Stefan Perrin

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- 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Gerald Oefelein likes your comment at
  Do you use the same snacks to treat a low during the middle of the night as you do during the day? Share in the comments what your ‘go to’ snack is for an overnight low!
  During the day I tend to go for the tastier snacks - candy, cookie, maybe ice cream. I also keep a tube of glucose tablets in my pocket. At night I usually grab glucose tablets in my nightstand or I keep a small 8oz bottle of apple juice on my nightstand, which goes down easier.
- 2 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  T1diabetic likes your comment at
  How would you rate your customer service experience with your current DME (durable medical equipment) provider?
  Customer service is friendly enough but their ordering system at Byram will not retain the correct address and phone number of my endocrinologist.
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  Arlie Peck has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you use any type of creams or ointments after removing your pump, CGM or injection site needle to prevent infection? Share in the comments what works for you!
  Antibiotic cream
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  Cheryl Seibert has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  I answered "no one" AND "Extended family". I have one aunt that has always been overprotective and interrogates me when I eat. She is 102 now and in Hospice so she doesn't hover as much other than if I look at my pump! LOL! She wants to know what my sensor reads.... she is surprisingly sharp and inquisitive about how the CGM and pump works.
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  AnitaS has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  It happens/happened so infrequently that I just put it doesn't happen. There was one time however that a co-worker said that he was surprised I was eating something again as I had eaten a piece of pizza and a dessert during a company potluck. My job was so physical though that even after eating some high carb foods, my sugar was trending low. He said to get rid of my diabetes I just had to eat correctly. I just explained quickly that my diabetes was caused by an autoimmune problem and not by anything I ate. I wasn't annoyed as he just didn't understand. Funny thing is, he became a T-2 diabetic a few years later even though he was a fairly healthy eater and wasn't overweight. He found out that Type-2 runs in his family and that is probably why he came down with the disease.
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  sweet charlie has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  For many years now, I just say I am 90 [or what ever age] and I got T1D at age 21 ...........
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  sweet charlie has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  SOOO funny!!!
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  sweet charlie has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  It's okay Connie, I understood what you said at first, and also have had the same experience,,
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  I meant to say opinionated health care providers. I wish there was an edit option when we make a typo or spell check jumps in and makes an inappropriate correction.
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  In my experience health opinionated care providers can be the most judgmental, insensitive, ignorant and unsupportive when it comes to understanding the dynamics of what it is like to live with T1 diabetes.
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  Christina Trudo has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  I just put a thumbs up on the reply, "dump her", Then I had to laugh at myself.... that is classically the exact same kind of behavior that frustrates me... strangers thinking they understand my situation better than I do! My apologies. I hope for your sake her redeeming qualities are good ones. :-)
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  Christina Trudo has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  Strangers and acquaintances may always do this. I don't normally get ruffled by it. In the past I did have coworkers who did it- people who had the habit of this kind of behavior in general. And my second husband (and not long my husband) had this problem too. He was a highly anxious person who often made his anxieties mine to fix. I suppose that is often at the root of butting in to other people's business. Though it is hard to remember that, and to try to feel compassion for those who are doing it.
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  jo has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  My Father and brother both were T1 and both were very ill and on dialysis. They both at different times made a conscious decision to stop insulin and dialysis. I am 9 years younger than my brother and have a lot more tools at my disposal and am better educated in what to eat and how to handle my diabetes. Also I live a much different lifestyle than he did. So that being said my oldest sister calls me all the time and asks what I'm eating, why I go out to eat so much, why I don't have a pump. It drives me crazy. I just lie and make up some stuff that I'm cooking. She even asked me the other day if I ever thought about stopping my insulin. I understand why she asked but enough already. I told her if I live to Daddy's age when He died or am as sick as my brother when he died then she can ask me. My other sister just ask me all the time if my blood sugar is low do I need insulin to bring it up. Which actually makes me laugh. I have one more sister and she is the least annoying because she always prays for me so that's good.
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  jo likes your comment at
  Sometimes people stumble with what they say or do to a person with T1D. Even if the other person is trying to be helpful, it may not be interpreted that way by the person with T1D. This can be more complicated, as the same person can sometimes be supportive and other times be critical or judgmental. Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your BG, etc.)?
  I don’t get many comments after 54 years with T1D but I got a lot of flack from mom when I was sneaking midnight snacks as a child. Now she bakes a decadent dessert every time we visit. I usually plan and adjust my insulin for this but she always wants to offer a second helping. I just deal with it and attribute it to her age. On the other end of the spectrum I spent a whole month in a military hospital when I was first diagnosed at age 11 in 1968. There’s not much to do to while away the hours so I started exploring and soon found where they stored the snacks. Maybe that’s why I was there so long :>)
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