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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I’m almost always more informed of the reported advancements in T1 treatments than my doc. So I usually bounce ideas off the doc for his input.
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I am my own advocate. I read about new devices and always investigate side effects of any new medication before starting. I usually bring up but then have good discussion with Endo before making decisions.
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      With my endo, I usually have to ask. With the Diabetes Educator, she'll make the suggestion first. They're both very aware that I'm dependent on insurance covering the majority of the cost.
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I wouldn't say that my T1D healthcare provider OFTEN suggests medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to my diabetes management, but they do SOMETIMES suggest options available to me. (I was privileged to be the first person, in the area that I live, to be offered CSII (Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion, or pump technology) to help control my diabetes. This was after my endocrinologist attended a diabetes conference in the United States where a former Miss America, Nicole Johnson, was demonstrating a Medtronic/MiniMed insulin pump. He asked her for more information on how these pumps work, mentioning that I had extreme difficulty in controlling my diabetes, with me spending as much time in hospital as I was at home when I was taking multiple daily injections (MDI). On his return to the UK, he offered me the opportunity to 'trial' the pump, which I accepted. This was in 1989.)
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I fell in love with an insulin-dependent Type 2 20 years ago. There’s something terribly romantic about taking Lantus together at the end of the day.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      Already married over forty years when I was diagnosed.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I never knew of anyone who had diabetes, type 1 or 2 before I was married. I became a T1D after I was married.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I answered “no.” I don’t think my girlfriend at diabetes children’s camp when I was 13 counts. While I think there would be a lot I would have in common with a partner with T1D, I wouldn’t want that to be what brought us together, and I don’t think it would keep us together.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      went on one date with a T1D. she had been dx'd as a child (I was dx'd at 43) so she was very old school. she ragged on me during the entire date about my menu choices, my carbs estimation for my shot and she lost her mind when I ordered a Corona! punchline is that my sugar was less than 150 when I went to sleep.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      When I was married, diabetes was not in the picture at all. All I knew was an uncle who died in 1929 because he refused injections. I developed LADA in my 40's, followed by my husband with Type 2, then my two daughters who had PCOS and Type 2, then my son with Type 2. Enough.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I am married to someone with Type 2.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I have been married since 1985. My wife Susan does not have either type 1 or 2 diabetes, but rather type 3 diabetes- spouse or mate of someone with T1D...:) She has been my guardian for night lows, though she has rarely had to intervene since I started CGM in 8-2006.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I dated someone, but I was/am not out of the closet about having T1 so he didn’t know that I have T1
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I wouldn't say that my T1D healthcare provider OFTEN suggests medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to my diabetes management, but they do SOMETIMES suggest options available to me. (I was privileged to be the first person, in the area that I live, to be offered CSII (Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion, or pump technology) to help control my diabetes. This was after my endocrinologist attended a diabetes conference in the United States where a former Miss America, Nicole Johnson, was demonstrating a Medtronic/MiniMed insulin pump. He asked her for more information on how these pumps work, mentioning that I had extreme difficulty in controlling my diabetes, with me spending as much time in hospital as I was at home when I was taking multiple daily injections (MDI). On his return to the UK, he offered me the opportunity to 'trial' the pump, which I accepted. This was in 1989.)
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I think my healthcare providers learn about new medications and devices at about the same time that I do. This wasn't the case when I was first diagnosed, pre-internet. Back then, I always looked forward to seeing my CDE because I knew I'd come away with something to make my life easier/better.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I have been married since 1985. My wife Susan does not have either type 1 or 2 diabetes, but rather type 3 diabetes- spouse or mate of someone with T1D...:) She has been my guardian for night lows, though she has rarely had to intervene since I started CGM in 8-2006.
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I may already be on the best medications and devices available to me.
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      beth nelson likes your comment at
      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I wouldn't say that my T1D healthcare provider OFTEN suggests medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to my diabetes management, but they do SOMETIMES suggest options available to me. (I was privileged to be the first person, in the area that I live, to be offered CSII (Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion, or pump technology) to help control my diabetes. This was after my endocrinologist attended a diabetes conference in the United States where a former Miss America, Nicole Johnson, was demonstrating a Medtronic/MiniMed insulin pump. He asked her for more information on how these pumps work, mentioning that I had extreme difficulty in controlling my diabetes, with me spending as much time in hospital as I was at home when I was taking multiple daily injections (MDI). On his return to the UK, he offered me the opportunity to 'trial' the pump, which I accepted. This was in 1989.)
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      beth nelson likes your comment at
      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I think my healthcare providers learn about new medications and devices at about the same time that I do. This wasn't the case when I was first diagnosed, pre-internet. Back then, I always looked forward to seeing my CDE because I knew I'd come away with something to make my life easier/better.
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      I had to answer “other” because I just got a new endo after my other one retired so I’ve only met with him once. Too early to discuss new technology or medications.
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      beth nelson likes your comment at
      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I’m almost always more informed of the reported advancements in T1 treatments than my doc. So I usually bounce ideas off the doc for his input.
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      I am on the Dexcom, I’m not on a pump though. I am LADA so I have very high insulin resistance, so I use a lot of insulin & there’s just not a pump that would be efficient for my amount of insulin. I’ve tried to get Afrezza, but every Endoc I bring it up to won’t prescribe it. Even though I bring them evidence that it doesn’t cause lung cancer when you’re not a smoker. So frustrating that we can’t agree on that course of treatment.
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    Multiple daily injections users: Do you use a diabetes-specific app on a smart phone to track your insulin dosing?

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    29 Comments

    1. ConnieT1D62

      When I use MDI, such as a break from pump use, I just kept track mentally. After nearly 60 years of living with T1D in my body it is second nature for me.

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      1. sweet charlie

        I agree… I call it part of life.. going on 70 years now..

        12 months ago Log in to Reply
    2. HuskerKim

      I use the InPen app for my Humalog and love it! It shows when I took the dose, how much insulin I have on board, and sends me a reminder to check my glucose once the insulin is no longer working.

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    3. lenglish@cimginc.com

      I have not gone to an app yet…still using CGM/Medtronics pump. Need to make the cross over!

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    4. Kathy Morison

      And all my 45 years of being diabetic I’ve never been able to afford the pump and accessories because the copay and deductibles were way too high.

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    5. Kathy Morison

      I accidentally pushed enter before I finished my comment on the keeping track of the multi doses I have to take a day. I did try the Inpen for a while, but it wasn’t registering the amount of insulin I was taking if I didn’t use the carb recommendation setting for each of my meals. If I eat the same thing every morning and every afternoon, I don’t have to use the carb recommendation option, but found it wasn’t registering the insulin intake without using that option so I stopped using it.

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    6. Janice B

      I am not sure if I am answering this correctly or not. On Omni pod there is the Display and View apps that show insulin dosing

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    7. Mary Dexter

      I have a paper logbook in which I write what I ate and how much and when I took both insulins. This allows me to note what changes to make (take less for this meal, raise or lower basal, move timing of basal). Sometimes I also log carbs and insulin into Dexcom a month before an endocrinologist appointment.

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    8. cynthia jaworski

      i enter the insulin dose into the scanner for my libre.

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    9. Dave Akers

      Stopped MDI in 2007, went to pump systems through 2018. Started new generation 1x/day basal and Inhaled for everything else for the past 3yrs.
      I don’t miss the slow MDI insulin!

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    10. Kris Sykes-David

      I use the InPen and love it! Lately, I feel a pull towards the Omnipod 5, but…..I just think MDI is for me and the smart pen makes it easy to dose!

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    11. Mary Halverson

      I use the Dexcom G6 Clarity app

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    12. Mike Oberg

      My pump controller (PDM) records all insulin delivery and blood sugar data.

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    13. kflying1@yahoo.com

      I both write them down and use the DEXCOM logging feature.

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    14. Heather Sharp-Keys

      I log my insulin doses in my CGM. When I download my receiver it shows a nice graph of insulin dose to sugar response.
      The app for Dexcom is really limited to Apple phones and Samsung Galaxy phones. I can’t afford either, so I use the receiver.

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    15. kilupx

      I enter each insulin dose on the Dexcom app on my iPhone. This information is forever accessible on the Dexcom Clarity recording app.

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    16. Natalie Daley

      My older brother was a mathematician, and he became a T1D at 23. He died at 67. I was 5 years younger but was diagnosed at 40 and started insulin at 45 when the doctor realized the Draconian diet he had ordered wasn’t working. My brother designed a mathematical matrix for calculating how much insulin to take based on my weight, blood sugar, and carb intake. I’ve successfully used this for 30 years. My endocrinologist has a copy.

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    17. Jim Cobbe

      The Dexcom app allows recording ‘events’ — fast acting insulin, long lasting insulin, and carbohydrate intake. The latter is inadequate to capture diet in my view.

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    18. Don P

      use a spreadsheet to track dosage / carbs / exercise / weather conditions. I’m an avid cyclist so recording above greatly assists potential glucose fluctuation.

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    19. Yaffa Steubinger

      I use the Dexcom G6 app like I see many others use.

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    20. Cheryl Weaver

      I am on an insulin pump

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    21. debi.henson@gmail.com

      I use the menu in the Dexcom receiver.

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    22. John Vicars

      I use a 3 event timer. I can mentally keep up with dosage but timing is so critical. Know the timing of prebolus, meal . Looking at cgm value and time from meal whether a correction is required. I get great results.

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    23. Shelly Engel

      I feel like I should track it on my cgm app, but I track it mentally unless I’m having stress or an illness, then I usually end up writing down my doses in a notebook where I sometimes track new foods/meals and new exercise regimens

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    24. Maurine Bowser

      I use the InPen and love it!!

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    25. Randell Cole

      I use an insulin pump

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    26. Bruce Johnson

      No, all these apps are only allowed to use if you live in the US !!!
      So much for co-operative TD1 relationships !!!

      12 months ago Log in to Reply
    27. Mike Plante

      I use my phone to enter the dose, so yes, absolutely. (DIY Loop)

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      1. Mike Plante

        Whoops, missed the part about MDI in the question. 🫠

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