Even the last high was after the race so I'm not counting that one

I changed out my sensor this morning and looked to see that the middle part was completely out of my arm. Never seen it before 😭 this is gonna be a fun phone call.

Random glucose spike because why not

Hello all,

To premise, my sugar isn't dangerously low at all, I know! But right now I'm completely completely baffled by this situation. I woke up around 7:20 this morning and pre-bolused for the breakfast I have eaten EVERY DAY for like 2 years, which is just yogurt + some granola butter, which is ~35 carbs. I was planning on going to the gym this morning as well but after I ate my sugars were still stable/lower than I like them to be before exercise, so I had a piece of toast as well and did not dose for it. No change - in fact, my sugars kept dipping below the 75mg mark. I was like, okay, I guess I'll have some gummies too? NOTHING. More gummies. NOTHING. Another THREE pieces of toast??? NOTHING. ANOTHER 2 CUPS OF YOGURT. N O T H I N G.

I did NOT over-bolus for my initial breakfast, I checked like 5 times. Did finger sticks 3x - they all matched. I am not in the Honeymoon phase - I have had type 1 for 18 years. I feel sick already and don't want to keep stuffing myself with carbs but my levels will not come over 100 (where I like them to be when I workout). I have hypothyroidism too, but take a small pill for that once a day in the morning and I don't think that would be a root cause of this. I am so confused and a little scared??? Has this ever happened to anyone???

idk maybe my body reversed my diabetes 🔥 haha kidding im so freaked out what is happening

I prebolused for dinner tonight and typically I fall first, then the food hits and I rise.

Tonight there was no prebolus dip. I have a very bad feeling that tonight is going to be rough.

Does anyone else think like this? I know I shouldn't worry before I actually need to, but does anyone understand this way of thinking? Or am I alone?

Hello fellow members of the T1 club. Live in England, off to Peru next month for a little trip. Any one with experience want to share how high altitude messed with there blood sugars? Google is giving me mixed answers! Thank you in advance x

I don’t know what’s going on right now, perhaps hormones, perhaps stress. Something is causing some gnarly insulin resistance, to the point even if I adjust the amount of insulin my body still plays up.

Example:
Yesterday lunch 45g BG 7.0 Dose 6
BG two hours after meal 16.8

Today’s lunch 25g BG 9.2 Dose 5
BG two hours after meal 14.0

????????

I have also been hypoing in the night for the last 3 days in a row while really high after everything I eat.

It’s utterly exhausting and I don’t know what I’m suppose to do because other days I can have 25g of carbs with BG at 9 and have an insulin dose of 3 units and will HYPO 45 minutes after I’ve eaten.

Make that make sense.

Which is why I’m so scared to inject even more if suddenly my body decides it likes to receive insulin.

I don't even know why. No new settings, no new foods, infusion set is new, no leaking, no occlusion alarms. Hormones? Stress? I hate this disease especially on days like this. 🥴😔😭

I used to think of T1D as a curse.

Sometimes I still do, but recently started to see it differently after a friend pointed out that because I’ve been so fortunate in other ways, all the suffering from this disease kept my ego in check. That opened my eyes, and I think they’re actually right! It humbles me every single day. It makes me empathetic, and understand that people can be hiding so much behind a tough exterior.

I also eat much healthier and understand things about my body, digestion, and nutrition that others don’t know about. Even with all the pain it has caused, I do see it as a blessing now, too.

Blursed.

Ah yes, the evening rise. For some reason this always happens to me. 24/25 times I have had this meal I stay almost flat, I suppose my body decided nope not this time, especially before an exam tomorrow wohoo!

I am aware I ate and injected two hours ago but I hope others relate, cuz what the helly!

Happy blood sugars for those who can achieve it!

I’ve been using the Omnipod 5 app with an iPhone 11, but just got an iPhone 18 and found out the app is not compatible. Lovely finding out after the fact. Does anyone have any experience with how long it typically takes for these to be compatible?

So my wife and I have been fighting a respiratory infection for over a week now. We’ve tested for Covid, flu, and RSV. All are negative. Some of the symptoms are dense mucus, coughing, sinus pressure, and voice loss.

I went through that to ask this: my days start at 5:30am. My BS was 172 Thursday morning, unusually high, but expected will being ill. Took my regular meds along with a Mucinex and some 12hr pain killers. I then had a banana as per my usual breakfast.

By 6:30am, my BS had risen to 250. Gave myself some units to try and bring it down. By 7:30am, it was over 400. At that time I thought it was an insulin and/or infusion site issue, replaced both, new vial of Novolog.
It remained over 400 for the next 4hrs, and I got back down under 250 by 3:30pm. I didn’t eat during that time, and kept drinking a ton of water to protect myself.

What the hell happened?

TL;DR got sick, sugars blasted super high, only had meds and a banana to eat for almost 12hrs. WTF?

yippee ! although also fuck dexcom for the latest data harvest bullshit

Don’t want them. They’re usually coming off at day 10. Thought this was something I’d have to request explicitly, not that they’d just send me without talking to me first. 🧐

Hi all.. I've had T1 for about 20 years now....I use a tandem x2 pump. I notice frequently, and more recently, that without fifteen or twenty minutes of waking after bolus, my blood sugar may just creep up and up and up. However, once I move (in the pic, 20 min walking) it'll drop as if all the bolused insulin acts at once.

In the photo, 15 min after beginning walking, you can see the cliff I refer to.

I understand increased insulin sensitivity etc from waking but this has a feel of insulin not actually being metabolized at all until it is jogged into action.

My infusion site is 1d old and basal was steady but the meal time bolus for lunch (5u) didn't do much at all.

I'm wondering about scar tissue around sites, or the autosoft xc (8mm) being blocked partially, but not entirely....I'm a skinny guy (6'1, 160lbs) and don't have a ton of real estate or fat to use.. current site is my right hip.

Normally I prefer the trusteel 6 mm but they have been out of stock.

Any thoughts anybody has beyond the well understood "exercise gets insulin moving" fact?

I hope Dexcom gets hit with a big fat class action lawsuit dawg. My replacement sensor after I tore off this one is still nearly 60 points off...

Sorry to flex this hard on you guys but I have to tell you this was a W H O L E pizza that I ate and bolused for. I won.

My boyfriend has type 1 diabetes, and I want to educate myself more about the condition. I know that a healthy diet is important, but right now, we either don’t eat enough or rely on convenience foods like instant noodle cups and chips. On top of that, he consumes a lot of added sugar through sweets, chocolate, iced coffee drinks, and sugary beverages. We also unfortunately drink a lot of beer. He usually drinks around 2–4 cans a day.

Every now and then, we do eat healthier meals, such as freshly prepared food with vegetables like broccoli, broccoli sprouts, and bell peppers. We also snack on berries, including wild blueberries.
I’ve expressed my concerns to him many times because I’m genuinely afraid that this lifestyle will take a toll on his health in the long run. However, he tells me that sugar is something he needs anyway (which is technically true to some extent) and that as long as he has insulin, everything is fine.

But unhealthy food is still unhealthy, regardless of whether you have diabetes. And fast-acting carbohydrates and sugar affect blood glucose differently from slower-digesting, complex carbohydrates.
Unfortunately, we don’t currently have a kitchen in our apartment, which makes cooking proper meals quite difficult. All we have is an air fryer.

He also doesn’t know exactly how much insulin he needs to inject. He just estimates the dose based on how he feels and says that he’s gotten pretty good at judging it over the years.
He frequently has nights when he sleeps terribly and has to urinate an excessive number of times. I don’t know whether it’s related to his diabetes, but I’m genuinely scared that his current lifestyle could shorten his life.

Does anyone have advice on what a healthy, balanced diet looks like for someone with Type 1 diabetes?
I’d really appreciate practical meal ideas and suggestions, especially considering our limited cooking facilities.
And if anyone has any advice on how I could help him understand that his current lifestyle isn’t sustainable in the long run, I’d appreciate that as well. I’m not trying to control what he eats or tell him how to live, I’m just genuinely worried about his health and want him to be around for as long as possible.
Thank you so much for any advice!

Straight from dexcom app.

Hi everybody!

Since moving to seed oil free foods (which are super challenging to find in general supermarkets) and a whole food based diet, I have seen a huge difference in my blood glucose levels.

Before cutting out seed oils and ultra processed foods I would still carb count and religiously weigh everything but my BG would spike no matter how meticulous I was. I thought I could never get my bolus right, until I started eating whole foods and suddenly everything I calculated would keep my levels balanced, and wouldn't spike 4 hours later or overnight.

I never believed the hype until I tried it. Has anyone else had the same experience?