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      Most of the 3-4 hours is way ting on a phone
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      I answered "No time," but I live in France, where we have a single provider. I receive a prescription from my doctor and go to the pharmacy monthly to have it filled. (Pump peripherals are provided by a separate supplier.) "Appeals" do not exist here since the doctor will only prescribe medicines that are reimbursed. And no, I have never needed a treatment that wasn't covered.
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      Much too much time! Part of it, I know, is my own fault, for not keeping anxiety at bay when I have to sort out which plan will work best, annually. But it is something I dread, every single year. When I call to get some help understanding, the people are almost always very nice, but I have had times when the information was incorrect or not explained clearly. I usually commiserate with the person on the phone for having such an annoying system, and agreement seems to rule the day. But I never chose to make sorting out insurance management a career!
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
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      Over the past 3 months, how much time would you estimate you have spent working through T1D prescription-related issues with pharmacies, insurance companies, durable medical equipment distributors, T1D device companies, health care providers, etc.?
      The beginning of the year is always a bit iffy when you're on Medicare. Even though I've already paid my annual deductible, my pharmacy can't see that, so I must wait until it shows up on my Medicare account before I order new insulin. I always try to have plenty of insulin on hand at the end of December so it's not an issue. The organization I get my pump equipment from has a lot they must do because of Medicare, as well, and that can get time consuming. All-in-all, I'm lucky to have the time, energy and patience to deal with it, and I know up front these time-consuming moments are to be expected. If I wasn't retired, it'd be more of an issue.
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      I said 8+ and the reason, as for so many others, can be summed up in a phrase: transitioning to Medicare.
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    If you drink coffee, do you bolus for the coffee itself (excluding any additional cream/sugar)?

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    45 Comments

    1. Valentina Potempa

      I bolus in the morning to combat feet on the ground phenomenon and my coffee (no food). Usually 1-2 units of fast acting insulin.

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    2. Joan Fray

      Coffee itself will cause my big to rise about ten points. With nonfat milk Iusually give a .5 bonus, which works most of the time.

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    3. Ms Cris

      I bolus for about 3g of carbs, I’m that sensitive.
      Also, I have to ask what beans are used: Arabica vs Robusta, the most common beans.
      Arabica, no problem, as above.
      Robusta I don’t touch. No matter how much I bolus (safely), even extended bolus, for hours I run high unpredictably. Robusta has more caffeine and tyramine, and I have tyramine sensitivity (it’s in hard aged cheeses, too). Craziness, this T1D of mine!

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    4. TEH

      If I can remember, I bolis 10 g for coffie. Only in the morning. I have stopped drinking 2 cups in the morning. Being retired and not getting up O-dark-thirty also helps. šŸ˜‰

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    5. Lawrence S.

      I don’t drink a lot of coffee. But, when I do, I drink decaf. I have never bolused for coffee. It does not seem to effect my blood glucose.

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    6. Janice B

      I drink my coffee black and find that I do not have to bolus for it.

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    7. kristina blake

      I drink my coffee black, caffeinated and often. I usually enter 8 crab grams in my pump to cover it. Coffee is my one splurge that I will not give up.

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    8. Don P

      totally depends on glucose level prior to & also where coffee is purchased. I’ve drank black for many years. Cuppa day fella here.

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    9. Trisha Oldenkamp

      My blood sugar rises if I drink it without food so I know I need to bolus. Usually I have it with breakfast so I don’t notice if coffee has as much affect.

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    10. Ginger Vieira

      I don’t need insulin for the first cup of coffee. If I drink another cup or have coffee (Even decaf) later in the day, my blood sugar spikes 100 points and takes tons of insulin to bring down.

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    11. Nicholas Argento

      Caffeine raises the blood sugar in many people because it increase over glucose production. The effect varies from person to person and would be affected by the amount as well. I see a 20-30 point increase over the following hour from 1 large cup black coffee nearly every AM

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    12. Daniel Bestvater

      I drink coffee with some 35% cream in it. It doesn’t seem effect my BG in any way.

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    13. Tim Kirchgessner

      I only drink it black and only bolus if it calls for it.

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    14. PamK

      I drink decaf coffee with a little milk/cream. Never had a need to bolus for it.

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    15. Shannon Barnaby

      I don’t drink coffee but I do drink black tea (with nothing added). I have to bolus for the cup I have in the morning, but not any tea I have the rest of the day.

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    16. kflying1@yahoo.com

      Before getting a CGM, I made many diet choices based on finger sticks. I was totally unaware of things like “morning effect” At 68 I’m not too excited to go back and again experiment with what does and does not frick up my BS levels, though I am willing to listen and learn from others. That’s why I listen to this board

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    17. William Bennett

      Count me in the Yes column. Started back before I’d ever heard of Dawn Phenomenon, and I’ve never actually tried to test whether it was that or the coffee itself because it’s kind of moot. From long before I was DX’d (at age 28) I was pretty much a coffee-only person at breakfast time and that was one thing I found it really hard to change, beyond substituting Splenda for sugar in my cup. It might just be DP (or Feet-on-the-Floor, which I gather is somewhat different), but if it turned out that in reality I was bolusing for that instead of the coffee I’d still do the same thing.

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    18. Carol Meares

      When I was younger I did not have to bolts for coffee unless of course I was drinking a latte. Now I have to bolus at least a unit for my morning coffee.

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      1. Carol Meares

        Black coffee

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    19. Becky Hertz

      I haven’t had coffee for a number of years for various reasons, one being that I would have to bolus for 15 c when I had a couple of shots (decaf americano here).

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    20. Patricia Dalrymple

      I don’t like being dependent on caffeine because if I don’t have it, I get a headache. I drank International Coffee, sugar free caffeine free and it was kind of a guilty pleasure without the guilt, except I just discovered aspartame now gives me headaches. Have to stick to all natural foods but it takes discipline and willpower. Fall off the wagon…get back on.

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    21. cynthia jaworski

      I only drink coffee at breakfasr (iced coffee) so it is part of the breakfast bolus.

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    22. Janis Senungetuk

      My day doesn’t start without coffee with half & half. I drink it with my breakfast, bolus for the carbs in the food but not the caffeinated coffee or tbs. of half and half. Because of CKD I now limit daily coffee to two cups (1 mug) every morning.

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    23. Virginia Barndollar

      I mug black coffee = 5 CHO for me

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    24. Bea Anderson

      Morning cold brew coffee has 4 oz atkins vanilla shake instead of cream. Yum. Maybe 4g carbs. Depending on my cgm graph and everything stable, I would bolus a small amount even for black coffee.

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    25. Gary Taylor

      I do bolus in the morning. 1 to 2 large cups of coffee will raise my BG by 50 points. To tell the truth, I am not sure if that is the coffee or the dawn phenomena, but I want my coffee.

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    26. Brian Vodehnal

      I roast my own so I try to avoid too much sugar development and I just use a teensy bit of milk. No sugar.

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    27. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      No, but I use mile and of course no sugar!

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      1. mbulzomi@optonline.net

        MILK!

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    28. TomH

      I drink coffee in the morning almost daily sitting on the back porch. I notice a slight bump up in the morning also, but haven’t tested whether its just getting up (feet on the floor) or the coffee. It’s usually 10-20 points and compensate with my breakfast bolus if it seems to continue up (once in a great while).

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    29. Ernie Richmann

      I bolus only for the first morning coffee- 1 unit.

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    30. Melinda Lipe

      Always! I use sugar free sweetener/creamer, but it raises my bg by enough that I need a bolus for 6 carbs or so.

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    31. Patricia Kilwein

      I drink coffee with stevia to sweeten. I’ve never taken a bolus for it. I make my own sf coffee drinks as well.

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    32. Tina Roberts

      Yes. It takes 25 carbs to cover my coffee, Splenda and powdered creamer.

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    33. Sherrie Johnson

      One large cup with Half-and-half and Stevia Usually one unit sometimes it’s not enough though.

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    34. Jane Cerullo

      Coffee needs some insulin for me

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    35. KarenM6

      I don’t drink coffee, but I do drink caffeinated beverages especially in the morning.
      My tests on whether the rise in blood sugar is caffeine, dawn phenomenon, or “boots on the ground” phenomenon (I don’t think this last one is recognized…??? not sure) are inconclusive.
      My endo said it wasn’t caffeine, so I am tempted to say it’s because it takes a whole lotta something for me to be able to wake up in the morning… and that something raises my blood sugar.

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    36. Bonnie Lundblom

      I said “Other” since I never drink coffee without adding a tiny splash of milk and cream which means I need to give myself a bolus for 9 carbohydrates even though I’m drinking only 2. The dawn phenomenon is why I require that much to cover for my much needed dose of caffeine every morning.

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    37. Patty Harris

      I drink 2 cups every morning of Folgers half cafe with Splenda and some half n/half. I make homemade keto muffins for my breakfast food. Right now I take NO insulin and stay around 100. My basal may be slightly higher which covers it.

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    38. Brad Larson

      Usually drink coffee with a meal, so I bolus for the meal

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    39. Jan Masty

      I do drink black coffee in the morning. I usually bolus about .5 to 1 unit after I’ve been up about 30 minutes or so. I think it’s ā€œboots on the groundā€ not the coffee.,

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    40. ConnieT1D62

      I give myself 1 unit extra when I drink coffee, usually in the morning with breakfast meal. Same thing if later in the day with lunch or a mid-day snack. I usually only add regular milk. Same thing if at a restaurant and they serve 1/2&1/2.

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    41. Wanacure

      If I’m at a place offering free coffee, I’ll drink it. Morning at home I just pop a caffeine pill (9 cents, cheap) which has the same amount of caffeine, 200 mg, as cup of tea or cup of coffee. As cooler weather returns, I’ll add a cup or two of green tea during the day. Late afternoon or evening, I might drink a decaf green tea. Too much caffeine can dehydrate you. Is it true too much caffeine can also interfere with calcium absorption and contribute to loss of bone density?

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    42. Estelle Smith

      Caffeine raises my blood sugar, so I have mostly given up on drinking coffee. I wasn’t able to successfully bolus for it, as my levels would rise to over 200, then rapid decline leaving me with a low.

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    43. Krystal Udey

      Coffee is a hard one because 80% of the time, it will affect my blood sugar even if I only add a splash of non sweetened almond milk. (Less than 1 carb) It then takes hours for it to come down even when I am treating for the high. Then the other 20% if I anticipate for the rise, my BG will fall way faster than I want.

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