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      When your sleep is disrupted because of T1D, what are the most common causes? Select all that apply to you.
      And sometimes I dream that I’ve run out of insulin and cannot get prescription refilled.
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      When your sleep is disrupted because of T1D, what are the most common causes? Select all that apply to you.
      I providee an answer of low BG. But with that said, it is usually a false alarm (compression low from Dexcom sensor) With the stable bedtime BG and a TSlim X2 pump using CIQ and Sleep Mode, I consistently sleep between about 85 and 110 every night. The key to this is going to bed with a stable BG (85-110) and not having any IOB.
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      While middle-of-the-nght alerts are frustrating and irritating, I'm no longer terrified of dying from an extreme low in the middle of the night, so technology is still a win for me!
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      I get a notice of high glucose levels that occurred several hours ago!! WHY?
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      The same as Carrolyn Barloco. I often get messages in the middle of the night that my blood glucose level was either high or low 2, 3, or 4 hours ago. This is a completely useless piece of information, and absolutely NO REASON to wake me up. This is nothing but an ANNOYING alert. Tandem and Medtronic, if you're listening, please remove this function from your pumps.
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      I wake up with physical effects of lows. Odd thing is that if I am dreaming, I will often have the same effects within my dream. Like I will be on a plane to some exotic location and start searching for snacks! Does this happen to anyone else?
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      Yeah. Totally agree! This is totally unnecessary and extremely annoying.
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      My most frequent and favorite !!?? alarm at night is the one that tells me I had a high two hours ago! Duh!!!
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      I get a notice of high glucose levels that occurred several hours ago!! WHY?
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      The same as Carrolyn Barloco. I often get messages in the middle of the night that my blood glucose level was either high or low 2, 3, or 4 hours ago. This is a completely useless piece of information, and absolutely NO REASON to wake me up. This is nothing but an ANNOYING alert. Tandem and Medtronic, if you're listening, please remove this function from your pumps.
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      Yes, I appreciate device improvements but some are just plain annoying and make a difficult journey Worse, not better. And the main complaint is unnecessary alerts the user cannot adjust.
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      My most frequent and favorite !!?? alarm at night is the one that tells me I had a high two hours ago! Duh!!!
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      Yeah. Totally agree! This is totally unnecessary and extremely annoying.
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      Why isn't going to the bathroom not on this list?
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      I wake up with physical effects of lows. Odd thing is that if I am dreaming, I will often have the same effects within my dream. Like I will be on a plane to some exotic location and start searching for snacks! Does this happen to anyone else?
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      My most frequent and favorite !!?? alarm at night is the one that tells me I had a high two hours ago! Duh!!!
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      My pump, "I need to BG! I need to BG!" Such a cry baby it is!
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    On average, how long do you have to travel to see your diabetes care provider? Please answer for the time it takes to get to the clinic from whichever location you most often leave for your appointments, whether that be your home, your workplace, or another location.

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    32 Comments

    1. Molly Jones

      If my husband is available, it takes around thirty minutes. This is the usual.
      Sometimes when not, it takes around two hours by bus.
      I am grateful for the job he has and his involvement in my health care.

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      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    2. Robert L Nelson

      It takes me 3 hours every 3 months which is required by Medicare because I’m wearing a pump.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
      1. Karen DeVeaux

        I don’t think you have to see an endocrinologist every 3 months, I’m on Medicare and a Primary Care Provider works

        7 months ago Log in to Reply
    3. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      I live in walking distance from my home to my ENDO’S OFFICE. No Clinic, that’s the advantage of living in a large Metropolitan area. There are at least ten Large Hospitals and countless walk-in offices with-in 15 miles of my house.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    4. Lawrence S.

      For the past 10 years, I have driven about 40 to 45 minutes to the hospital where my Endo office is located.
      However, From 1985 until 2012, I drove 5 hours, each way to see my Endo. I lived in very rural area in the mountains of Northern New York State at that time. I do miss my NY State Endo (Syracuse Joslin Clinic).

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    5. Pam Taylor

      My Endocrinologist is across the state from where I live. Some 250+ miles and 4-5 hrs away.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    6. Lori Lehnen

      0 minutes – I do virtual appointments. The longest I ever had to wait in the “waiting room” was less than 5 minutes.

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    7. Drina Nicole Jewell

      She is 2.5-3 hours away. We mostly do video or telehealth appts. And she is absolutely worth it when I have to drive.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    8. Steve Rumble

      I see my primary care MD at Kaiser in the office 15-30 minutes away. However I also see care providers at the VA, primarily via telemed appointments, as they are located 60 – 90 minutes away.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    9. Karen DeVeaux

      I just moved and don’t have an endocrinologist yet. I’ve made an appointment with a PCP and when I do see an endocrinologist I think it will be a long drive. I’m on Medicare and a PCP works for the 3 month rule.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    10. LizB

      My old endo was very close. For my new endo I have to take the subway or bus (I prefer bus) and that takes close to an hour when I include the time spent walking to the stop, waiting for the bus and the ride itself. Then I have to do the return trip which usually takes longer.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    11. Barbara Bubar

      I intersperse visits to my internist with my endocrinologist’s NP every three months….the internist is close…not the 45 plus for the NP.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    12. Christine Gran

      My son’s endo is 1 1/2 hrs from us, but he comes up every 3 months at another doctor’s office. He goes to the endo’s clinic for his annual checkup 90 miles south of us.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    13. dave hedeen

      In addition to 45 minute time, hav $4 toll and $6 parking fee

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    14. Marty

      It takes about 15 min to get to my endo’s office from my house, but I’ve only seen her in person once, years ago. I’ve had telehealth visits every three months since then with her or with her CDE to comply with Medicare requirements.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    15. Ms Cris

      Takes me 30-45 min for the 12 miles only because of big city traffic and parking, sometimes an hour. She’s worth it, though.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    16. CindyGoddard

      3-1/2 hours. There is no Endo that works here.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    17. Becky Hertz

      Really depends on traffic. I’m not that far but live in the Seattle area. I always allow at least 30 minutes to get there.

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      1. Sue Martin

        I live in the Puget Sound too. It’s about 25 miles but could take anywhere from 30 -90 minutes.

        7 months ago Log in to Reply
    18. Scott Doerner

      Only takes so long because I ride the bus. The doctor is about 7 miles away.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    19. Janis Senungetuk

      When I was driving it took about a half hour depending on traffic and weather conditions. Now that I use the paratransit service the latest I can arrange for pick-up is 45 minutes before my appointment, usually an hour before.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    20. Kris Sykes-David

      When I was dx’d in 2013, my GP suggested I go to an Endo an hour away as the local one was really, really busy. I am happy with my Endo, however now there are two new ones in my town I could try to see! What a dilemma. I’ll be 65 in February and keeping existing federal health insurance and adding Medicare. I think I will stay put for now! That’s too many changes for the insurance companies to catch up.😬

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    21. Lyn McQuaid

      My endo’s office is only 8 minutes away but he lives right up the street from me, which is handy as I run into him frequently while outside mowing or walking or riding my bike.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    22. William Bennett

      I moved from Boston down to CT about 2 yrs ago, but really loved my endo at Brigham & Women’s, so I didn’t look for a local person. It’s about 2:15 to Boston. Now Medicare insists I see someone every 3 months to cover my pump supplies (which is absurd, my control is excellent–5.9 A1C at last test a week ago). So I guess I have to find someone local now. Sigh.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
      1. Marthaeg

        I don’t know where in CT you are but I have a wonderful endocrinologist in Katonah NY. It was about a half hour from Wilton. Her name is Dr. Rita Landman

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      2. Kristine Warmecke

        Does your endocrinologist offer Telehealth appointment’s? I do two a year, so I don’t have to go into the city, and have my every 3 months lab work done when I go for my every 28 day’s oncology treatment. It save me time to have it done at that site, since Ill be there anyway and it’s only 35 miles away, instead of 58.

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    23. Marthaeg

      Used to be about half hour but I moved to TX. She’s in NY and I don’t want to switch.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    24. Ahh Life

      I am the real 3-sigma deviant here with 1.5 hours. I live 42 miles away (41.6 technically). But between poor road traffic, urban congestion, poor planning, and poor public transport . . . I need to allow at least 1.5 hours.

      And that is not including because of hurricane Ian flooding an extra 10 miles, an extra 10 stoplights, and an extra 10 minutes driving. How do you people travel further distance in less times? Super Sonic Transports, I guess.😒

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    25. Daniel Bestvater

      2&1/2-3 hours

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    26. Kristine Warmecke

      I said 1 to 1.5 hours, but it depends on traffic, road work, etc. It’s always 1.5 hours, has taken as long as 4 hours.

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    27. Mary Thomson

      Two hours and fifteen minutes. Worth the drive.

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    28. Jim Cobbe

      The frustrating part is waiting for the provider after arriving and.or waiting for call backs after leaving phone messages etc. And if this includes suppliers of strips, insulin, etc, dealing with irritating phone/chat delays ,,,,

      7 months ago Log in to Reply

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