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      ChrisW likes your comment at
      What kind of diabetes-related support would be most helpful to you right now?
      Funny you should ask, and I'm with Amanda Barras - dealing with the US insurance and networks system. I switched health plans, effective 1/1/26. My old plan stopped processing Rx's two weeks before (Rx's for pump and CGM supplies). With the network system in US healthcare, I can't see a doctor until September. Since I have different coverage for my supplies (including insulin) I need new Rx's. Having to check in often to see if their are open appointments from cancellations, and trying to see if a Zoom care or Urgent care will provide "bridge refills". My old health plan will not issue bridge refills. I 'spose it isn't strictly a T1D issue - but it's one that unites all of us with chronic medical conditions (and chronic poor medical service)
    • 8 hours, 49 minutes ago
      ChrisW likes your comment at
      What kind of diabetes-related support would be most helpful to you right now?
      For me, a “cruise director” for long-term Type 1 diabetes or chronic illness would be most beneficial — someone who looks at the whole person. General practitioners are increasingly rare, and specialists tend to work in silos, often without coordinating care, considering overlapping conditions, or cross-checking medications and prognoses. What’s needed is a knowledgeable care coordinator who understands long-term Type 1 diabetes, can help interpret conflicting specialist advice, guide patients toward the right specialist for specific symptoms (for example, whether migrating burning pain is diabetes-related or not), and maintain referral lists of providers who already understand how long-term diabetes affects their specialty.
    • 13 hours, 32 minutes ago
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      How often do you review your glucose data beyond quick, real-time checks?
      Monthly to quarterly. Depending on control. If I notice more highs or lows I’ll copy check for trends and make dosing adjustments to straighten myself out. I almost never wait for appts to review and make changes on my own.
    • 13 hours, 32 minutes ago
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      How often do you review your glucose data beyond quick, real-time checks?
      Quick real-time checks? About 32 million per day. Uploading pump data for analysis? Once a week, usually Saturday or Sunday. Graphs are much to be preferred to just eyeballing numbers. 🙇‍♀️⌇ ⌇ ⌇
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      How often do you review your glucose data beyond quick, real-time checks?
      Quick real-time checks? About 32 million per day. Uploading pump data for analysis? Once a week, usually Saturday or Sunday. Graphs are much to be preferred to just eyeballing numbers. 🙇‍♀️⌇ ⌇ ⌇
    • 17 hours, 40 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      How often do you review your glucose data beyond quick, real-time checks?
      “At appointments” was the best option for me, my medical appointments are only every 6 months, so this definition really means appointments with myself! I check my bg all the time, then review trends every 2-3 months, depending on the need. I’ve been traveling quite a bit so my need to review and make pump (AID) adjustments has been more frequent.
    • 17 hours, 41 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      How often do you review your glucose data beyond quick, real-time checks?
      Monthly to quarterly. Depending on control. If I notice more highs or lows I’ll copy check for trends and make dosing adjustments to straighten myself out. I almost never wait for appts to review and make changes on my own.
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      Which of the following can make exercising more challenging for you? (Select all that apply)
      Getting motivated to leave my cozy recliner!!
    • 18 hours, 51 minutes ago
      Steve Rumble likes your comment at
      Which of the following can make exercising more challenging for you? (Select all that apply)
      Nothing usually gets in the way of exercising besides motivation
    • 20 hours, 29 minutes ago
      Ahh Life likes your comment at
      Which of the following can make exercising more challenging for you? (Select all that apply)
      Old age (86). I'm tired.
    • 1 day, 10 hours ago
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      Which of the following can make exercising more challenging for you? (Select all that apply)
      I do not have a “fear” of low glucose, but a healthy awareness. So, I always have glucose tabs on hand and check blood sugars during exercise.
    • 1 day, 13 hours ago
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      Which of the following can make exercising more challenging for you? (Select all that apply)
      If I am below 100 and haven't eaten recently or I am below 100 and trending downward, I eat and suspend pump before walking my dogs. Sometimes I have to postpone walks or intentionally plan them after a meal in order to prevent a low.
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      I do not have a “fear” of low glucose, but a healthy awareness. So, I always have glucose tabs on hand and check blood sugars during exercise.
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      I do not have a “fear” of low glucose, but a healthy awareness. So, I always have glucose tabs on hand and check blood sugars during exercise.
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      I do not have a “fear” of low glucose, but a healthy awareness. So, I always have glucose tabs on hand and check blood sugars during exercise.
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      I find the hardest thing is getting started. Diabetes doesn’t really cause issues
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      I do not have a “fear” of low glucose, but a healthy awareness. So, I always have glucose tabs on hand and check blood sugars during exercise.
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      I do not fear to practice exercise
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      I do not have a “fear” of low glucose, but a healthy awareness. So, I always have glucose tabs on hand and check blood sugars during exercise.
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      Which part of your diabetes routine feels the most consistent day-to-day?
      Successful diabetes management requires consistent routines. I picked morning, but all apply.
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      I chose real life practical tips because of a suggestion I saw in an online forum. For the last week and a half I have been running my Tandem sleep mode 24/7, except while playing golf when I switched to exercise mode. My TIR has been higher than it’s been in a long time. I use a higher temp basil if I need more insulin for a short time and use a 0 temp basil if I get too low but mostly I just sail along keeping in range.
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      Do you feel like diabetes-related decisions take more time and energy than other people realize?
      Most people think you wear a pump and it does everything. They have no idea about pre-bolus for food and adjustments, site changes or any of the other issues and decisions and actions we make every day.
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      I think it's actually made me go the opposite way - I really don't like change and cling to my routines 😂
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      A choice that was not available but one that is really needed is: " Aging with Type 1".
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    Many people living with T1D also live with other autoimmune diseases. How many other autoimmune diseases do you live with? Share what they are in the comments.

    Home > LC Polls > Many people living with T1D also live with other autoimmune diseases. How many other autoimmune diseases do you live with? Share what they are in the comments.
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    38 Comments

    1. Ann Auerbach

      Hashimoto’s

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    2. Kris Koch

      Hashimoto’s

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    3. Phyllis Biederman

      Hashimoto’s

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      1. Phyllis B

        Pardon my typo- it’s Dupuytren’s

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. Shelly Smith

      The same condition that triggered the diabetes also made me epileptic, so I answered “1”.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Lawrence S.

      I said 5+. The ones that I know of include, Pemphagoid, hypothyroid, asthma, frozen shoulder (may be some other issue here with pain in shoulder, neck, arm, and chest), and gastroparesis. I usually forget something. Lots of other issues that have not been diagnosed as autoimmune diseases.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. HMW

      Hashimoto’s

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    7. Jane Cerullo

      Graves’ disease and TED. Also not sure if autoimmune but have Duputrens contractions.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Phyllis B

        Yup Dupetreyn’s counts

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    8. Jneticdiabetic

      Hashimoto’s (autoimmune hypothyroidism)

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Beckett Nelson

      Hashimotos and Sjogren’s (working on diagnosis for this one now)

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. Ahh Life

      Hey! I don’t know what it takes to get an olympic medal in this disease-driven olympics I have dived into, but . . . I have experienced at least twenty of these. Also, I’d just like to know what is the world record? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯?

      *Arteriosclerosis

      Autoimmune gastritis

      Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis

      *Autoimmune retinopathy (AIR)

      Dermatitis herpetiformis

      Dermatomyositis

      Diabetes, type 1

      Eosinophilic fasciitis

      *Interstitial cystitis

      *Ligneous conjunctivitis

      Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)

      *Multifocal motor neuropathy

      *Pernicious anemia

      POEMS syndrome

      Palmoplantar Pustulosis

      *Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSD) / Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

      *Restless leg syndrome (RLS) / Willis-Ekbom disease

      Rheumatoid arthritis

      *Stiff person syndrome (SPS)

      Small fiber sensory neuropathy

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      1. KarenM6

        I think you have the gold medal there, Ahh Life! =:o

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
      2. Sherrie Johnson

        Must be fun when you have to fill out forms for new doctor

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. Sherolyn Newell

      Rheumatoid arthritis.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    12. audrey coleman

      Psoriatic Arthritis

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    13. Sheldon Schwartz

      Rheumatoid arthritis

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    14. Lisa Anderson

      Grave’s Disease
      Celiac Disease

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    15. GiGi

      Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    16. Beckie McCammitt

      Low thyroid and celiac

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Janice B

      Hashimoto Thyroiditis

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    18. Jonathan Knight

      Eczema

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    19. KarenM6

      I have trigger finger, but don’t know if that’s autoimmune.
      I have an arthritis, but I don’t know what kind…
      I said “no”, but my answer may be limited to my knowledge of all the autoimmune conditions out there!

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    20. Kathryn Keller

      celiac

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    21. lis be

      Hashimoto’s
      Atrophic gastritis
      Fibromyalgia (not sure if that is an auto immune?)

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    22. Bret Itskowitch

      rheumatoid arthritis. Research has found that people with T1D have a higher risk of developing RA. Lucky me

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    23. Karen DeVeaux

      Celiac

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    24. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      Just little old ME!

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    25. kilupx

      Hashimoto’s, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. The only serious one is RA.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    26. George Rich

      Hypothyroid

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    27. Molly Jones

      Crohn’s Disease/Ulcerative Colitis
      Hashimoto’s Disease
      Rosacea
      Sjogren’s
      Pernicious anemia
      GAD65 Antibody-Associated Epilepsy
      I wonder how many conditions will be found to be autoimmune related.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    28. Carl Robertson

      Addison’s disease, aka primary adrenal insufficiency, caused by autoimmune attack on the adrenal cortex

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    29. Kathleen Juzenas

      RA

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    30. Anneyun

      RA, many trigger fingers, I had frozen shoulder in both shoulders for 6 years.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    31. Carrolyn Barloco

      tacrolimus and polymyalgia reumatica

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    32. Twinniepoo74

      Lupus, esophagitis, and gerd

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    33. Lynn Green

      Psoriatic arthritis

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    34. PamK

      I have Ulcerative Colitis and Symbiotic Psoriasis (caused by Humira).

      2 years ago Log in to Reply

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