David & Kaleo of Team Nani

Activity
- 1 month, 1 week ago
  
  Jneticdiabetic likes your comment at
  If you’re at an event that asks guests to “silence devices,” do you adjust the alarms on your CGM and/or insulin pump?
  I wish I could silence my emergency warnings on the Tslim w/ Dexcom cgm, but I can't
- 1 month, 3 weeks ago
  
  Ahh Life likes your comment at
  If you use a CGM, at what glucose level is your “high” alert set? If you use multiple alert schedules, select the number that is your “high” alert at midnight in your local time zone.
  I marked the 180, not b/c that's where I want to correct, but b/c my wife is a light sleeper and I can't handle the warning noise or vibrations if I hit 140 at some point between 11:30pm and 6:30am. While awake, I use carbs, exercise and insulin via my pump and occasional syringe doses to try to stay in 100-130 range.
- 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Anita Stokar likes your comment at
  Has your insurance company ever denied your T1D medications or supplies? Share more in the comments about how you navigated this process.
  Never denied but required me to switch from Humalog to Novalog insulin
- 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  lis be likes your comment at
  Has your insurance company ever denied your T1D medications or supplies? Share more in the comments about how you navigated this process.
  Never denied but required me to switch from Humalog to Novalog insulin
- 5 months, 1 week ago
  
  jo likes your comment at
  Do you know the day and year that you received your T1D diagnosis? If you’re comfortable, share about your diagnosis in the comments!
  I was diagnosed after a bike accident when diabetes symptoms appeared followed a hard bump on the helmet-less head in 1995 (I was 25). I went to ER to check on stitches and blood sugar was around 250. "How long have you been diabetic?" the doc asked. "I'm not," I said "Yes you are." Game over, new reality. Never a clear explanation why.
- 5 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
  Do you recycle any of the unneeded packaging or other materials from your T1D supplies? Share your tips for reducing T1D waste in the comments!
  I said no, bio upon reading the comments, I realized I concur w/ most: I recycle all paper, but other items no since their plastic isn't acceptable. I do collect and deposit the (Dexcom) filling needle tips to my endo's sharps box.
- 6 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Mick Martin likes your comment at
  If you were misdiagnosed with another condition before being diagnosed with T1D, were you experiencing diabetes-related ketoacidosis (DKA) when you were eventually diagnosed with T1D?
  I was diagnosed w/ T1d by an ER doc when I went to get stitches removed following a head injury from a bike accident. My symptoms were keto and obvious diabetes indicators so...my diagnosis was right on, the opposite of the ?
- 1 year, 1 month ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  If you use time in range reports, what blood glucose level is set as the threshold for your “High” range? If you have different target range settings depending on the time of day, please answer with the High setting at 12 p.m. in your time zone.
  I set warning at 180-200 not b/c that is what I want (I am between 100-140 about 70% of the time) but b/c even on vibrate my Dexcom wakes up my wife if it gets high at night and any time it warns she gets more anxious than I) so though I monitor closely and walk or workout or bolus if it goes high, I can't get low warnings at every 60, 70 or 80 or any time it is above 140, where I would set it if I lived alone...in a cave... w/ nobody who worries about me. : )
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  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.
  Same for me as others, 200-300%,unresponsive to increased insulin or exercise. Steroids that I recall: prednisone, Albutrol. Also, Z pak (Azithromycin strong antibiotic for bad congestion) leads to similar spikes
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  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.
  Same for me as others, 200-300%,unresponsive to increased insulin or exercise. Steroids that I recall: prednisone, Albutrol. Also, Z pak (Azithromycin strong antibiotic for bad congestion) leads to similar spikes
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  GLORIA MILLER likes your comment at
  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.
  Same for me as others, 200-300%,unresponsive to increased insulin or exercise. Steroids that I recall: prednisone, Albutrol. Also, Z pak (Azithromycin strong antibiotic for bad congestion) leads to similar spikes
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  When I had surgery last year and couldn't exercise for a few months, my time-in-range was very good. I was shocked but I shouldn't have been as exercise is one of the things that make my diabetes harder to keep under control. During recovery, I didn't have the ups-n-downs in blood sugar that I usually have when I exercise.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Pauline M Reynolds has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  1. Contact primary care physician. 2. Only time I had an intestinal infection, I kept a can of sugar Sprite by my side and drank it according to my BG's.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  kim bullock has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  My experience having had diabetes for 29 years.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Mick Martin has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Ha ha! Sports medicine doctor. lol. I experienced a very similar situation when I had an ingrown tooth and my dentist refused to treat me because I was taking steroids ... NOT anything like prednisone, but a long-standing steroid, called Fludrocortisone, which stimulates the adrenal glands to push up my blood pressure, and also when I WAS taking prednisone and was admitted to hospital, and my doses were being titrated to a lower level, and some clown doctor requested the ward staff to increase my insulin doses. I tried to explain to the doctor that he'd got it wrong, and that because my prednisone was being titrated downwards I would require less insulin, NOT more. Of course, the clown wouldn't listen to me, stating that he was the one 'with the bit of paper', until a doctor had to be summoned from the Accident and Emergency department during the night as I was convulsing with a severely low blood glucose level.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Bonnie Lundblom has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Only "illness" that makes it really difficult to control my blood sugar is getting steroid injections into my cervical spine or fingers. I leave my basal rate on my pump at 250% and need much higher bolus doses and many "extra" doses if my blood sugar remains really high. I tell the MD's that it turns my insulin into tap water and try to avoid it, experience with having gotten these injections over the past few years has helped, but having blood sugars of 400-500 despite much higher basal and bolus dosing is so frustrating!
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Mick Martin has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  I selected "My health care provider – calling, emailing, or going to their office to ask questions", but I also use my own knowledge, from what I've learned about diabetes over the last 40-odd years. ;-)
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  cynthia jaworski has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Except for those brand new at this, we all know the drill. We know that we need to be flexible, make adjustments, and pay attention.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Bruce Schnitzler has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  A combination of DexCom G6 and an insulin pump provide adequate management.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  gary rind has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  only time that I have been sick was when I got COVID during Jan '22. my sugars were going crazy high and I couldn't understand why but when I tested positive for COVID, in retrospect it made sense.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  T1D4LongTime has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Insulin resistance is when a person’s body has a lower (or reduced) response to insulin. Do you have insulin resistance? Please share in the comments about your experiences, and how you navigate life with T1D and insulin resistance.
  My endo has not diagnosed me with insulin resistance. However, I am very Type-A, so high adrenaline and cortisol levels are a normal part of my day. During stress, my BG rises and a normal correction bolus often is very slow to bring it down. Once the stress levels go down, the insulin resistance seems to go away
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Ramaswamy K. has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Insulin resistance is when a person’s body has a lower (or reduced) response to insulin. Do you have insulin resistance? Please share in the comments about your experiences, and how you navigate life with T1D and insulin resistance.
  My insulin resistance has reduced since the time when I decided to control my blood sugar levels better.
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Wanacure has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Insulin resistance is when a person’s body has a lower (or reduced) response to insulin. Do you have insulin resistance? Please share in the comments about your experiences, and how you navigate life with T1D and insulin resistance.
  I need less insulin and lispro insulin works faster if I exercises regularly. Even the long actin insulin doses need to be reduced.
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  qachemist has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Insulin resistance is when a person’s body has a lower (or reduced) response to insulin. Do you have insulin resistance? Please share in the comments about your experiences, and how you navigate life with T1D and insulin resistance.
  I was diagnosed with LADA 2.5 years ago. My insulin resistance changes during the day. I am most resistant in the morning, which makes sense because cortisol levels are higher in the morning. By mid-afternoon, my body acts as if I have no resistance and and making insulin on my own in response to blood glucose levels. Yes, I adjust what I eat and my insulin doses accordingly.
Clear All

David & Kaleo of Team Nani

101 Federal Street, Suite 440
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-892-6100
Email: admin@t1dexchange.org

Trending News

David & Kaleo of Team Nani

Sign up for a new account.

Sign up by entering your info below.

Welcome back

David & Kaleo of Team Nani's Profile

Privacy Policy

Terms of Use

Follow Us

Account successfully created.

Your Account Type

Select Topics

We're preparing your personalized page.

Subscribe Now

Trending News

David & Kaleo of Team Nani

Sign up for a new account.

Sign up by entering your info below.

Welcome back

Reset Your Password

David & Kaleo of Team Nani's Profile

Privacy Policy

Terms of Use

Follow Us

Account successfully created.

Your Account Type

Select Topics

We're preparing your personalized page.