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  Kristi Warmecke likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  Don't panic!
- 1 minute ago
  
  Steven Gill likes your comment at
  How often do you change your insulin to carbohydrate ratios?
  "OTHER", whenever necessary.
- 2 minutes ago
  
  Steven Gill likes your comment at
  How often do you change your insulin to carbohydrate ratios?
  The only time that I've changed my insulin to carb ratio was when I lost about 65lbs and had been exercising regularly for about a year. I went from 1:10 to 1:12.
- 26 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.
  A lot of doctors do not know much about potential diabetes complications. We (type 1s) are covered for maybe a week in their curriculum, and technology and information changes often. It's up to each of us as individuals to read up on it and bring that information to a doctor. If that doctor hasn't read about the newer tech or diets that may help.. a second opinion can be very helpful. (as can all the forums mentioned by many diabetics in this group).
- 26 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.
  Be kind to yourself, don't be self-critical, it gets easier. You'll find out all the things that make you high and low over time. Many of them (for example caffeine and protein) are counter-intuitive. You'll get there
- 27 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.
  Get a CCM. Read Think Like a Pancreas.
- 27 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.
  Listen to the juicebox podcast.
- 28 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.
  Be a simple scientist and keep track of the variable in your daily life: everything you put into your body, along with stressors/ illness and see if /how they affect your BG. Every body is different and it is good to know how to deal with yours specifically.
- 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
  
  Lozzy E likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  Be a simple scientist and keep track of the variable in your daily life: everything you put into your body, along with stressors/ illness and see if /how they affect your BG. Every body is different and it is good to know how to deal with yours specifically.
- 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
  
  Lozzy E likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  It seems overly complex to begin with but T1D is manageable. Don't let the days when control seems chaotic get you down and don't let the good days make you overly confident. Working with your professionals, it really is doable.
- 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
  
  Lozzy E likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  For me, getting used to and accepting my 'new' life as a T1D patient was mentally exhausting. Be kind to yourself and give it some time, eventually what seems incredibly daunting will become routine.
- 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
  
  Lozzy E likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  Take it seriously but don't try to be perfect. Try to make life as normal as possible. The main difference with T1 folks and non-diabetics is that we have to inject our insulin. And speaking of insulin, just be thankful we have it so we can keep on keeping on.
- 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
  
  Lozzy E likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  Keep going!! It gets better - I promise
- 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
  
  Susan Wood likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  Take it seriously but don't try to be perfect. Try to make life as normal as possible. The main difference with T1 folks and non-diabetics is that we have to inject our insulin. And speaking of insulin, just be thankful we have it so we can keep on keeping on.
- 3 hours, 20 minutes ago
  
  Kathy Hanavan likes your comment at
  Happy World Diabetes Day from T1D Exchange! Please share your seasoned advice for someone who is newly diagnosed with T1D.
  It seems overly complex to begin with but T1D is manageable. Don't let the days when control seems chaotic get you down and don't let the good days make you overly confident. Working with your professionals, it really is doable.
- 15 hours, 26 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  How often do you exercise? Share more in the comments about your exercise routine.
  My answer needs explaining. I am 84, with 78 years of T1D and a lot of neuropathy. Vacuuming a few rooms in my house is very exerting. That is exercise. Walking 20 minutes outdoors is exercise. Bathing and dressing is exercise. I cannot do all of these things in the same day. If these examples can be considered as exercise, I exercise every day,.
- 15 hours, 28 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  How often do you exercise? Share more in the comments about your exercise routine.
  It absolutely counts. I have a German Shepherd/Malinois mix who takes me for two loooong walks every day. Then we take a nap.
- 21 hours, 43 minutes ago
  
  Richard Wiener likes your comment at
  Is your insulin sensitivity factor (or correction factor) different during sleeping hours than waking hours?
  Sl less at night
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  P-O Heidling likes your comment at
  What dietary patterns have you tried to increase your glucose time in range?
  Low carb
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  P-O Heidling likes your comment at
  What dietary patterns have you tried to increase your glucose time in range?
  Low carb/keto. Last time my A1c dropped from 6.3 to 5.8 when I did this. Omit sugar desserts, bread, rice, pasta, potatoes and corn. Anything else that aren’t specifically low carb but aren’t high carb in moderation. Also, 2 meals or OMAD one meal a day helps limit carbs and calories.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  P-O Heidling likes your comment at
  What dietary patterns have you tried to increase your glucose time in range?
  Low carb
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  P-O Heidling likes your comment at
  What dietary patterns have you tried to increase your glucose time in range?
  I have tried low carb and keto - keto seems to work better for me.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  P-O Heidling likes your comment at
  What dietary patterns have you tried to increase your glucose time in range?
  High protein, low carb
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  P-O Heidling likes your comment at
  What dietary patterns have you tried to increase your glucose time in range?
  I mostly eat low carb high protein diet similar to keto.
- 1 day, 1 hour ago
  
  P-O Heidling likes your comment at
  What dietary patterns have you tried to increase your glucose time in range?
  Low carb. I have also had success managing my time and range to my total daily intake of insulin.
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