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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      Labor Day weekend 2022 I was admitted to the hospital for passing out in a hotel bathroom. My blood sugar was over 400, so they had me on an insulin drip. I hit my head when I fell so they gave me a ct scan and found 3 cysts and a huge shadow the size of a baseball in my head. After they got my sugar under control they transferred me to a larger hospital with an MRI machine. Found stage 4 brain tumor. So had to have emergency surgery that Wednesday. Let’s just say the next 4 months was extremely stressful for me & my husband. I am on the mend now & hopefully my next mri will be stable or all clear! 🤞🤞
    • 42 minutes ago
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      My last hospitalization was in December 2020 after a delayed refill for my insulin put me in DKA. The worst part was that because it was at the height of Covid, my husband basically could only drop me off at the ER door. The hospital was less than ten minutes from our home, and it was only one night, but I may as well have been on the other side of the world.
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      After my preliminary stay at Joslin in 1954, I've never spent time in a hospital because of having diabetes. A few other times for things like tonsils and babies, but I've been very lucky, and very healthy. Very grateful!
    • 42 minutes ago
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      The only time I have been hospitalized due to T1D was in 1970 when I suffered a diabetic hyperosmolar coma, due to ketoacidosis resulting from undiagnosed T1D. I was young and just back from an assignment to Korea in the USAF. I new something was wrong with me, but did not know what and I wanted to visit my family before exploring my issues through the USAF medical services.
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      At 65yo, a T1D for 53 years and a pump user for 25 years I experienced what I own as a user error when my pump charger cord went bad and I miscalculated a manual shot. I awoke at 3am knowing I was going low and went to the kitchen to get some juice and remember noting after that until I awoke on the kitchen floor. I could not stand up and drug myself down the hall to get my phone. I called 911 and asked what time it was. It was 9am. I had broken my right ankle, fractured my left knee and torn the meniscus. Lots of lessons learned and after a month of rehab my family and I decided I could no longer live alone. Between T1D and being a fall risk I am in a senior assisted living. It’s not a bad ending but so many things go into our care. Prepare for your future and don’t be stupid!
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      Amazing!
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      In 72 years with T1D I have been hospitalized once -- 1984 when BG got so low that my internal body temperature went from 98.6 to 93. That is the coldest I have ever been in my life, colder than 30 below 0 Fahrenheit in Midwest winters, cold Alps at 9,000 feet, and cold western US Ski areas at 9,000 feet. Brain does a wonderful instinctive thing at low BG to try to keep it's functions working so that you don't die. Thanks, brain.
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      Dang, now I jinxed myself 🙃
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      Labor Day weekend 2022 I was admitted to the hospital for passing out in a hotel bathroom. My blood sugar was over 400, so they had me on an insulin drip. I hit my head when I fell so they gave me a ct scan and found 3 cysts and a huge shadow the size of a baseball in my head. After they got my sugar under control they transferred me to a larger hospital with an MRI machine. Found stage 4 brain tumor. So had to have emergency surgery that Wednesday. Let’s just say the next 4 months was extremely stressful for me & my husband. I am on the mend now & hopefully my next mri will be stable or all clear! 🤞🤞
    • 19 hours, 14 minutes ago
      Ahh Life likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      At 65yo, a T1D for 53 years and a pump user for 25 years I experienced what I own as a user error when my pump charger cord went bad and I miscalculated a manual shot. I awoke at 3am knowing I was going low and went to the kitchen to get some juice and remember noting after that until I awoke on the kitchen floor. I could not stand up and drug myself down the hall to get my phone. I called 911 and asked what time it was. It was 9am. I had broken my right ankle, fractured my left knee and torn the meniscus. Lots of lessons learned and after a month of rehab my family and I decided I could no longer live alone. Between T1D and being a fall risk I am in a senior assisted living. It’s not a bad ending but so many things go into our care. Prepare for your future and don’t be stupid!
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      Labor Day weekend 2022 I was admitted to the hospital for passing out in a hotel bathroom. My blood sugar was over 400, so they had me on an insulin drip. I hit my head when I fell so they gave me a ct scan and found 3 cysts and a huge shadow the size of a baseball in my head. After they got my sugar under control they transferred me to a larger hospital with an MRI machine. Found stage 4 brain tumor. So had to have emergency surgery that Wednesday. Let’s just say the next 4 months was extremely stressful for me & my husband. I am on the mend now & hopefully my next mri will be stable or all clear! 🤞🤞
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      So gratifying to see so many "no" responses, way to go everyone!!
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      After 56 years of T1D (34yrs of injections up to 5 / day), my buttocks have some scar tissue. The description of lipohyertrophy doesn't match with my scar tissue. I don't have hard lumps, just areas that feel firmer under the skin. I also have more problem with sunken spots (atrophy) in my 'favorite' injection spots. Dealing with it is basically trying to avoid those spots. If a site is not absorbing, I take a hot shower or do moderate exercise to increase blood flow to the area. BGs will plummet though so I have to be cautious. I also started using alternative infusion sites and also have considered a variable angle infusion set, but have not yet tried it.
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      I started to but then switched to my upper thighs and am able to rotate over a much greater surface area.
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      T1DGJ likes your comment at
      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      I stopped using those sites and paid more attention to rotation of available ones.
    • 22 hours, 9 minutes ago
      Greg Felton likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      The only time I have been hospitalized due to T1D was in 1970 when I suffered a diabetic hyperosmolar coma, due to ketoacidosis resulting from undiagnosed T1D. I was young and just back from an assignment to Korea in the USAF. I new something was wrong with me, but did not know what and I wanted to visit my family before exploring my issues through the USAF medical services.
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      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      Last time I was in the hospital due to diabetes was within 6 months of first starting on an insulin pump. Approximately 32 years ago
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      I’ve never been hospitalized because of T1D other than when the endo started me on insulin on 1973 to learn about injections and diet.
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      jo likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      In 72 years with T1D I have been hospitalized once -- 1984 when BG got so low that my internal body temperature went from 98.6 to 93. That is the coldest I have ever been in my life, colder than 30 below 0 Fahrenheit in Midwest winters, cold Alps at 9,000 feet, and cold western US Ski areas at 9,000 feet. Brain does a wonderful instinctive thing at low BG to try to keep it's functions working so that you don't die. Thanks, brain.
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      So gratifying to see so many "no" responses, way to go everyone!!
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      First time two years ago when I was diagnosed with T1D! Was in DKA and had no idea why I was so sick. Six days! Second time just overnight when I couldn't get my sugars down (I was still in that early learning phase). And at least one stop of a couple of hours at the ER - same reason - high sugars I couldn't figure out. Luckily I seem to have all figured out now! Whew!
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    On average, how many lows would you estimate you have per week?

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    29 Comments

    1. Joan Fray

      I said 7, about one a day. Nut my lows are mild, in the 6o to 70 range. Never feel them, but alarm warns me. 1 to 2 glucose tabs fix the problem. T1d 61 years, age 73 , 90% TIR . Prett active, still kickin’!

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    2. Lawrence S.

      If you define lows as below 70, I usually average about two each day. So, I answered “14”.

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      1. Lawrence S.

        Not having serious lows often. Most lows are hardly noticeable.

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      2. cynthia jaworski

        My answer is similar. I would count 14 if you count when I am around 70 and need to top up. If you only count when I go below 60, my answer would probably be never.

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    3. Janice Bohn

      My lows come primarily from exercise. I use the exercise feature on my OmniPod but the algorithm is not robust enough. Tandem did a better job – I would suspend my insulin and that would mostly keep me from dropping.

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    4. Nicholas Argento

      I said 4-5, but they are mild and infrequently at night on Dexcom G6 w Control IQ…

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    5. AimmcG

      I swing low but to the point where I need a a glucagon shot. That happens once every 4 years or so . Otherwise I have a low requiring juice or something 5-6x a week

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    6. Karen Tay

      But there really is no consistency from week to week for me

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    7. Maureen Helinski

      Sometimes I sleep on the sensor and get compression lows. I don’t count hose.

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    8. Nevin Bowman

      It would be nice to have a numerical value attached to “low”. I work with another diabetic whose low is my normal range.

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      1. Trina Blake

        Good point – we need a definition of low to accurately answer

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    9. Pauline M Reynolds

      I put 2/3 times, but I have wanna be lows daily. I catch them in time, though.

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      1. Trina Blake

        Like your term “wanna be lows”

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    10. Eva

      It really depends on what you consider “low.” If you mean between 65 and 70 then at least two or three times everyday. If you mean between 54 and 65, then about once everyday or every other day. Below 54, I experience about two or three times a week.

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      1. Eva

        My lows (around 54) happen during exercise. I lose concentration and strength. So, I have a juice box.

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    11. Jian

      I have lows but the. sensor catches most all of them.

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    12. George Lovelace

      1 or 2, on ICQ Dex G6, A1c usually Low 6 but hit 5.4 a few weeks ago – Working on TIR to 85 -91% T1 59 yrs, 74 YO

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    13. Daniel Bestvater

      I often run my BG down to 3.6-4(65-72) before eating. I use CIQ and prebolus by 30-45 minutes. My A1c is is usually around 6.

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    14. Mig Vascos

      I choose 7 per weeks but they’re mild. It depends what hits my blood stream faster whether the food or the insulin. Usually just annoying but inconsequential.
      Im on a tandem with IQ and Dexcom 6 sensor so the alarms beep, otherwise they’d go unnoticed
      I never need any assistance or have any serious problem.

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    15. Annie Wall

      I answered 0-1. It’s easy to find them on t:connect. But don’t ask me how many highs. I’ll actually have to count that!

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    16. Patricia Maddix

      Since I switched from Medtronic 723 pump and Dexcom a year ago, my incidence of lows has gone down dramatically. I checked two or three per week that are actually below 70. Sometimes I will eat a bit of something when I’m between 80 and 100 and dropping very fast and this along with control IQ generally prevents me from actually getting low.

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    17. Phyllis Biederman

      Mild or predicted low by pump/cgm. No severe lows.

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    18. sweetcharlie

      I have my G6 set to alarm at 70… It buzzis at least once a day.. I usually feel it before alarm, even while sleeping..

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    19. KCR

      If lower than 70, probably 2-3 times per week. No lows under 55 in recent weeks, thank goodness.

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    20. RegMunro

      If my definition is 5 / 90

      The number drops if I adopt a lower definition

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    21. TEH

      Since switching to Dex 6 & t:slim earlier this year, Clarity is reporting 1%. Thats a big improvement

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    22. StPetie

      Assuming that a low is anything below 80, I probably have 2 per day or so. So I put 14 or more. But for a low that has even a minor physical impact (below 65 or so) I would say one every 2 or 3 months.

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    23. T1D4LongTime

      I said 6-7 because I am a brittle diabetic. Mornings are a very rapid rise (100 points in 15 minutes regardless of type of breakfast (small cup of whole grain cereal with almond milk), then just as rapid drop 45-60 minutes later. My endo says it is a pattern with me (even if I don’t eat breakfast). Adjusted basal rates, carb factor and prebolusing do not control the problem. Dexcom’s trend arrow does not recognize a slow (< 2.0mg/Dl per minute) drop so continues to give basal until I reach BG of 90). Although adjusted basal is not going to stop a rapid drop. Hot showers after bolusing drop the BG immediately and rapidly so I'm low before the shower is complete.

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    24. Wanacure

      Some weeks I have no readings less than 70. Another week I might have 2 lows.

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