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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      "It's a forever learning curve" - so very true
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      For pump users: In the past 3 months, have you had issues with insulin delivery due to a bent cannula or occlusion?
      I hesitate to bring this up but I am quite sure this happens more than people realize. I use a tubed pump and small amounts of total daily insulin and have checked the tubing for YEARS for bubbles. YES, they are difficult to "notice" unless you have a good light behind the clear tubing because the insulin is also colorless. I detach and check the tubing in the morning and before bedtime if not before the evening meal...I'm talking about significant bubbles----8-10-or12 inches in length can appear and you would NOT notice them unless you were looking. I wonder how many people wonder why their blood sugar is occasionally high and it's being caused by a significant bubble...NO, not the champagne sized version that's often mentioned to "ignore." The pump company I deal with tried to get me to switch to injections instead but I am an EXPERT with the bubble situation. Also, comments over the years that I am probably not filling the reservoir correctly, etc....just plain silly. I am NOT new at this...LOL!!!
    • 8 hours, 34 minutes ago
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 13 hours, 31 minutes ago
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I began playing Pickleball last year in March. When the temperatures started to rise the extra effort my body was experiencing because of the heat got my body hormones out of balance and I began experiencing nausea, higher heart rates and feeling very uncomfortable. I soon realized that I cannot play when is too hot or I’ll end up with ketones. Any new activity when on. Insulin requires adjustments. It’s a forever learning curve. Adding to the heat, last year I was having some absorption problems by the overuse of my abdomen. I have now move the infusion sites to my upper front side and it’s working much better.
    • 13 hours, 31 minutes ago
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 13 hours, 32 minutes ago
      Ahh Life likes your comment at
      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I answered no, but I do experience nausea and/or vomiting, usually on a daily basis, but this is because I have gastroparesis. I have rarely been able to eat breakfast over the last 20+ years as I end up vomiting it all back up ... try explaining that to ward staff in hospital(s). ;-)
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 1 day, 6 hours ago
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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 62 years I have skin issues everywhere. I am an avid at rotating every time I change my infusion set. When I was on multiple daily injections, up to 9 per day, I had massive skin hardening. Since on the pump it’s not nearly as bad that’s been 33 years. I take very little insulin my daily basal comes out to 9 units over 24 hours I eat two meals that I count carbs for and try to keep at a minimum of 30-40 per day. Everything is going well. Rotation is key
    • 1 day, 6 hours ago
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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 use a pump and have had issues with insulin absorbtion. It seems I have a lot of them on the side I primarily use for infusion sets. I recently switched to the other side of my abdomen and dropped more than one point on my a1c.
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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?
      When I first started with my current Endo we would discuss the released and upcoming products and I would tell her about the 'off-market' applications and devices, we both learned from each other. But she was so good with helping me transition to the Dexcom and then the Tandem after Animas was pulled from the Market. She followed my Dex and even finer tuned my Basals and early this year I got an "unbeleivable" 5.4 A1c and we are both extremely happy!
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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?
      Yes. But then I self-selected when choosing an endocrinology clinic that pursues cutting-edge advances 40 years ago. Cutting-edge is a phrase that is also often called bleeding-edge because it is often experimental, hit or miss on results, and very expensive. I am convinced the “bleeding” refers to $$$.
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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?
      not anymore, and I am happy about it! Most of the time they were recommending things that had been recently pitched to them by a pharmaceutical salesperson or a durable medical supplier. The doctors would give patients the "free samples" and it was often not the best fit, then after the "free" supply ran out, the prices were exorbitant. Maybe it still happens, but I haven't seen it for a while.
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      The need for better CGM accuracy is a big consideration for me. Also my control is pretty good right now (a1c in the low 6 range). Although I am tempted by the sleep and exercise modes which would be very helpful since I’m getting back in to exercise. So…I keep sitting on the fence…
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      I don’t want to change from the Omnipod Dash to Omnipod 5 because the minimum target blood glucose is level is higher than where I like to keep it. My A1C is currently 5.0.
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      For the last 5 years, the highest HbA1C I've had was 5.3. For the last 3 years the high, low, & average have been 5.2, 4.7, & 4.9. I'm not willing to go to an AID that sets a target of 6 to 7.
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      I do MDI. For the last 7 years my A1C has averaged around 4.8. I have no reason to believe that a closed loop automated system could do that well.
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      There are many reasons, as well as "something else." My arthritic fingers do not serve me well with a cell phone. I have trouble putting the needle covers back on to my insulin pen needles. If I had to take care of all the fine muscle issues associated with setting a pump up, I would probably require assistance. I am also not drawn to the issues I hear about tissue damage at the infusion sites, or knowing whether everything is seated properly and the insulin is actually flowing. Finally, I just have some kind of negative karma with electronics. I have worked as a lab biochemist. Somehow, I find the weaknesses of every machine in the lab. (the ideal industrial beta-tester) Having said that, what I hear about the numbers achieved with the tandem CIQ gives me pause to consider.
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      Like others, the "closed loop" runs me too high - even the target bg is too high for me. I use the TandemX2 with BIQ integrated wqith my Dexcom G6. I also appreciate - and use - the temp basal function often. I would lose that with CIQ. L:ike Nilla Eckstrom (I think?) I like to be between 80-90, with maybe up to 120 after I eat.
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      The constant refilling and site changes...doesn't seem worth it.
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      If you have never used an insulin pump with automated insulin delivery (also known as a hybrid closed-loop pump), what are some of the reasons you’re reluctant, or obstacles you’ve encountered? Please select all that apply.
      Luddites just may be the most comfortable people on earth. 🙃 
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      For pump users: In the past 3 months, have you had issues with insulin delivery due to a bent cannula or occlusion?
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    Several companies are investigating islet cell replacement therapies for people with T1D, some of which would require patients to be on immunosuppression therapies. Out of the following options, which of these outcomes would be the most meaningful and desirable for you?

    Home > LC Polls > Several companies are investigating islet cell replacement therapies for people with T1D, some of which would require patients to be on immunosuppression therapies. Out of the following options, which of these outcomes would be the most meaningful and desirable for you?
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    37 Comments

    1. PamK

      I chose “not having to plan insulin dosing,” because I have a hard time getting the timing right. I either go low before my meal is ready, or I go high after eating. It just never seems to be right other than on rare occasions.
      I would also have liked to answer “>90% time in range or HbA1C <6%," as this is also very important to me. Unfortunately, I could only choose one answer and not having to plan insulin dosing seemed to me to be a solution to both.

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    2. Jordan Mooty

      I would choose a greatly improved A1c and time-in-range, but I’m also not willing to do immunosuppression therapy unless I had absolutely no other choice.

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    3. Patricia Dalrymple

      I chose none of these. If I am trading what I do for T1D with immunosuppressive therapies, whatever that entails, I’ll stick with what I know. I have an A1C of 5.7 and I know what I should and shouldn’t do to avoid highs and lows. I don’t like drugs and all if their side effects. I’ll stick with insulin.

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      1. William Bennett

        Same selection and same reasoning for me. 5.8 A1C, and I’m doing fine with a pump and CGM. None of the listed options sounds attractive enough to go on immunosuppressants for the rest of my life, even if we weren’t living in the age of the COVID pandemic.

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    4. Lawrence Stearns

      I chose eliminating hypoglycemic events.

      However, I would not participate in a therapy that makes me take immunosuppression therapies. Could you imagine having a suppressed immune response if you catch Covid 19 or the flu? No, thank you.

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    5. Ahh Life

      Emphasizing “outcome most desirable for you,” I must state “eliminating severe hypoglycemic events.” The time in range and Hba1c parameters, while all desirable in the long run, are not immediately lethal. The immediacy and certainty of death rather gets my attention.

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    6. Patricia Kilwein

      What exactly is islet cell replacement therapy? How can a person make a choice when we do not know what that choice is?

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    7. marmcs@yahoo.com

      Being able to eat without insulin calculation/dosing is a close 2nd to a1c.

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    8. cynthia jaworski

      What I would most like is freedom from complications. My time in range and other measurements are good, probably because managing my dosages has become 2nd nature to me after 60 years. However, I would not be surprised to find that other components of a functioning pancreas may be important in overall health (C-peptide, amylin?)

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    9. LizB

      If I still have to take insulin at all I would not opt for any therapy that requires immunosupressants. Taking those brings on their own problems so unless the trade off it freedom from taking any external insulin it’s not worth it.

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    10. Mig Vascos

      None of the above if it involves using immune suppression drugs. I’m fortunate enough that I can maintain an average of 85% TIR with a Dexcom sensor and a tandem pump. I’d rather put up with a few lows than with the immunosuppressive drugs.

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    11. Eve Rabbiner

      COVID has shown just how vulnerable you are on immune suppressing therapy.

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    12. Clearblueskynm

      I would only want the immune suppressant drugs with the islet cell transplant if there was no, and I mean no, diabetes at all. Otherwise, researchers are wasting their time. And since our own auto bodies are continually attacking our islet cells (I assume that also means transplanted cells), immune suppressive treatment should in theory just allow the new islet cells produced by our own bodies to work. Figure out a protected islet cell transplant that will not allow our own bodies to kill it, that’s really where the future treatment will be.

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    13. Carol Meares

      I need a lot more information to answer this. Plus during a pandemic, which may not end soon, being on immunosuppressant drugs could be hazardous.

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    14. Henry Renn

      Already have multiple issues with autoimmune system. Would not want to take meds to suppress it.

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    15. Thomas Cline

      Managing Type I diabetes simply isn’t difficult enough to make me willing to accept living on immunosuppressants. I would think Covid-19 would have made more people share this view.

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    16. connie ker

      I would check all of the above because they all sound GOOD. However taking immunosuppressant drugs is BAD. How about taking your own islet cells in the therapy?????

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      1. Sue Herflicker

        I totally agree with you, I like all the above except for taking the immunosuppression drugs. No thank you!

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      2. Lynn Smith

        Connie, our islet cells have been killed and no longer work, so there aren’t any to use from our own bodies. 😬

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    17. Mary Dexter

      I wish more were known about LADA, how it differs from T1 and T2, what it means to still produce random amounts of insulin at random times. I would like to not suddenly go low while grocery shopping, or sweeping, or vacuuming. I would like to sleep without having to get up and fix a low or a high that randomly appears unrelated to how much insulin I took, what I ate or did. I would not like if the transplant made things harder to manage.

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    18. Kim Murphy

      I would not choose any of the options if it meant I had to be on immunosuppressive drugs.

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    19. GLORIA MILLER

      Any transplant requires (at this time) immunosuppression therapy, as I understand it. I have a friend who had the islet cell transplant several years ago. She was off insulin for a length of time and then needed another transplant. Due to other problems she had to stop the treatment to stop her body from rejecting the transplant and returned to multiple injections per day. I applied to the same program in 2010 but I had antibodies that prevented me from getting the transplant.

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    20. Janis Senungetuk

      None of the above, thank you. My TIR is already 90% or better with Tandem’s Control IQ. I’m not interested adding immunosuppression drugs to the list of prescriptions I already take.

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    21. Lynn Smith

      First let me say that I would never ever be interested in a method of controlling my diabetes that required taking immunosuppressant drugs. My A1c is currently 5.8. I’m on a pump and I’m not that concerned about low blood sugar, other than my CHM waking me up at night. But, I absolutely would rather not have to figure out how much insulin to bolus every single time I put something in my mouth to eat. 😬

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    22. M C

      I’d rather wait for the science that will allow the creation of replacement islet cells from my own cells, and never take immunosuppression therapies. After what we have all just been living through over the past year and a half as a great example, where those who are immunosuppressed were at much greater risk of severe illness, I wouldn’t voluntarily put myself in that position. (I’d love to never have to manage insulin, or my BG levels, for the rest of my life, but I wouldn’t want to live with the additional risk of being immunosuppressed.)

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    23. Ceolmhor

      I answered A1c < 6, but I agree with all those who said they wouldn't take immunosuppresive drugs to accomplish it.

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      1. RobbyLee

        Me too. I misread the question! I don’t feel immunosuppression is the answer when technology is presently good, but can become great!

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    24. Kevin McCue

      Immunosuppression therapy isn’t a plus for if I’m getting islet cell therapy. Feels like your dancing with the devil for a few benefits without getting meaningful relief

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      1. sweetcharlie

        I agree with Kevin !! I have lived with T1D for 68 years since age 21 years and no really problems, so why risk other troubles !!!

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    25. Molly Jones

      I chose Eliminating severe hypoglycemic events as I am concerned with my cognitive functions as I age.
      Thinking about it harder, I should have chosen being able to eat my meals without planning dosing because if this were possible I assume all the others would fall into place.
      I have hope for T1D, especially those newly diagnosed, as I watch clinical trials and pubmed!

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    26. Amanda Barras

      My biggest struggle is food. I take so much insulin it really is hard to get it right and not over do it. As well, slow digesting food makes for unexpected highs later. Best solution is low carb to help manage. But, to not have to worry about omitting carbs all the time would be wonderful.

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    27. Sahran Holiday

      None of these is worth immunosuppression.

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      1. Britni

        Agreed. I’m not interested in trading one problem for another.

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    28. David Smith

      I agree with so many others – becoming immunosuppressed would, in my view, not offset any advantages that could be offered. With CGM and pump therapy, T1D has been very manageable for me, at least.

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    29. Donna Young

      If reducing insulin to one injection a day with smart insulin, it would also accomplish the other items. The best treatment is glucose responsive insulin since it would greatly reduce/eliminate the effort of constant monitoring and adjusting insulin while preventing lows and highs. While some people are successful with pump/cgm combinations, who wants to have these things hooked to their body for life? Also, these devices are expensive and unreliable and require frequent monitoring/maintenance.

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    30. Robert Brooks

      I think we would need to see elimination of the side effects of diabetes to endure immunosuppression. Cardiovascular disease, nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity, retinopathy and blindness would all have to go away.

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    31. Tb-well

      If it involves immune suppression, it isn’t a solution. I wouldn’t use it. I have seen far too many people I cared about die from minor infections while on immune suppressants.

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