Randy Reed

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- 8 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  For caregivers of children with T1D, do you have any special accommodations available from your child’s school? For adults with T1D, did you have special accommodations when you were in school?
  In the 1970’s I was actually teaching my class about T1 when I was diagnosed. Helped several of my classmates who were scared
- 8 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  Clearblueskynm likes your comment at
  For caregivers of children with T1D, do you have any special accommodations available from your child’s school? For adults with T1D, did you have special accommodations when you were in school?
  In the 1970’s I was actually teaching my class about T1 when I was diagnosed. Helped several of my classmates who were scared
- 8 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  jo likes your comment at
  For caregivers of children with T1D, do you have any special accommodations available from your child’s school? For adults with T1D, did you have special accommodations when you were in school?
  In the 1970’s I was actually teaching my class about T1 when I was diagnosed. Helped several of my classmates who were scared
- 8 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  Mick Martin likes your comment at
  For caregivers of children with T1D, do you have any special accommodations available from your child’s school? For adults with T1D, did you have special accommodations when you were in school?
  In the 1970’s I was actually teaching my class about T1 when I was diagnosed. Helped several of my classmates who were scared
- 10 months, 2 weeks ago
  
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  Do you currently have a low treatment close enough to your bed that you do not have to get out of bed at night when treating a low?
  No, my CG M wakes me up way before I have to eat something immediately
- 10 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Hadley Horton likes your comment at
  Do you currently have a low treatment close enough to your bed that you do not have to get out of bed at night when treating a low?
  No, my CG M wakes me up way before I have to eat something immediately
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Mick Martin likes your comment at
  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’ve been on the Medtronic pumps for over 20 yrs. great tech and support
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Mick Martin likes your comment at
  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.
  T1 for 50 yrs
- 1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Sue Martin likes your comment at
  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.
  T1 for 50 yrs
- 1 year, 5 months ago
  
  Marsha Miller likes your comment at
  If you have been hospitalized for a reason unrelated to T1D and you were alert during your hospital stay, were you allowed to manage your own insulin dosage? (If you have been hospitalized for reasons unrelated to T1D multiple times, please select the option that describes your most recent hospital stay.)
  I tell them I’ve been managing myself for 50 yrs and have more training than any of you. Challenge them to ask me a question I can’t answer
- 1 year, 5 months ago
  
  KSannie likes your comment at
  If you have been hospitalized for a reason unrelated to T1D and you were alert during your hospital stay, were you allowed to manage your own insulin dosage? (If you have been hospitalized for reasons unrelated to T1D multiple times, please select the option that describes your most recent hospital stay.)
  I tell them I’ve been managing myself for 50 yrs and have more training than any of you. Challenge them to ask me a question I can’t answer
- 1 year, 5 months ago
  
  Lena Selbrand likes your comment at
  If you have been hospitalized for a reason unrelated to T1D and you were alert during your hospital stay, were you allowed to manage your own insulin dosage? (If you have been hospitalized for reasons unrelated to T1D multiple times, please select the option that describes your most recent hospital stay.)
  I tell them I’ve been managing myself for 50 yrs and have more training than any of you. Challenge them to ask me a question I can’t answer
- 1 year, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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.
- 1 year, 7 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.
  Really fiber counting ? One could do fiber guessing which isn't much different than carb counting aka guessing. The reality of diet and BS is way too complicated for the human mind to do. Maybe I could put an artificial intelligence to good use and have it do my BS management. LOL Anyone have an app for that.
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