of over 400. T1D caused me issues in my school years, but I don’t remember it holding me back on anything. I have more trouble now that I’m retired, with extended family health concerns.

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    26. PamK

      My senior year of high school my blood sugars were out of control. I felt sick for most of the first semester and missed a lot of classes as a result. When I asked for help getting caught up, several teachers said it wasn’t possible. Most let me switch to easier classes, except one. This teacher insisted I stay in his class, but would offer no assistance. As a result, I failed his class and was not allowed to graduate until after summer school.

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    27. kathy Granzow

      i know they were affected by MY diabetes – I wound up having a DKA a few months before my daughter was to graduate HS and she missed an important assignment because she just couldn’t do it with my hospitalization – I was in a coma for at least three days

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