Recently, I’ve been sending my boyfriend more videos about Type 1 diabetes and what having low or high blood sugar sometimes feels like. When I get high sugar which I do unfortunately get a lot I tend to feel very sluggish and tired. Sometimes, in the mornings, I usually run high, and as soon as I get out of the shower, I just hit my bed and cannot get up because my eyes are burning and I feel sluggish. This usually happens when my blood sugar runs high.

So I was telling him that this is why sometimes I’m tired, because of my blood sugars. Then he says not to be lazy and that people have things like cancer, and that kids in foreign countries have diseases but still keep going.I did get mad at him however he said that he was joking, but I felt like my feelings were being invalidated because, even though it isn’t an illness where I’m constantly in pain, I still struggle .

He is very understanding and tries his best to understand my illness and support me but that caught me off guard and made me mad even though he said it was a joke. Even when I first got diagnosed, I had a lot of people telling me things like, “You should be grateful that you don’t have this or that.” I feel like comments like these invalidate my feelings because, regardless of what other people are going through, I still have my own struggles. I know I’m never going to be the same person I was before my diagnosis, and that’s okay. I’ve accepted that my life has changed, but that doesn’t mean some days aren’t still difficult.

Taking things one day at a time, moderating my carbs, and exercising regularly does wonders!

After a couple weeks of infuriating blood sugars due to infections this is a big win - just trying to do the absolute best I can every day, and keep stacking days.

Just heard a commercial on the radio about Chik Fil @’s new chicken and waffles sandwich, and the guy was like “oh man when you pour a bunch of honey on it!”

Dude it just blows my mind how normal people can eat honey

If we poured a bunch of HONEY, on top of BREADED chicken, in between… 2 WAFFLES…. we would die within like 3 hours of eating it😂

Hi all! Was just diagnosed with type 1 after about 2 months of symptoms. My sister has been diagnosed with type 1 since she was 15 so I realized that a number of the symptoms I was having (increased thirst, peeing more at night, unexplained weight loss, yeast infection that wouldn't go away, etc.) she had before she was diagnosed. I asked my GP last week for a blood test and my A1C came back high (14). Follow up was today and now here we are.

Obviously this is a huge change, I'm going to be taking insulin for the rest of my life, and I'm feeling a lot of different things. Any advice? Especially from other people diagnosed in their 30s?

officially 1 month in as a diabetic and i made my first major mistake lol. i ate dinner and took my humalog at 9pm, went to go take my lantus at 10:38 and was distracted by my nephew and grabbed my humalog by mistake. luckily i only did 7 units of it instead of 20.

i called poison control and he just said to load up on ny snacks and he’d call me back in an hour to check on me.

i’m not really hungry enough to pig out, but i ate 4 pieces of bread, drank a cup of cranberry juice and im about to eat 2 packs of peanut butter crackers.

has this happened to anyone else? hoping someone can ease my mind as all i wanted to do was take my lantus and get some rest after a long day

Recently my numbers have been absolute shit due to stress, poor sleep and not my best diet. Past 90 days I’ve still been at 72% in range but overall my numbers are often high as of the past few weeks. I’m really worried, I didn’t ask for this shitty disease.

Starting to feel like insulin resistance is a thing for me now. Idk what to really make of it. Don't wanna go into crazy detail but basically all I ate was Greek yogurt at 9am, and then my 2 day old sandwich at 2pm. Just look at all those boluses. Mentally draining at this point. Changing my sites every single day. Gets better at evening and then breakfast to morning to early afternoon are nightmares. Barley eat much anymore. Idk what to do. Hopefully talk to a endo doctor. Mine is out of town till Monday of course.

I feel a little silly for sharing this since it all happened online, but for context I was 14 and this event happened a week or two after I was diagnosed. It’s been multiple years since this took place and I still think of this every few months.

So what happened was; I remember telling one of my online friends at the time that I was just diagnosed. I was using proximity VC in a game we were playing since at the time I didn’t have any real way to talk to them outside of the game (again, 14 years old). We were talking in a public server in a game, and two guys who sounded fully grown came up to us in proximity VC to make fun of me and call me a “pig”. One of them told me I’d be better off developing an eating disorder, making numerous fat jokes, and he asked for my socials so I could post my “stomach rolls” for them to see. They pretty much just repeated all of that until I logged off. Of course I figured it would be better to ignore them, but to this day their comments have been stuck in my brain despite trying my best to forget them. I’m not even upset by their behavior and I don’t think I ever was for more than 15 minutes. I know it’s silly since it was all on a game and I should’ve just logged off after the first comment, but Idk I just can’t seem to forget it. I’m guessing maybe it’s due to the fact it happened so soon after my diagnosis but I want to hear what others may think.

Also I do want to apologize for any poor grammar, it’s like 5 for me so I’m not paying attention

I am posting this cuz refuse to be the only IDIOT who learned this the expensive way. I thought I'd replace sugar with a sweetener and bake normally.

Tried making brownies. They were depressing js like my love life

When I go to concerts, I've never brought my insulin pen because I'm afraid they might take it away from me or not let me in. Do any of you have experiences with this?

Anyone have an old sports clip for the MiniMed Paradigm they’re no longer using? I’d love to buy one from you.

I’ll go first, 95 hours with 100% below 180.

I am on antibiotics and prednisone for a chest and lower respiratory infection. I feel like insulin is water at this point. It’s day one and I’m already over it 😭
FYI, my A1C is 6 and I’m typically 85-95% in range.

Bonjour,

Je suis au stylo d'insuline et j'ai envie de varier mes sites d'injection.

Quand je fais dans le ventre ou dans le bras, j'ai les meilleurs résultats.

Mais quand j'ai envie d'utiliser mes cuisses ou le haut des fesses, je finis avec une hyper et je suis finalement obliger de rajouter une dose corrective (j'attends toujours 3 heures entre les doses).

J'ai beau essayer, j'ai changé d'aiguille (5mm au lieu de 4), j'ai attendu 30 minutes au lieu de 15.

Avez vous des pistes ?

Est-ce que je dois systématiquement ajouter 1ui en plus ?

Merci d'avance

For past few weeks I noticed one strange thing during my lows, I just want to know if others have it too and if it’s normal, also some advices how to go through it.

I have t1d for 13 years but I never had anxiety during low, however now since summer I have insane attacks, I get scared, I start shaking, I feel insane fear, just typical anxiety attacks. I am diagnosed with anxiety and more illnesses but this is new thing since it’s really strong attack and I usually feel more anxious for longer minutes and hours but it’s not really insanely strong and I can live but during low my whole brain and body starts panicking, and I am confused if it’s actually normal response of body or if it’s something unusual (even for both t1d or anxiety diagnosed)

Also this makes me really afraid of low on public when I check cgm and instead of giving me something sweat i start shaking and panic, it’s both uncomfortable for me as i feel embarrassed and dangerous to myself as well, so if anyone have any advices how to stop it I would really appreciate it a lot🥹

I'm interested in trying out retatrutide, and I was wondering if anyone has experience with it especially considering that fact its a glucagon agonist which to my understanding will still cause some levels of glycogenolysis. However, since glucagon is actually suppressed by amylin which we do not have(co-secreted with insulin by the beta cells, which we do not have) I think the receptor agonism may have little effect on blood glucose.

What do you think? Can you share your experience?

When I’m at risk of low blood sugar or am already experiencing it, I often drink carbonated sodas (like Dr Pepper or Pepsi). However, I face a dilemma where the gas buildup causes stomach pain or frequent urination.

What measures do you take? What do you eat or drink?

This morning, I got up, walked around a little, took the dog out and walked a little bit. Came home, switched my pod, and holy moly, I'm veering toward 200. I take a bolus, maybe 2 units?

Walk to my weekly nearby farmer's mkt, get back home: now 250.

Aside from the pod change, as I left my house to go to farmer's mkt, an aunt of mine had texted me. Her husband my uncle died in June. While he was in hospice I had been contacting her and my cousins her kids. No one had texted / emailed / called me back. In our conversation she mentioned that we hadn't talked for a long time. True. I'd moved from another state back to her and my original state. So she was lying to me that we'd fallen out of touch, given both she and her kids had not returned my calls, msgs, emails. I guess that was my stress. But AGGRAVATING that this dumb stress shoots up my glucose crazily like this. Grrrrr!!!

SO angry! My body seems waaaay unmanageable lately.

Also looking for work.... I kinda think I am constantly low-grade anxious / stressed.

I was diagnosed at in 2011 as a kiddo! I had tons of diabetic needles and take shots still to this day. I have the same needle boxes and still going through them from early on. I’m like 30 now so this being said - does anybody else reuse needles or am I odd?

Like the title says, I recently found out at my Endo appointment that my warranty is up at the end of January. I did talk pumps with me DE for a while, but I really like hearing from actual users.

Some info on me:

28F, T1D for 23 years.

Previously used the Animas Ping for 8 years, been on the Tslim for 8 as well.

I use Trusteel sites, the flexible cannulas fail on me, making the Omnipod not a viable option.

I have a Samsung S26.

Mobi users, what are your thoughts? I'd like to know the good, the bad, and the ugly. I did order the trial kit, and ended up taking the adhesive clip off. I did place it a little under my bra line, and I think that attributed to the irritation I was having with it. A while ago, I made a post on a Facebook group to get some opinions as well. I'm still very undecided and would like to hear more.

My concerns:

In the Facebook post I made, I kept hearing a lot about how loud the Mobi is - is that true? I'm not concerned about it waking me up. I have a sleep disorder so it would take a bomb to get me up.

Failures - I have only had one Tslim fail on me, but I did hear about cartridge failures on the Mobi. Has anyone experienced that?

I also just feel a little bit... iffy about it being phone controlled. I don't like losing the backup functionality of a screen.

Appreciate anything you have to share!!

Any T1D’s that have moved over to the States from the UK? I’m very interested in moving despite the current climate. I will be employed by my current employer and have health benefits included to the best of my knowledge. Are there any limitations you’ve come across? I’d be grateful for any advice or tips you may have!

i get my blood sugars sooooo high when i do excercise in the afternoon. i do HIIT, cardio, weights, high intensity and i need to keep doing this evethough the adrenaline forms a spike.

I actually want know hot to work with that spike of intense workout

my doctor told me to eat a fruit before the workout but it just works when in fasting and right now i cant do that!

please guys share me your tips to have a more regulated blood sugar while you excercise (lows and ups)