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      The hard spots are fairly frequent with the pump infusion sets. Especially if I go past 3 days which I try to avoid! I don’t think I ever got one from injections. I try heat and massaging to treat them and they normally go away after a day or so. Once I had a large area that I had to treat with antibiotics.
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      None of my endocrinologists or NPs have had T1D but I always discuss my challenges and they are incredibly helpful. What I always find astonishing is they are constantly amazed at how well I’m doing even when i don’t think I’m doing that well because most of their patients have nowhere near the A1c’s I’m able to achieve. And just hovers in the 6’s!
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      Hi Connie, I still have my glass syringe and show it off occasionally. We boiled the needle and syringe every morning and sharpened the needle with a file. I was diagnosed at age 6 in 1963. Life is so different now! Then, my diet was extremely limited as was my exercise. Now, I am very active and eat pretty much as I please. I maintain an A1C in the low 6s (6.2 was my last).
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      Connie and Beth, I was diagnosed in Nov 1962, age 10. During the early years I developed lumps and indentations on my upper thighs from my injections. In fact, I was able t o spot other t1 kids in my junior high school based upon the lumps in their upper arms.. (I eventually met up with them and learned that I was correct.) By the time I reached my twenties, these indentations had more or less disappeared, but I still have remnants of the lumps. I wish I could say that the layers of tissue now deposited on my legs disguises them, but they don't. I think the changes in insulin have been responsible for this improvement: the isolation and purification of animal insulins were refined, and then the various human clones were game changers in many ways.
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      Yes in my upper arms when I was a petite and skinny child in the 1960s with T1D. In those days we used glass syringes with stainless steel 1/2 inch long heavy gauge needles. My mother would jab me in the upper arms, it hurt like the dickens, and I developed several hard nodules. I was diagnosed at age 8 in December 1962 and after the initial two months of her jabbing me in the upper arms, I took over giving my own "shots" and started self injecting via site rotation in my thighs for several years. Eventually the lipohypertrophy in my upper arms resolved and I never injected there again until many years later as an adult on MDI using disposable syringes with very short and fine gauge needle tips. Periodically I would give my tired pin cushion thighs a rest and take a break for a few months or a couple of years and rotate injections in my abdomen or upper arms. Have been using a pump for over 20 years now and rarely use MDI unless I am taking a pump break for a short period of time. Happily, I no longer have lumpy sites.
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    How often does your T1D health care provider screen for neuropathy with a monofilament, tuning fork or pin prick on your bare feet?

    Home > LC Polls > How often does your T1D health care provider screen for neuropathy with a monofilament, tuning fork or pin prick on your bare feet?
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    If you use an insulin pump, on average, how often do you bolus an amount that is different from the suggested dose from the pump’s bolus calculator? (I.e., entering a number of insulin units without using the calculator at all, editing the bolus calculator’s suggested dose to be higher or lower, etc.)

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    If you receive high alerts on your CGM, how frequently do your high alerts repeat after you acknowledge the alert? If you use different settings depending on time of day, please select the answer that corresponds to your alert setting at noon in your time zone.

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    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 Marketing Manager 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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    43 Comments

    1. Randi Niemer

      She hasn’t since I’ve only seen her via teleheath since fall of 2020. My doc who I had before did it at every visit.

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    2. Ahh Life

      Other. 4 or 5 years ago the answer would have been always. Then a diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy was rendered. So, currently, the answer is never.

      My question for those of you knowing more about this than me is: Is this standard medical practice to not use filament testing once diagnosis is determined?

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      1. Tom Caesar

        Don’t think I know any more, just my experience. Once it was determined I had severe neuropathy in my feet and started seeing podiatrist routinely for it, no more testing deemed necessary. I’ve got it and don’t expect it to go away, ha!

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      2. ConnieT1D62

        Yep – once the sensation/feeling is diminished and gone, the sensations of normal feeling is replaced with the altered sensations of weird numbness that comes with long duration neuropathy.

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    3. Sherolyn Newell

      My old endo did it every time. The new one does it maybe every 6 months.

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    4. Cjfuge78

      My current endo checks once a year.

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    5. Henry Renn

      I see a podiatrist every 3 months. My Endo referred me there.

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    6. George Hamilton

      My doctors did these tests regularly up to about 1985. At that time I was registering no reaction to either test. My peripheral neuropathy had progressed so far that there seemed to be nothing to measure. (Original diagnosis of diabetes was in 1963.) Doctors have tried again when we moved and engaged new health providers.

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    7. Don P

      due to Covid restrictions, haven’t seen anyone in over three years

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    8. Jane Cerullo

      Used to be every appointment but my numbers are so stable with A1c always below 5.8 they have cut down. I always have a list of questions so they know I am involved and would mention any problems

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    9. john36m

      2 Endo’s ago, he did it every time. Now 3 or 4 visits later with 2 different endo’s it has not been done. However, my PCP does it on my annual physical.

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    10. Francisco Varea

      My endocrinologist does not check my feet. I see a podiatrist every year.

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    11. Stephanie Cruickshank

      I used to get checked 1x a year. Haven’t been checked in 3

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    12. cynthia jaworski

      My question is: what purpose does this test serve? Is there anything that can be d one if there is a loss of sensation? Or is this just another way to document our decline? Does it serve to motivate the patient? We already know about the value of good control…..

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      1. ConnieT1D62

        It is used and performed as an obligatory screening test to determine nerve peripheral nerve damage and how far it progresses over time. Does nothing to heal or change the condition. Serves as a tool for providers to check the feet, determine any progressive changes, document any subtle or significant changes, and check a box in your medical record that they did it. ADA Standards of Care recommend that it be done at least once a year, if not at every diabetes focused f/u visit.

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    13. Mark Schweim

      It varies very highly… I moved back to Minnesota in November 2018 and started seeing my current Doctors in 2019.
      In 2019, it seemed like they were doing that foot test on every appointment.
      In 2020 my PCP and Endo each did that testing at only one appointment each.
      In 2021 neither of my doctors even glanced at my feet once over the year.
      This year my PCP did that test once when I went for the antibiotic-resistant bacterial/fungal infection I developed on April 3 and still haven’t fully recovered from, my Endo retired, but the person taking over for my Endo did that foot testing on my appointment in February..

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    14. John Williamson

      Never but I see a podiatrist every 3 months.

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    15. Lynn Smith

      We already know I have neuropathy in my feet, so there is not as much need to do it every time. The numbness/burning and tingling have been better since they started me on the Metanx supplement.

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    16. Sue Martin

      When the appointments are inperson. It’s kind of hard to do via Zoom.

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    17. Lawrence S.

      I answered “At about 1/2 of my appointments.” But the truth is, almost all of my appointments since 2020 have been on Zoom. I went for an office visit 2 months ago, and she used a pin to check my feet, which was done often previously. I’ll probably do Zoom again in June with the uptick in Covid again.

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    18. Mary Dexter

      The toes on both my feet are numb (tarsal tunnel syndrome) and I also have dyspareunia. But neuropathy reflects badly on the institution, so it is never identified. My feet are very sensitive. A small grain of cat litter feels like a stone, a hair like a sharp object, so I always feel the monofilament, so their concerns are alleviated.

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      1. Ahh Life

        Cat litter and Legos were invented to impress people who insist on going barefoot in the middle of the night. Sigh!

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      2. AnitaS

        I had this happen twice. I had a dog with hair similar to a labs but a little shorter than that. Twice I got his hair in my feet which felt like slivers in my feet. Very strange to think hairs could be imbedded in skin in that manner.

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    19. Mick Martin

      I selected “Rarely, less often than once per year”, but that’s because I have confirmed perpheral neuropathy as well as autonomic neuropathy. (I haven’t been able to feel my feet and lower legs for about the last 20 years.)

      I receive an annual “screening” by my podiatrist, though this is mostly not within the 12 months stipulated, and this also includes a test with a tuning fork to see if I can ‘pick up’ vibrations, as well as a doppler test to check blood flow to my extremities, as well as a review of my medications.

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    20. Drina Nicole Jewell

      It was every appt, same with my primary doctor. Now, since I was diagnosed with Neuropathy, they both leave it with my Neurologist.

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    21. Kristine Warmecke

      She does occasionally but I lost all feeling in my feet and hands in Sept. 2017 while on chemo for Stage 3 breast cancer.

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    22. GiGi

      Once a year

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    23. Jim Cobbe

      He does it every in-person appointment, but since COVID started most of my appointments with him have been telehealth.

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    24. Becky Hertz

      At least once a year. In between endos currently.

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    25. Amanda Barras

      I only see my Endo once a year. She usually checks at that appointment, but not always.

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    26. Chris Wynn

      ADA Diabetes Care 2022;45:S188 recommendation is to check once per year. My current Endo hasn’t checked in 2.5 years since I have been seeing her. It is one of the many reasons her practice is substandard. However at this time I don’t need to spend the $8000/year required to access a better endo in my corner of the US. Part of the problem is Tenet Health’s 15 minute endo appointment standard. For those interested in what the minimum there doctor should be checking with regards to neuropathy in the US, this link is the ADA 2022 standards of care chapter 12
      https://watermark.silverchair.com/dc22s012.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAswwggLIBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggK5MIICtQIBADCCAq4GCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM0-UYoFGkkDGftBpdAgEQgIICf23rv20tkOCd1oFoVgzVa-RAUG4xr_DxG6PsKadKiQ6VXG0Q-Lwqw4cu50gjuD3EtEffpwTHE3anA6XYf563lp3i1MQrpbPN8v4YmuxLZqPWM2OuKjeWYQ9bZ4R2LpXZWivk_FfXNB2MtmGsnFc4KiJHsly5h4k2e-1N3jJLKDNdK7A9Qm10UrNnZKRL4zTawHzH3RKYerJm5pYp_ldKCGJgPaUxDzFiRzNb1RDoJduA8FEJnX490KWb_leuos2fD_G6-X7bvxU47m6JuB8VGZax1aNCf2uAndl6UFN8rKdH05VfgCNZHHtrhKGSLcR7kJsmwlvGnizXfeaCtwllGnNyoqHCA_LQou3D-mzX-skLwzFDBE1HwL3I05lfM1SCUemW3Q16y8U8khZMyLc5aIsDfugzxT3LUGwZqPHs6XnBfcl1M6WpOiWBVhXBzLKdpLnQW8hNr2L9uxgzD6MKAutdgEg5_-PrRSLfUfRmmdgWHvoFmNohZToZruKIknCq45-pehq2OyaqrXOBFgnUSRYn1nZf7pZaVKLmCPiixmUs8-QONSTVWzYaYPwFi4fftmJarM5BBuD1MxyIYB_-KwypAiZBbOu9Te5aTL3B5svThQxQPlapfOcBBNXGDk36HljdAL-lmH4nK0PZdxSs194pD8j2mWbQYa3amUPcCzotSmBYXnkLilsgX0-aZtvqj370KShlgXKeOS3VIUzlPDgUXXINrlZ85AbnLJUr_QipfGZepwvvIXPureU_nquGDcN2m1XxjexfEDG5RTvn9VlS2u5sTbEGeM1Zmd3ChjGpzjFbNHRYfrvN4RUiotV-BiZGKfRpKU0yeQlUXU3zOw

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    27. Beckett Nelson

      My doc used to check at every appointment, but then when COVID hit, appointments were done by phone, so not done. So I guess, every appointment that is in-person?

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    28. Carol Meares

      At my in person appts

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    29. PamK

      I just started with a new endo and he said something like, “Let’s check your feet,” in a tone that implied this is something he does regularly. So, I am guessing that it will be every appointment.
      My old endo never checked in the 4 years I was seeing him. In fact, when this new endo brought it up, I hadn’t realized how long it had been since someone checked!

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    30. KarenM6

      Even before covid, it had been years and years since anyone had tested my feet… I don’t have a podiatrist who is checking… just me and the weird stuff my cats leave around the house!

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    31. Chris Albright

      My previous endo did it on every visit , ,current endo has never done it

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    32. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      Not only my Endo., but my Podiatrist also screen for neuropathy with a monofilament at every visit.

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    33. Marcia Pulleyblank

      I am advised to see a chiropodist at least once a year. I finally broke down and made an appointment where my feet were examined with filament and with tuning fork. I was given a very thorough examination and given a copy of the results to share with my endocrinologist and my GP. I was asked to return in two months.

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    34. jamesmpii

      I’ve only had one appointment with an endocrinologist and he did not check for neuropathy. He recommended I start seeing a podiatrist and ophthalmologist.

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    35. persevereT1D52

      Neuropathy is advanced and documented way beyond the monofilament.

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    36. Mary Thomson

      He checks the pulses in my feet.

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    37. Elisabeth Raskopf

      Once a year

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    38. Wanacure

      Once per year at annual checkup. But some years I may have more than that one appt w/ primary care physician.

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