Carolann Hunt

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- 4 months, 1 week ago
  
  Susan Wood likes your comment at
  Do you have a carb counting app on your smartphone device?
  Google
- 6 months ago
  
  cynthia jaworski likes your comment at
  During which types of exercise and/or physical activities do you feel confident in your ability to maintain comfortable blood glucose levels? Select all that apply!
  We have to lower basal for or eat carbs for any activity. Random activity can be crazy
- 6 months ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  During which types of exercise and/or physical activities do you feel confident in your ability to maintain comfortable blood glucose levels? Select all that apply!
  We have to lower basal for or eat carbs for any activity. Random activity can be crazy
- 6 months ago
  
  lis be likes your comment at
  During which types of exercise and/or physical activities do you feel confident in your ability to maintain comfortable blood glucose levels? Select all that apply!
  We have to lower basal for or eat carbs for any activity. Random activity can be crazy
- 10 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
  Aside from the first year after your diagnosis, have you seen a registered dietitian for help managing nutrition and T1D?
  Consult with the RD is included with endo visit, they don’t tell us anything new
- 11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  Have you ever used inhaled insulin?
  Nope not with asthma no way
- 1 year, 1 month ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  How useful is the time in range measurement to you as a tool for assessing your T1D management and making changes to your routine?
  It doesn’t help with day to day settings. It only helps with bragging rights, my TIR was 85% oooh wow
- 1 year, 1 month ago
  
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  What type of health insurance do you have?
  In PA Medicaid supplements private insurance for all Type 1’s
- 1 year, 1 month ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  What type of health insurance do you have?
  In PA Medicaid supplements private insurance for all Type 1’s
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
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  If you have ever been prescribed steroids, did they have a noticeable impact on your blood glucose levels? Please share more about your experiences managing T1D while taking steroids in the comments.
  Just double or triple our insulin on those days. We add lantus to the regular pump
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
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  If you use a CGM, have you ever used expired sensors? If so, did you notice any issues with the sensors?
  Sensors can expire but an expired transmitter does not work right, those you have to pay attention to.
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Lori Smith has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Did you add, remove, or change T1D devices in 2022? Select all that apply!
  In 2022, I was in the hospital 3 times, in which they took my pump away and had to wait till i got it back. Have it now and am Happy
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Lori Smith has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Did you have any diabetes-related achievements or milestones in 2022? Share what you’re proud of in the comments!
  I have been losing more weight and trying to exercise more
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Cristina Jorge Schwarz has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  @Wanacure I do similarly, but on a pump. It's a lot of work, as I weigh out almost all my foods to be precise. But, my A1Cs have been under 5.5 for several years now, low standard deviation. I'm not changing my methods, they're working!
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Wanacure has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  On a very low carb diet, but not keto. Use yoghurt not milk. And take 1 TB flax meal at breakfast and another 1 TB at dinner. Veggies at every meal. So I use net grams carbo. 6.1 was last A1c using multiple daily injections, CGM, and doublechecking readings w/ finger sticks before raising or lowering premeal dose (bolus) of fast acting lispro (Humalog brand).
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  The rule of thumb for fiber content adjustment with carb counting is to deduct anything over 6 grams of fiber divided by two. So if you have 18 grams of fiber, you would deduct 9 grams from total CHO count. If you have 6 grams, it would be 3 grams; 5 grams or less they say leave it alone ... and so on. It's a crap shoot and doesn't always work the same. In my personal experience it depends on the density of the fiber. I may deduct 1/2 of 4 or 5 grams.
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Lawrence S. has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  Exactly!
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Lawrence S. has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  Shelly, I subtract for fibers, and I do extended boluses for fats. Usually, sausages, pizza, pork, etc.
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Jen Farley has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  As a pump user, you over bolus if you add anything to the total carb count and under bolus if you subtract anything. It would need to be set up like that at the beginning so the calculations correct for how a person processes carbs. No two are the same, that is what I am told.
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  LizB has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  If I eat a LOT of vegetables in one meal I do usually deduct at least half the fiber, sometimes more. I find that those low carb tortillas with a ton of fiber need to be deducted as well or else I'll crash. If my meal contains just a few grams, especially if they come from multiple ingredients, I don't bother.
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  MARIE has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  My husband is on a very low carb diet and always counts carbs and subtracts fiber. He eats a fiber rich diet and while there are too many variables for any system to be perfect, he'd always be overdosing if he did not subtract fiber.
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Chris Albright has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  I rarely find the subtraction of fiber from carbs to be worth wild. It might be applicable for some people, but not for me
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  PamK has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  Good for you, Liz! I was diagnosed in 1964 and was on an exchange diet, then went on a high fiber diet and now count carbs (on a pump!). I agree with you that no matter how you calculate your bolus it will never be 100% right. Too many other factors play into blood sugar for just carb/fiber counting to work!
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  PamK has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  I look at the amount of fiber and deduct 1/2 of that amount from the number of carbs. So, if there are 6 carbs, I deduct 3 grams of carb. For odd numbers, I round down - - IE: for 5 grams of fiber I deduct 2 grams of carb.
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Russell Buckbee has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When looking at a food’s nutrition information and deciding how many carbohydrates you plan to bolus for, do you consider the amount of fiber in the food? Share more in the comments about how fiber factors into your carb counting and insulin dosing.
  Aha yes. I am with you. See my comments.
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