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- 8 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Wanacure likes your comment at
  Overall, how do you feel using a CGM affects your stress related to T1D management? If you’ve used one in the past, reflect on that experience to answer the question.
  I do not fully trust it , but it is a quick easy way to see how I am doing..
- 8 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  John Barbuto likes your comment at
  Overall, how do you feel using a CGM affects your stress related to T1D management? If you’ve used one in the past, reflect on that experience to answer the question.
  I do not fully trust it , but it is a quick easy way to see how I am doing..
- 8 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Russell Buckbee likes your comment at
  Overall, how do you feel using a CGM affects your stress related to T1D management? If you’ve used one in the past, reflect on that experience to answer the question.
  I do not fully trust it , but it is a quick easy way to see how I am doing..
- 8 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  KCR likes your comment at
  Overall, how do you feel using a CGM affects your stress related to T1D management? If you’ve used one in the past, reflect on that experience to answer the question.
  I do not fully trust it , but it is a quick easy way to see how I am doing..
- 8 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Richard Wiener likes your comment at
  Overall, how do you feel using a CGM affects your stress related to T1D management? If you’ve used one in the past, reflect on that experience to answer the question.
  I do not fully trust it , but it is a quick easy way to see how I am doing..
- 8 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Has your career path been influenced by living with T1D or having a loved one with T1D?
  Yes... long ago... I was hired and then rejected after I said I had T1D during a Phisidle exam..
- 9 months, 1 week ago
  
  Wanacure likes your comment at
  If you use an insulin pump, on average, how often do you bolus an amount that is different from the suggested dose from the pump’s bolus calculator? (I.e., entering a number of insulin units without using the calculator at all, editing the bolus calculator’s suggested dose to be higher or lower, etc.)
  I agree... even though I do not use a pump!!!
- 9 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  How helpful do you think it would be to see a mental health professional who specializes in issues related to chronic illness?
  I selected "a little helpfull"... Then I read all the answers and comments etc. T11D at age 20... age now 91... Never saw a MH professional.... Lived during much troubling world and family times.. Had 5 girls said "yes" but 4 Moms said "no", until age 30.. Her age 18... T1D is just one of many good and bad things that happened.... I now have AMD and Asbestos related lung cancer.... Wife has Parkinsons.... These are just "some of the bad things"... . A MH professonal has no way to fix them... Had many family members that died young and many died old.. some were sick and some not..
- 9 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Mick Martin likes your comment at
  How helpful do you think it would be to see a mental health professional who specializes in issues related to chronic illness?
  I selected "a little helpfull"... Then I read all the answers and comments etc. T11D at age 20... age now 91... Never saw a MH professional.... Lived during much troubling world and family times.. Had 5 girls said "yes" but 4 Moms said "no", until age 30.. Her age 18... T1D is just one of many good and bad things that happened.... I now have AMD and Asbestos related lung cancer.... Wife has Parkinsons.... These are just "some of the bad things"... . A MH professonal has no way to fix them... Had many family members that died young and many died old.. some were sick and some not..
- 9 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Mick Martin likes your comment at
  How helpful do you think it would be to see a mental health professional who specializes in issues related to chronic illness?
  I don't know you... but I like you!!!
- 9 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  beth nelson likes your comment at
  How helpful do you think it would be to see a mental health professional who specializes in issues related to chronic illness?
  I don't know you... but I like you!!!
- 9 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  beth nelson likes your comment at
  How helpful do you think it would be to see a mental health professional who specializes in issues related to chronic illness?
  I agree!!!
- 9 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  If you have never participated in a diabetes research study, what stops you from participating? Select all that apply to you.
  A long time ago when I hit 50 years of T1D, I notified "Joslin" .. I did NOT want their Medal.... I thought they may want to know what I did for 50 years not having any D problems... They wanted to know the names of all my Doctors for proof... My past Doctors were all Dead!!!
- 9 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  If you were diagnosed with T1D before age 26 or if you have a child with T1D who is now an adult, at what age did you or your child become financially responsible for the entire financial cost of diabetes supplies?
  Janis and Connie..... For me it was agge 20 in 1962, so the cost was about $1.25 per vial that I used for at least 45 days until it was empty!!!!
- 10 months ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Have you ever used insulin that was unrefrigerated for more than 28 days?
  Way back 60 to 70 years ago, I camped out a lot and I had no way to keep it cool... But I keep it cool all the time since then... I am very carefull with food also... "use what you want and put it back in the fridge" !!!!!!!
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
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  Which emotions do you most often feel when your blood sugar is above 250 mg/dL (13.9mmol/L)? Choose all that apply to you.
  I am very suprised at the Higest answer of "angry or frustrated".... It is just part of T1D life !!!!
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
  Lawrence S. likes your comment at
  Which emotions do you most often feel when your blood sugar is above 250 mg/dL (13.9mmol/L)? Choose all that apply to you.
  YES !!! It is just part of D life!!!
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
  Which emotions do you most often feel when your blood sugar is above 250 mg/dL (13.9mmol/L)? Choose all that apply to you.
  Very well put.... It is just a part of D life!!
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
  Which emotions do you most often feel when your blood sugar is above 250 mg/dL (13.9mmol/L)? Choose all that apply to you.
  YES !!! It is just part of D life!!!
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
  Mick Martin likes your comment at
  Overall, how do you feel using an insulin pump affects your stress related to T1D management? (If you’ve used one in the past, reflect on that experience to answer the question.) Share more in the comments!
  yes... this oldy remembers !!!
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
  Kelly Wilhelm likes your comment at
  When eating a serving of animal protein (chicken, fish, steak, pork, etc.), do you calculate additional insulin for your meal bolus? Share what works for you in the comments!
  Thanks William!!! I don't play the bolas game... I take one shot a day in the AM, of 70/30.... If I expect to be eating more than usual of any thing I may add 1 or 2 units.... T1D=70 years, age=91 years..
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
  Barb Robertson likes your comment at
  CGM sites, finger pricks, and repeated insulin injections can all cause visible scar tissue. How much visible scar tissue do you have on your body, and does it bother you?
  WOW!! 70 years T1D... NO scars or any signs at all for me.. and I'm a skinny guy !!!
- 11 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  beth nelson likes your comment at
  If you have T1D, have you also been diagnosed with thyroid disease?
  WOW !!!!! I was the first to answer this and had NO idea of all that people wrote about !!! My Doctor just said " no problem, you just take this pill every day"".. At 91 years old, something else will kill me first.....
- 11 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Wanacure likes your comment at
  If you use a CGM that requires a “warm-up period” before the sensor is active, how often do you need to check your blood glucose level with a glucose meter during the warm-up?
  I use the G6 so I change sensor only when I will be awake during 2 plus hours warm up .. just in case some problem with warm up comes up.
- 11 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  If you’ve lived with type 1 diabetes for more than 10 years, what resources do you find most useful for your continued diabetes management education? Select all that apply!
  70 years T1D from age 21 ... At first it was local primary care doctors.. Then around age 42 moved cross country and asked at local hospital for recomendation. They sent me to an ENDO doctor who said to me "you do what I tell you or I will NOT take you as a patient.. That was around the time the A1C thingy test started.... He insisted I had to have my A1C be as a NON- T1D person... We did not have the stick your finger at that ime yet ... still on the color strip pee test... that blew up my brain and I could not remember things any more.... So I went back to local primary doctors and my own self doctoring... My last doctor of 25 years said to me , "Im not going to tell you what to do about T1D, the sick people are in the waiting room" ...
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