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- 1 year, 6 months ago
  
  Dawn Adams has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you have any flavors of glucose tabs that you prefer? Select all that apply!
  Blackcurrant
- 1 year, 6 months ago
  
  kathy Granzow has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you have any flavors of glucose tabs that you prefer? Select all that apply!
  this is EXACTLY what I use instead.
- 1 year, 6 months ago
  
  kathy Granzow has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you have had surgery while wearing a T1D device, did you keep your devices on during the procedure? If you have had surgery multiple times, please answer for your most recent procedure.
  i just had surgery in september I took my CGM off the day before, as it had expired, and didn't put a new one on, figuring I'd just manually check until after surgery. I did have to get all the way to the anesthesiologist before getting an answer about my Omnipod. He said I could leave it on, and I did, and had NO problems during surgery with sugar levels.
- 1 year, 7 months ago
  
  Molly Jones has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you typically have your lab work performed before, during, or after your appointments with your main T1D health care provider?
  My bloodwork is not done before my appointment, but my time in range is available to be looked at and discussed during my appointment. My bloodwork is available shortly thereafter by MyChart if necessary, which has never happened in difference to time in range.
- 1 year, 8 months ago
  
  David Hedeen has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you typically have your lab work performed before, during, or after your appointments with your main T1D health care provider?
  rapid A1c is done prior, I receive result in 15 minutes to share with provider at visit. Other blood work results are available next day
- 1 year, 8 months ago
  
  PamK has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you typically have your lab work performed before, during, or after your appointments with your main T1D health care provider?
  I chose "other" because I like to get my lab work done before my appointment so that I can discuss the results with my doctor. However, given my work schedule I am not always able to as the lab is only open when I am at work. This means I have to take time off work to get it done and my employer is not always willing to let me do so without penalty. For the moment, I do what I can. I'd also like to point out that my previous endo had my blood drawn after I saw him and we would discuss the results via email between visits. I would sometimes have to wait to ask questions, because his PA did not always have the answers. This was frustrating!
- 1 year, 8 months ago
  
  Steven Gill has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you typically have your lab work performed before, during, or after your appointments with your main T1D health care provider?
  I don't see an endocrinologist , my doc ( a. GP) gets my a1C tested during the intake and we discuss this. Sometimes a blood draw and I'll get a card mailed with instructions: generally "all normal, no changes needed." In the past had blood drawn a week or so early but little was discussed.
- 1 year, 8 months ago
  
  Sherrie Johnson has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you typically have your lab work performed before, during, or after your appointments with your main T1D health care provider?
  I remember it all 61 years for me. Medicare has us on a tightrope.
- 1 year, 8 months ago
  
  Ahh Life has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you typically have your lab work performed before, during, or after your appointments with your main T1D health care provider?
  The most compelling reason I know of for doing research is the phrase "common Knowledge." No it is not. Those of us who have been around the track a lap or two remember 1) no correlation between carbs and insulin, 2) no pumps, 3) no CGM's, 4) blood glucose not measured at all, 5) blood work done in the endocrinologists office, 6) blood work done off site, 7) blood work done and shipped electronically, and finally, 8) blood work done immediately and on site. It reminds me of two lines from Macbeth. In one, Duncan states: "What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his plight. The other line? "And Fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling, . . . But all's too weak."
- 1 year, 8 months ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you typically have your lab work performed before, during, or after your appointments with your main T1D health care provider?
  I try to get all labs done a couple days before my appointment because I want to know results and make a list of concerns/questions before the appointment. My endo appreciates knowing what I want to focus on, so I send her a note via MyChart the day before the appointment.
- 1 year, 8 months ago
  
  KarenM6 has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you typically have your lab work performed before, during, or after your appointments with your main T1D health care provider?
  The process I'm being asked to follow is right smack dab in the middle of changing. My retired endo had me go to the lab a week or so before my appointment so that we could discuss all the results when I saw them. My new endo will draw blood at the appointment. I prefer having current/up-to-date results to talk about instead of talking about results from 3 months ago. I don't know if it will just be an A1c or if I'll get the "extras": cholesterol, CBC, Vit D, calcium, etc. I hope I get the extras!!
- 1 year, 8 months ago
  
  KarenM6 has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Do you typically have your lab work performed before, during, or after your appointments with your main T1D health care provider?
  Same here!
- 1 year, 9 months ago
  
  Bea Anderson has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you have gone swimming while using an insulin pump that has to be disconnected while you are in the water, how do you manage your insulin while swimming?
  What I do depends on many factors at the time. Give insulin or eat snack or check bgs often and sometimes not swim as long as I’d like.
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