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      Robin Melen likes your comment at
      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! 🤞🤞
    • 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
      Robin Melen likes your comment at
      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.
    • 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
      Robin Melen likes your comment at
      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!
    • 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
      Robin Melen 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.
    • 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
      Robin Melen 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!
    • 12 hours, 32 minutes ago
      KarenM6 likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      Amazing!
    • 12 hours, 32 minutes ago
      KarenM6 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.
    • 12 hours, 33 minutes ago
      KarenM6 likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      Dang, now I jinxed myself 🙃
    • 15 hours, 36 minutes ago
      Bekki Weston likes your comment at
      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, 33 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!
    • 20 hours, 42 minutes ago
      Bill Williams likes your comment at
      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! 🤞🤞
    • 21 hours, 6 minutes ago
      ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      So gratifying to see so many "no" responses, way to go everyone!!
    • 22 hours, 4 minutes ago
      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!
      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.
    • 22 hours, 5 minutes ago
      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 started to but then switched to my upper thighs and am able to rotate over a much greater surface area.
    • 22 hours, 5 minutes ago
      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, 28 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.
    • 22 hours, 29 minutes ago
      Greg Felton likes your comment at
      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
    • 22 hours, 29 minutes ago
      Greg Felton likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      No, I have not been hospitalized in the last three years, it has been 67 years since I’ve been hospitalized for diabetes related issues.uu
    • 22 hours, 29 minutes ago
      Greg Felton likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      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.
    • 22 hours, 38 minutes ago
      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.
    • 22 hours, 40 minutes ago
      jo likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      So gratifying to see so many "no" responses, way to go everyone!!
    • 22 hours, 40 minutes ago
      jo likes your comment at
      In the past three years, have you been hospitalized due to T1D?
      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!
    • 22 hours, 40 minutes ago
      jo likes your comment at
      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! 🤞🤞
    • 22 hours, 41 minutes ago
      Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
      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! 🤞🤞
    • 22 hours, 41 minutes ago
      jo likes your comment at
      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!
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    What was your most recent A1c?

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    Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Marketing Manager at T1D Exchange. Sarah and her husband live in NYC with their cat Gracie. In her spare time, she enjoys doing comedy, taking dance classes, visiting art museums, and exploring different neighborhoods in NYC.

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    8 Comments

    1. Ahh Life

      I fall on the prickly thorns of life. I bleed. A complete and miserable failure is my lot of trying (for years) to get up to 7.0.

      The 7.0 is dictated by vestibular instability and age-driven kinesthetic destabilizing. In plain English, I get dizzy and fall over.

      Low to mid sixes has been my number for decades. And old habits are so hard to change. Any suggestions?

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      1. Joan Fray

        Relax a little. Add cream instead of nonfat milk to your coffee. Afternoon tea (with cream), and little sandwiches. An occasional See;s candy. More naps. II’m mid to upper sixes, but hypo unaware. CGM my savior!

        2 months ago Log in to Reply
      2. Lawrence S.

        Joan, I have to laugh because my Endo put me on Statins today. And I don’t even use milk or cream 🙂

        2 months ago Log in to Reply
    2. Marty

      My last endo scolded me if I ever let my A1c go below 6.5. Since I showed no signs of complications, he believed that an unexpected low was the greatest risk.

      2 months ago Log in to Reply
      1. AnitaS

        Do you have a CGM? That way you could show that you are not having too many lows if he can read your CGM reports. Or maybe your endo now (you have a different endo now?)
        lets you have an A1c less than 6.5

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      2. Marty

        I did have a CGM. I believe he felt that trying harder wasn’t worth the effort since I didn’t seem prone to developing complications. Decades ago, my very first endo also discouraged me from being too much of a perfectionist. I’ve let my A1c head lower with my current endo. I avoid lows and she hasn’t complained so far.

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    3. Steven Gill

      Although 6.2, up from 6.0. By the statistics on my Libre3 (now with insulin pens) 5.5? Will know at the end of May but being retired can do more “self-care” with more time and flexibility.

      2 months ago Log in to Reply
    4. T1D4LongTime

      6,0

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