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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I’ve been T1D for 60 years. There have been slight indications of neuropathy for a number of years. However it is not severe. Whenever I go to orthopedics, I try to stop at endocrinology first and get an accurate assessment of my current neuropathy. Whenever a non-endocrinologist doctor reads I’m T1D every problem I’m having is caused by T1D. Then the root, non-diabetic, issue is never addressed.
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      KarenM6 likes your comment at
      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      same here. I was able to get a neurologist to diagnose it as that.
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I have developed this very weird numbness and pain in my left outer thigh which I attribute to neuropathy, although there has been no official diagnosis. Of course, like every good diabetic, I did my own research and found that it is called meralgia paresthetica. It only comes on intermittently and rarely interferes with daily functions. Rest remedies it. Having lived with T1D for 56 years so far, I consider myself to be pretty lucky...so far.
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I feel the same way. I'm never sure who to believe or how to get a valid assessment.
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      KarenM6 likes your comment at
      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I’ve been T1D for 60 years. There have been slight indications of neuropathy for a number of years. However it is not severe. Whenever I go to orthopedics, I try to stop at endocrinology first and get an accurate assessment of my current neuropathy. Whenever a non-endocrinologist doctor reads I’m T1D every problem I’m having is caused by T1D. Then the root, non-diabetic, issue is never addressed.
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      Gastroparesis
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      In late summer of 2017 I lost all feeling in both lower extremities to my hips and both upper extremities to my shoulders. It was not all diabetic related though. Lowered the drug in my chemo regimen but didn't reverse by next treatment, so that drug was stopped. Slowly I regained feeling in my arms and legs; left with no sensation in hands & feet up to ankles & wrist. I'm thankful that my oncologist realized that it wasn't just a diabetic thing.
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I’ve been T1D for 60 years. There have been slight indications of neuropathy for a number of years. However it is not severe. Whenever I go to orthopedics, I try to stop at endocrinology first and get an accurate assessment of my current neuropathy. Whenever a non-endocrinologist doctor reads I’m T1D every problem I’m having is caused by T1D. Then the root, non-diabetic, issue is never addressed.
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I’ve been T1D for 60 years. There have been slight indications of neuropathy for a number of years. However it is not severe. Whenever I go to orthopedics, I try to stop at endocrinology first and get an accurate assessment of my current neuropathy. Whenever a non-endocrinologist doctor reads I’m T1D every problem I’m having is caused by T1D. Then the root, non-diabetic, issue is never addressed.
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      My feet were killing me when I started taking insulin. Saw on another website that alpha lipoic acid (ALA) was good for neuropathy. Once I started taking it, the pain was gone within a week! Still using it 20 years later, still pain free
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I’ve been T1D for 60 years. There have been slight indications of neuropathy for a number of years. However it is not severe. Whenever I go to orthopedics, I try to stop at endocrinology first and get an accurate assessment of my current neuropathy. Whenever a non-endocrinologist doctor reads I’m T1D every problem I’m having is caused by T1D. Then the root, non-diabetic, issue is never addressed.
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I’ve been T1D for 60 years. There have been slight indications of neuropathy for a number of years. However it is not severe. Whenever I go to orthopedics, I try to stop at endocrinology first and get an accurate assessment of my current neuropathy. Whenever a non-endocrinologist doctor reads I’m T1D every problem I’m having is caused by T1D. Then the root, non-diabetic, issue is never addressed.
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I’ve been T1D for 60 years. There have been slight indications of neuropathy for a number of years. However it is not severe. Whenever I go to orthopedics, I try to stop at endocrinology first and get an accurate assessment of my current neuropathy. Whenever a non-endocrinologist doctor reads I’m T1D every problem I’m having is caused by T1D. Then the root, non-diabetic, issue is never addressed.
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      Do you live with diabetes-related neuropathy?
      I’ve been T1D for 60 years. There have been slight indications of neuropathy for a number of years. However it is not severe. Whenever I go to orthopedics, I try to stop at endocrinology first and get an accurate assessment of my current neuropathy. Whenever a non-endocrinologist doctor reads I’m T1D every problem I’m having is caused by T1D. Then the root, non-diabetic, issue is never addressed.
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      What types of exercise do you participate in regularly? Select all that apply.
      I spend a bit of time in my garden, yardwork , the animal shelter. Days I'm not with the Shelter my herd gets walked.
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      avid cyclist for many years now ........... OK ..... add in resident year around maintenance yard work
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      Try pausing insulin on your pump if you are below 150mg/dl.
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      Really struggle with bouncing blood sugars and so I don’t exercise. I know this is a bad thing but really end up with so much bouncing hard to figure it out.
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      Really struggle with bouncing blood sugars and so I don’t exercise. I know this is a bad thing but really end up with so much bouncing hard to figure it out.
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      I always do 3 successive finger sticks about 1 day after applying a new G7 sensor. I'm amazed at how much variability there is among sensors. Some are spot on, and remain so during the entire 10 days, while the worst I saw was off 100 mg/dl at the start (reading half of the actual level) (I demanded -- and got -- a replacement for that outlier, since I did't want to have to trust it for days and go through piles of strips just to see if it was as bad as it seemed). I generally also do another batch of 3 tests several days later, just to check. I care about accuracy. I've found that it is essential to do multiple sequential finger sticks to get an accurate number from strips, since they too are far more variable than I am comfortable with. If the variability in strips is too great, I do 4 tests rather than 3, and throw out one, averaging the rest. I love my CGM, but it doesn't completely replace strips.
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    If you use an insulin pump or CGM, how does your summer wardrobe impact where you insert your pump or CGM? Select all that apply.

    Home > LC Polls > If you use an insulin pump or CGM, how does your summer wardrobe impact where you insert your pump or CGM? Select all that apply.
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    29 Comments

    1. Molly Jones

      I don’t have much body fat and have to use the same rotated sites no matter what I wear.

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      3 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. KCR

        Me, too!

        3 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. Larry Martin

      It’s a medical device that keeps me alive!! Why should I hide it???? By the way, I am not a 14yo girl from California. Stop with these stupid questions!

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    3. TEH

      When we go to the beach I just wear a sleeveless t-shirt, and not show my abdomen. (Nobody wants to see it anyway!)

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. Kelly Wilhelm

      Biggest issue in summer is the sweat factor! If I use my abdomen, I have issues with the devices sticking well.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Jane Cerullo

      Just moved from upper buttock to arm. Was getting a compression low every night. My abdomen never worked for me. Use my thighs for basal MDI and abdomen/hips for bolus. Loving freedom of being pumpless.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. Lawrence S.

      I wear my devices where they work, regard of time of the year. I don’t try to hide any of my devices. I just need to wear a belt, so I have a place to clip my pump. I wear my CGM on my upper buttocks, because that’s where it works the best for me. I do not wear my cannula on my arm because I cannot reach that area to place it there. I keep rubbing the cannula off when it is on my legs. So, mostly, I wear my cannulas somewhere on my abdomen; sun, rain or snow.

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      1. AnitaS

        I find that my insulin absorption is best on my stomach.

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    7. Steve Rosenthal

      For my cgm it does not really matter where I place my cgm. For my infusion set is a different story. Because of sweat I need to use other parts in my sides or to spray antiperspirant down before inserting the infusion set. Hope everyone has a safe July 4th.

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    8. Abigail Elias

      No impact on placement but more likely to use an over-tape if I’m anticipating prolonged hot and sweaty activity.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Sue Martin

      I always wear my CGM on my upper abdomen, where I don’t get compression lows. My clothes hide it well. Summer in my lattitude means not wearing a coat.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. Patricia Dalrymple

      I’m with everybody else. These devices no matter how the insulin is delivered save our lives. That’s much more important than where we wear them. Having said that, I would love for a woman to design a pump for women. The Medtronic was clearly designed to be worn on a belt. Most women my age (64) wear over blouses so that hides a lot. But I can’t wear a dress unless it has pockets and I put holes in the pocket. But the pump weighs down the pocket. Good news is a lot of clothing now has a place for cell phones, so that gives us a cleaner line with less bumps when women wear them. But I’m mainly just grateful for insulin.

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      1. AnitaS

        I know there are clothing lines that make places to hold pumps while wearing a dress. Sorry I can’t remember the brand or lady who designed these dresses, but diabetes-connections.com recently had an interview with the lady. I very rarely wear dresses, but if I do, I generally wear my pump on my thigh (using an insulin belt made for thighs) and just discreetly give myself a bolus while seated at a table. I use Tandem2x so with the bolusing from my phone which should be out soon will make it that much easier to bolus

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      2. Patricia Dalrymple

        Anita,

        Thank you. Yes, I have a thigh holder but I am pretty tall and always felt I had to go to the bathroom to bolus which defeats the purpose of the pump. And I never felt very secure with the thigh holder. I will look into the clothing line, though. Thank you!!

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    11. Natalie Daley

      Freestyle Libre 2 is only supposed to be placed in the back of the upper arm. Season is irrelevant. I called the company and they said that’s where research placed the sensors, so don’t change it if you want them to work. Sleeping on them hurts. I don’t care what they look like. They are better than jabbing my fingers 2-6 times a day.

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      1. AnitaS

        I switch wearing my cgm between my arm and my stomach. I seem to get more compression lows when I wear it on my arm than on my stomach even though I don’t normally sleep on my side which is where my compression lows come from when wearing it on my arm.

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    12. cynthia jaworski

      Libre is only to be worn on the upper arm. So that is what I do. Much more attractive than all the tattoos I see these days.

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    13. Steven Gill

      My pump and CGM on my abdomen, pretty much all the time.

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    14. Tina Roberts

      Other: nothing changes for me in the summer. I wear everything the same. Pump on abdomen, cgm on arm.

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    15. Karen Mason

      More affected by where to carry my pump and senser I need pockets all year long.

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    16. Becky Hertz

      My cgm goes on lower 1/3 off thighs, I routinely rotate sides between arms, back fat, buttocks, legs, occasionally stomach. Guess I got tired of reading the given answers and didn’t see “no impact on placement”

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Melinda Lipe

      Duh – my entire placement of sites is directed at getting the best adhesion, absorption, and keeping the things in. Appearance in summer clothes is very much secondary.

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    18. TomH

      The devices I use (Omni Dash/G5) have minimal impact and if they matter to others then I don’t need their opinions or involvement in my life. If I was younger, seeking friends and a mate, it would probably be of more concern, though I hope I’d realize if it made that much difference to a potential friend or mate that I they weren’t that much of a need in my life.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    19. GLORIA MILLER

      If I am flying I will put the Omnipod and Libre where it is easy to show security if I am asked. I have Global Entry so I am not asked very often what I have on my body. Also I have to remove the pump before the plane departs (or I get severe lows below 30) and then put it back on when we reach 35,000 feet so I need to be able to do that without much trouble.

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      1. ConnieT1D62

        Thank you for sharing such good practical points for air travel with a pump!

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    20. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      I’m not a Female/woman/girl/ opposite sex. (At least I know what a woman is contrary to the next Supreme Court Justice.) No big deal, I’ve worn my pump it in the same place for the last 39 years. On my belt.

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    21. Bonnie Lundblom

      I now rotate my pump sites every 3-4 days using my outer thighs, inner thighs, buttocks, areas above my waist, and my upper chest. I know this may sound weird but after developing lipodystrophy on my abdomen, after years of abdominal MDI’s. I feel that this type of rotation may help prevent problems in other pump sites. I do occasionally use my abdomen maybe once every 6 weeks or so, my Dexcom CGM is always on my upper arms since that’s the only spot where I get accurate readings most of the time. I don’t change my device placement based on seasons!

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    22. ConnieT1D62

      Not at all. I wear it all year round where I have pliable integumentary real estate w/o a build-up of scar tissue where (1) it will penetrate and deliver insulin, and (2) where it will stay in place w/o sweating the adhesive off – usually on my lower abdomen below the waist line, or outer upper thighs.

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    23. Sherolyn Newell

      Like everyone else, I put them where they work.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply

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