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      If you have been hospitalized for a reason unrelated to T1D and you were alert during your hospital stay, were you allowed to manage your own insulin dosage? (If you have been hospitalized for reasons unrelated to T1D multiple times, please select the option that describes your most recent hospital stay.)
      The hospital made me disengage my pump and promised to monitor my BG. After 10 hours with an incorrect basal my BG was high and going up. No nurse or doctor was available to administer insulin. I finally reinstalled my pump and forced the hospital to acknowledge that they could not monitor my BG. After appealing to the hospital Board, after my stay, they started using CGM's in all the wards for diabetic patients.
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      If you have been hospitalized for a reason unrelated to T1D and you were alert during your hospital stay, were you allowed to manage your own insulin dosage? (If you have been hospitalized for reasons unrelated to T1D multiple times, please select the option that describes your most recent hospital stay.)
      During my hospitalizations for cardiac issues, my endocrinologist (who does not do hospitals) told the attending endo that I was capable of managing the diabetes. I was allowed to mange pump and CGM without any problems. For one stay, I had a pump-using T1D nurse. This was the premier cardiac hospital in the western part of my state, so their handing of diabetes may be more advanced. There are two rules for handing the type 1 diabetic in a hospital setting. 1) Never separate the Type 1 diabetic from his or her insulin. 2) Let the expert in the room handle the diabetes. And bring your own supplies, because the hospital will not have pump supplies, CGM replacements, or your insulin.
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      During your most recent appointment, about how much time did you spend with your main T1D health care provider?
      I didn't have a stopwatch out, but it was about 12 to 15 minutes. There was a lot to go over (new devices, etc.). I probably got everything I needed, but, for some reason, I always feel rushed at this office.
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      During your most recent appointment, about how much time did you spend with your main T1D health care provider?
      It was so long ago, I don't remember...
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      During your most recent appointment, about how much time did you spend with your main T1D health care provider?
      It was over 20 minutes but since my Endo has me so well Regulated (A1c 5.4 - 5.6) even Medicare is allowing a Visit every 4 Months. Dex 6 and Tandem CIQ is my Cure!
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      During your most recent appointment, about how much time did you spend with your main T1D health care provider?
      My A1C is normally in the 5 to 6 range also, but I am lucky to have an Endo who answers any questions I may have and discourse on new technologies. He also checks my feet and eyes. He spends up to 40 minutes with me. I have been T1D for 59 years and have been through a pregnancy (hellish) also. I still have many questions about this disease and it’s effects on the rest of my body as I am very active.
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      During your most recent appointment, about how much time did you spend with your main T1D health care provider?
      I believe if you have good control and your A1C's prove it, maybe 10 to 20 minutes is enough. My A1C's are in the high 5's / low 6's so my session is usually complete within minutes tops, but there are probably other patients that should require a little more time from their endo to get them on a 'well managed' A1C path.
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      During your most recent appointment, about how much time did you spend with your main T1D health care provider?
      I believe if you have good control and your A1C's prove it, maybe 10 to 20 minutes is enough. My A1C's are in the high 5's / low 6's so my session is usually complete within minutes tops, but there are probably other patients that should require a little more time from their endo to get them on a 'well managed' A1C path.
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      If you are an adult with T1D, how much has type 1 diabetes affected your thought-process and decision to have/not have children?
      I was diagnosed at age 12 and I don’t remember anyone talking to me about having or not having children. I married at 23, had an unplanned pregnancy that began when I was 24. I was not seeing an endocrinologist at the time (in 1979), but my OB doctor sent me to one. Both of the doctors made comments to me about maybe ending the pregnancy, but my answer was a definite NO!!! It was a hard pregnancy without the better insulin and technology that is available today. I went into labor approximately 6 weeks before my estimated due date. Since a Caesarian had been planned, no one had explained anything to me about going through labor, so that took longer and was harder on me than it should have been. Anyway I delivered a 7 pound, 11 ounce boy. He had jaundice and a slight heart murmur at first , but that cleared up after a short stay in the hospital. My son is 42 now and bloodwork has indicated he will not become a T1D. Same with his 2 children. That was my only pregnancy. I am now 67.
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      During your most recent appointment, about how much time did you spend with your main T1D health care provider?
      It was so long ago, I don't remember...
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      If you have ever had extra supplies from a device you no longer use, what did you do with those extra supplies? Please select all that apply.
      InsulinPumpers.com does a great job of distributing supplies to those in need.
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      I have decided to give them to my endo's office. They have a nice supply closet of donations, that they give to people in trouble. Since i have had to dip in that closet once, I now know how important that can be.
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      InsulinPumpers.com does a great job of distributing supplies to those in need.
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      I tried to donate them to my healthcare system but was told they were not allowed to take them. I tried a couple of other places- same story so I now will have to put them in the garbage
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      I'm still looking for someone to give them to.
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    How many glucose strips have you used to check your blood glucose levels in the past 24 hours?

    Home > LC Polls > How many glucose strips have you used to check your blood glucose levels in the past 24 hours?
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    40 Comments

    1. Ahh Life

      In the words of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, contempt is “the unsullied conviction of the worthlessness of another.”

      So even though my answer is zero because of CGM use, both medicare and I should never consider test strips to be worthless. At times they are absolutely essential. 🤷

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    2. Lawrence S.

      I used zero (0). Generally, my CGM does the job for me. Occasionally, I use blood glucose test trips when I am changing my sensor, during the warm up period. Sometimes, I do blood tests when I think my CGM may not be accurate (which is rare). Unfortunately, I have to cut back my use of test strips, because Medicare does not cover the cost of test strips when I am using the Dexcom G6 CGM.

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      1. Kathy Hanavan

        I did get strips through Medicare for only $3 for #100. I wrote an appeal stating why I needed them and it worked. I also had to prove that I had a meter – grrr.

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      2. Lawrence S.

        Kathy, That’s good to know. How long did the appeal process take?

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    3. Linda Summerfield

      2-to verify CGM results

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    4. Jane Cerullo

      Usually only do finger stick first day of new Dexcom sensor

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    5. Natalie Daley

      I’ve been calibrating my CGM. Libre 2 doesn’t always agree with the strips. When there’s a wide gap of 50ml, I wonder which one is the more accurate but usually opt for the strip reading, since that uses actual blood.

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    6. mojoseje

      My CGM failed so I’ve had to test more than 2x a day.

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    7. Liz Avery

      8 – yesterday was a rough day sugar wise. Medtronic Guardian 3 is an adjunctive system so finger sticks are still required. I have always been “brittle” so am afraid to go another route since I get good control with this.

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    8. Robert Kovalik

      Use Libre 2

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    9. Cristina Jorge Schwarz

      New sensor day, so I used 2 strips to calibrate it. Now I should be ok for a solid 7 days before I check accuracy again.

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    10. KCR

      My sensor is at the end of the 10 day session and has been increasingly off in the last 24 hours so I have checked more often with fingersticks. 😕

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    11. Patricia Kilwein

      Because of medicare I’m only allowed 3 strips a day…..but because I have a guardian 3 sensor, I test sometimes up to 5x a day.

      4 weeks ago Log in to Reply
    12. mrthnmn

      This speaks to one of the things I don’t like about my Dexcom G6 – I can’t request an update of data after I’m out of range. Though it only takes readings every 15 minutes or so there’s no reason the reader can’t request data from the sensor whenever I want. I wind up using glucose strips so I don’t have to wait for recent readings.

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      1. Mark Schweim

        Dexcom gets readings from the sensor every 5 (FIVE) minutes, not every 15 minutes!!!

        But accuracy still isn’t high enough to truly make BG testing as unnecessary as Dexcom and many users falsely claim!

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    13. Bruce Schnitzler

      Zero since using DexCom G6

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    14. Teri Morris

      Currently using Freestyle Libre 2, so I have my glucometer and strips as a back up. Generally would use three per day.

      4 weeks ago Log in to Reply
    15. fletchina

      I usually would have answered 0, but my CGM has requested calibrations due to an anomaly of BG values

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    16. Donna Condi

      My strips expire before getting used because I only use one or two during sensor warmups every 10 days.

      4 weeks ago Log in to Reply
    17. Thomas Cline

      I said 4, but that’s only because I used them to check my new CGM sensor as I always do at the beginning of its run, and one day later. I used 4 because I’m using strips that I’ve had so long that they are beyond their expiration date. I really should get a new prescription for fewer strips, since now, with a CGM, I find tht I can comfortabley go many days without a single finger stick between sensor swaps.

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    18. Nevin Bowman

      I don’t use as many as I used since I’m using Dexcom’s G6, but for those who believe that you never need to use fingersticks, don’t fall for the advertisement. It’s not as accurate as you may think.

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    19. Tracy Jean

      2-My sensor was reading low and I knew I wasn’t.

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    20. Pauline M Reynolds

      5, but that was because I had to change my sensor twice due to faulty one.

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    21. Paul McGuigan

      3-4 but this was not the usual amount due to sensor change and verifying some erroneous numbers

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    22. Yaffa Steubinger

      I’m in the first 24 hrs of putting on a new Dexcom sensor. The readings are usually a little wonky the first 24 hrs so I double check to be sure it’s accurate.

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    23. Tom Caesar

      2 as just put on new D6 sensor last night. Rarely use strips since D6 is so accurate but will test if numbers are questionable.

      4 weeks ago Log in to Reply
    24. Becky Hertz

      In the past 24 hours 0, but I’ve used up to 10 in one day (in G6) for various reasons. Checking to make sure the Dex is within range, when I fell off, when my diabetic alert dog alerts. Frequently the Dexcom doesn’t read my low bg’s accurately, it may say 80 when I’m 54.

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      1. sweetcharlie

        me also!!

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    25. TomH

      Not sure how this question is helpful without knowing whether the person is on MDI with finger sticks, on a CGM, etc. I tested twice because I changed CGM sensors yesterday and they’re almost always a little wacky in their reporting the first day.

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      1. sweetcharlie

        what CGM are you useing ??

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    26. KarenM6

      The readings I get off of Dexcom are not always trustworthy. They can be wildly inaccurate without giving me “errors”. It is for no reason that Dexcom is aware of, so I not only have one meter, I have two different ones to triangulate my blood sugars. For the 70% of the time my Dexcom is doing well, I use maybe only 2 or 3 strips. But, when the Dexcom is wildly inaccurate (off by 100 points… or more), then I use strips. When it is so off, you can try to calibrate, but usually ends up just “failing”. I have tried multiple calibrations by slowly bringing the number up or down over a day, but even then, the “fear” of it being completely off is imprinted and I usually test more when it happens.

      Test strips, for me, are a necessity even though I have a CGM.

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      1. StPetie

        I have the same issue. My Dexcom reading of 100+ points high isn’t even unusual any more, so I use fingersticks a lot.

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      2. KarenM6

        Yes, indeed. It’s frustrating, I know, StPetie!! It would be a bit easier, perhaps, if we knew _why_ the wild blood sugars happened!!!
        I should rephrase one of my statements though. I made it sound like I only test if the difference is 100 or more, but I fingerstick more if the difference is about 30 / 40 point difference… the higher the difference, the more I use fingersticks to check and make decisions! 🙂

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      3. sweetcharlie

        Me also!!!! I found finger almost same as LLab readings, but G6 way off!!!

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    27. sweetcharlie

      Had to use Strips lately because of X-rays… But use at least 1 per day because found G6 way off from finger stick and Lab tests… Lets ask this after G7 has been used for a while!! also I wish more people would have said which CGM they are using !!

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    28. George Lovelace

      0 this year and only 3 all of last year – G6 Still the Best

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    29. Krista Hein

      I have a CGM and I check my sugar constantly.

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    30. James Phelps

      Use a CGM and only use straps as needed

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    31. Randy Molen

      I have the Medtronic 770G with the Guardian 3 CGM sensor and the system requires a lot of calibrations and finger sticks.
      I typically test before each meal + when it requires a calibration. It will also require a calibration if it sees min or max basal deliveries.

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    32. T1D4LongTime

      2 in the pasts 24 hrs. First was to confirm a low of 45 (BG was 47). I’m on the last sensor day, so when out of range or rapidly changing in the last 2 days of the sensor, I meter to verify the sensor is accurate.

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