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- 6 minutes ago
  
  Louise Robinson likes your comment at
  If you’ve had extra supplies from a device that you no longer use, what did you do with them? (Check all that apply)
  Have donated to insulinpumpers in the past, but ended up throwing away some for my old pump recently which were past their use/by date. Had kept my old pump as a back up, but, in 4 1/2 years, never actually used it that way.
- 3 hours, 20 minutes ago
  
  Marty likes your comment at
  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  2-3. I think I've gotten in the habit of giving it a little preventative push when I see my post-prandial getting up there and relying on my C:IQ to drop my basal later if necessary. So I don't know if that's a "correction," in the standard sense, but it seems to work pretty well. Just saw my endo last week and I had 99% TIR and a 5.6 AIC.
- 11 hours, 32 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I'm housebound, but my plans are to keep on keeping on.
- 11 hours, 32 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I wear something blue every day and wear my diabetes awareness, diabetes warrior, and 1991 World Diabetes Day pins.
- 11 hours, 32 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I am running 100 miles during the month of November to celebrate my physical fitness at 66 years of age and living with T1D!
- 11 hours, 34 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  My 55 year diaversary is 11/25/2024. I have a lot to celebrate, and I shall.
- 11 hours, 35 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I always celebrate World Diabetes Day November 14. It's my birthday. This year, I got a 5.6 A1C for my birthday, well actually my endo appointment was the day before, but that counts. Lowest I've ever had since dx in 1983. I finally got to normal! Only took 41 years.
- 11 hours, 36 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I signed up to participate in a clinical research study.😊
- 19 hours, 1 minute ago
  
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  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  On normal days and I use a "food journal" I keep on my phone where I have recorded my usual foods. I do okay with bolising for the recoded carb amount. If I find the bolis was over or or under I adjust the recorded amount based on the results. I have to bolis for "sticky" high levels that don't come down right away. This can happen daily or once a week. Going out for a meal is the most challenging. I can search on line for carb amounts for bigger and chain restaurants, but smaller ones with limited web presence is usually a guessing game.
- 22 hours, 24 minutes ago
  
  Steven Gill likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  I'm 73 & Type 1 since age 4.5. I started when glass syringes were sterilized 2x a day and injections with reused sterilized stainless steel needles could be painful. Do your best to follow the guidelines for T1D management. I'm not saying don't worry about managing T1D. I'm saying be conscientious but don't worry about being perfect. Since there is still prejudice as to what someone with T1D can do read all the stories you can find on T1D websites about people with T1D who have overcome barriers to become athletes, pilots, emergency personnel and other professions we were held back from in my younger years. Take note of how they did it & try to not take "no" for an answer. I have followed research since my 20s. I really believe young T1Ds will live to see a cure or treatment that is akin to a cure.
- 22 hours, 25 minutes ago
  
  Steven Gill likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  My DEXCOM CGM is my best tool! Try to get it and use it faithfully. I also love my Clarity app!
- 22 hours, 31 minutes ago
  
  Becky Hertz likes your comment at
  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  Using Control-IQ, that gives me micro doses during the day, in addition to any that are included with my meal bolus makes that a difficult question to correctly answer. My attention is focused on my TIR and right now that's 98%.
- 23 hours, 37 minutes ago
  
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  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  2-3. I think I've gotten in the habit of giving it a little preventative push when I see my post-prandial getting up there and relying on my C:IQ to drop my basal later if necessary. So I don't know if that's a "correction," in the standard sense, but it seems to work pretty well. Just saw my endo last week and I had 99% TIR and a 5.6 AIC.
- 23 hours, 38 minutes ago
  
  Vicki Breckenridge likes your comment at
  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  On normal days and I use a "food journal" I keep on my phone where I have recorded my usual foods. I do okay with bolising for the recoded carb amount. If I find the bolis was over or or under I adjust the recorded amount based on the results. I have to bolis for "sticky" high levels that don't come down right away. This can happen daily or once a week. Going out for a meal is the most challenging. I can search on line for carb amounts for bigger and chain restaurants, but smaller ones with limited web presence is usually a guessing game.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  Using Control-IQ, that gives me micro doses during the day, in addition to any that are included with my meal bolus makes that a difficult question to correctly answer. My attention is focused on my TIR and right now that's 98%.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  I just let Control-IQ sort it out and don't pay attention!
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  Bruce Schnitzler likes your comment at
  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  Using Control-IQ, that gives me micro doses during the day, in addition to any that are included with my meal bolus makes that a difficult question to correctly answer. My attention is focused on my TIR and right now that's 98%.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  William Bennett likes your comment at
  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  I attempt to keep my A1C below 6.5 and have been successful. The tandem x2 is limited in it’s response - reason for corrections
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
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  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  Disagree about T1 being easier.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  Anita Stokar likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I always celebrate World Diabetes Day November 14. It's my birthday. This year, I got a 5.6 A1C for my birthday, well actually my endo appointment was the day before, but that counts. Lowest I've ever had since dx in 1983. I finally got to normal! Only took 41 years.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
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  On average, how many correction boluses (with a syringe, pen, or pump) do you give in a day?
  There is a correction at each meal that Control IQ calculates, but I must approve, the same as if I were doing MDI. . That's 0-3. I check mid-morning, mid-afternoon and 2 hours after dinner. I usually only need to make corrections after dinner which can vary from none to 3. So that is 0-6 MANUAL corrections per day. Control IQ will intervene with an automatic bolus if it has been more than an hour since the last bolus and BG is projected to rise above 180 mg/dL That happens about once per day, usually less than 1 unit unless I forget to bolus for a meal. So my total corrections per day varies from 0-7. The average is 3.5. The median is 5.
- 1 day, 2 hours ago
  
  Marty likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I always celebrate World Diabetes Day November 14. It's my birthday. This year, I got a 5.6 A1C for my birthday, well actually my endo appointment was the day before, but that counts. Lowest I've ever had since dx in 1983. I finally got to normal! Only took 41 years.
- 1 day, 2 hours ago
  
  Marty likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  Not really plans, but I got an awesome "Dead Pancreas Society" t-shirt complete with skeleton with sugar skull! I am wearing it to work today to show off! Got it from Amazon. Only $18 with prime. One coworker already ordered one for her (diabetic) dad for Christmas
- 1 day, 2 hours ago
  
  Marty likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  My 55 year diaversary is 11/25/2024. I have a lot to celebrate, and I shall.
- 1 day, 2 hours ago
  
  Marty likes your comment at
  Do you have any special plans during National Diabetes Awareness Month this November?
  I'm housebound, but my plans are to keep on keeping on.
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T1D at the Big Game!

Sarah Howard, 4 years ago 0 1 min read

Type 1 diabetes will be grabbing the spotlight this weekend! Nick Jonas will be in a commercial for Dexcom airing during the Super Bowl.

This is a huge opportunity for people who are not impacted by T1D to understand just a tiny bit more about this disease, and maybe in the future we’ll all get fewer jokes about our devices from strangers in public.

Check out what Nick had to say about his commercial here

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Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Manager of Marketing at T1D Exchange.

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