If you have ever had extra supplies from a device, you no longer use, what did you do with those extra supplies? (Check all that apply)

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- 20 minutes ago
  
  TEH likes your comment at
  Have you ever been told you couldn’t physically do something because you live with diabetes?
  Maybe not a physical restriction, but decades ago I was told I was ineligible to get a pilot’s license.
- 22 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Have you ever been told you couldn’t physically do something because you live with diabetes?
  Maybe not a physical restriction, but decades ago I was told I was ineligible to get a pilot’s license.
- 22 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Have you ever been told you couldn’t physically do something because you live with diabetes?
  Yes. It had to do with a job that required me to drive delivery vans to clean and park them on the company's lot.
- 22 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Have you ever been told you couldn’t physically do something because you live with diabetes?
  Long time ago - told there were certain occupations I would not be allowed to do because if T1D. Pilot, air traffic controller, military, etc.
- 13 hours, 34 minutes ago
  
  Patricia Dalrymple likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  Being at high risk for dementia (both genetic and behavioral) and at an advanced age while still making very complex decisions about pump, CGM, and data issues Phew! What a premise! Is the optimal strategy for T1D management most likely to be MDI by caregivers in assisted living?
- 14 hours, 47 minutes ago
  
  lis be likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  Being at high risk for dementia (both genetic and behavioral) and at an advanced age while still making very complex decisions about pump, CGM, and data issues Phew! What a premise! Is the optimal strategy for T1D management most likely to be MDI by caregivers in assisted living?
- 21 hours, 21 minutes ago
  
  Deborah Wright likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  It's rare I have questions, but if I do, I send a message to my Endocrinologist, and she responds quickly.
- 21 hours, 23 minutes ago
  
  Deborah Wright likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  I use the patient portal to ask my doctor.
- 21 hours, 24 minutes ago
  
  Deborah Wright likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  I seldom have any questions other than RX refill request which I submit through the patient portal. If I do have treatment questions, I typically do my own research, and if not satisfied with what I find out, I submit a question in the portal.
- 21 hours, 24 minutes ago
  
  Deborah Wright likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  When I come up with a question between visits, I usually just do some research.
- 22 hours, 57 minutes ago
  
  Mike S likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  I use the patient portal to ask my doctor.
- 22 hours, 57 minutes ago
  
  Mike S likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  Being at high risk for dementia (both genetic and behavioral) and at an advanced age while still making very complex decisions about pump, CGM, and data issues Phew! What a premise! Is the optimal strategy for T1D management most likely to be MDI by caregivers in assisted living?
- 23 hours, 14 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  How to avoid the rebounding effects of a low blood sugar.
- 23 hours, 14 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  After making pump setting changes due to new Mounjaro, why are my post meal glucose levels so high and how do we fix it?
- 23 hours, 14 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  Will I be okay during pregnancy, especially now that I'm over 40?
- 23 hours, 17 minutes ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  Being at high risk for dementia (both genetic and behavioral) and at an advanced age while still making very complex decisions about pump, CGM, and data issues Phew! What a premise! Is the optimal strategy for T1D management most likely to be MDI by caregivers in assisted living?
- 23 hours, 47 minutes ago
  
  Carrolyn Barloco likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  Being at high risk for dementia (both genetic and behavioral) and at an advanced age while still making very complex decisions about pump, CGM, and data issues Phew! What a premise! Is the optimal strategy for T1D management most likely to be MDI by caregivers in assisted living?
- 23 hours, 48 minutes ago
  
  Carrolyn Barloco likes your comment at
  Between your regular T1D care visits, what questions tend to come up that you wish you could ask a diabetes expert? Share your thoughts in the comments.
  Will I be okay during pregnancy, especially now that I'm over 40?
- 1 day, 11 hours ago
  
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  Do you currently take metformin?
  Before I was correctly diagnosed the primary care physician said I must be type 2 due to my age of 36, even though I was always very thin and had rapidly lost even more weight. He prescribed metformin- I proceeded to get sicker and sicker. Finally got to an endocrinologist who tested and said I was T1D, and I was put immediately on insulin. What a game changer.
- 1 day, 11 hours ago
  
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  Do you currently take metformin?
  Other I took Metformim for 3 months when I was first incorrectly diagnosed with T2. I am very sensitive to insulin and don’t need it yet.
- 1 day, 21 hours ago
  
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  Do you currently take metformin?
  Wow!
- 1 day, 21 hours ago
  
  Kristi Warmecke likes your comment at
  Do you currently take metformin?
  I've had T1D for 50 years. I started taking Metformin 9 months ago. I take full dose at bedtime to manage my morning glucose rise. It keeps the liver from releasing glucose. It has helped.
- 2 days ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Do you currently take metformin?
  I took it for four years when I was diagnosed with T2. After four years of not being able to control my bs I asked my endocrinologist if I could go on insulin and he said yes and the T2 drugs stopped.
- 2 days ago
  
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  Do you currently take metformin?
  Other I took Metformim for 3 months when I was first incorrectly diagnosed with T2. I am very sensitive to insulin and don’t need it yet.
- 2 days ago
  
  Gerald Oefelein likes your comment at
  Do you currently take metformin?
  I took it for four years when I was diagnosed with T2. After four years of not being able to control my bs I asked my endocrinologist if I could go on insulin and he said yes and the T2 drugs stopped.
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Samantha Walsh

Samantha Walsh has lived with type 1 diabetes for over five years since 2017. After her T1D diagnosis, she was eager to give back to the diabetes community. She is the Community and Partner Manager for T1D Exchange and helps to manage the Online Community and recruit for the T1D Exchange Registry. Prior to T1D Exchange, Samantha fundraised at Joslin Diabetes Center. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelors degree in sociology and early childhood education.

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Chris Albright

Gave to my endo. They provide to other patients needing supplies to fill a gap between their DME shipments.

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