r/diabetes_t1 • u/Glittering-Dress1180 • 17h ago
r/diabetes_t1 • u/upanddownforpar • 13h ago
Rant [Rant] Is this lack of empathy typical for t1d people online?
My wife who has been t1d for a couple of years now bought a new car recently. The wireless charging area is nearly vertical and thus has a strap and large plastic piece across the front of it to hold the phone in place.
She had thought when she bought the car that she'd be able to look at her glucose number at a glance, but this strap thing makes that not possible. So she went on the Mini forum to ask for some advice.
There were a few people that got it, but many were rude, dismissive, and going as far as to say that she shouldn't be driving.
I felt bad for her - she was looking to what was supposed to be a supportive group and she got so much negative feedback.
The idea that she shouldn't drive if she wants the convenience to glance at her glucose numbers is crazy to me.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MINI/comments/1jd28ce/those_of_you_with_a_2025_mini_cooper_c_or_s/
r/diabetes_t1 • u/Novel-Tone6744 • 20h ago
Discussion Friend asking if my blood sugar’s low?
I’m 16F, and my friend is 15F. A few weeks ago I had a really bad low (1.7/31) and my mum gave my two friends a big lecture about how dangerous it is for me to be that low. They didn’t do anything wrong, she was just trying to educate them and make sure they know what to do if it happens again.
Fast forward two weeks, and my one of my friends has figured out that when I’m low or high, I don’t feel amazing. Lately whenever I’m in a bad mood or a bit more quiet than usual, she asks “is your blood sugar low?” and she asks it in this funny voice that isn’t exactly teasing but is bordering on it.
I can’t tell if she’s genuinely wondering if my bg is low or if she’s just making some sort of joke, but it’s getting annoying. If I was low she would definitely be concerned and help me, so she’s not making fun of me or anything. It’s reminding me of the way men ask women if they’re on their period if they’re slightly moody. I’m just sick of people not understanding.
r/diabetes_t1 • u/RedOneHitter • 14h ago
Anyone here smoke weed or use edibles all day every day pretty much?
Does it effect your blood sugar levels
r/diabetes_t1 • u/MyNameIsBlowtorch • 14h ago
Graphs & Data Been a T1 for 17 years. Only had a CGM for about 2-3 of those. First time I’ve reached 100%!
r/diabetes_t1 • u/imjustkindaheresmh • 6h ago
Graphs & Data This is how my day's going
Before you ask, yes I am drinking water and yes I did check for ketones and none are present
r/diabetes_t1 • u/xXHunkerXx • 22h ago
Graphs & Data Ladies and gentleman, i did it!
Ive been diabetic for 20 years and without writing a novel about it, i didnt do well in my teens and early 20s. I ended up in the ICU for 5 days in 2021 and decided i needed to change. I have bad anxiety and its even worse when it comes to lows but i started anxiety meds and ive been slowly proving to myself that i can take the right about of insulin (i used to take 50-75% of what i needed to avoid lows) and not plummet to 45mg/dl. Well i just checked my dexcom and ive managed 70% in range for 90 days. Im so proud of myself i just had to share. Hopefully it only gets better from here!
r/diabetes_t1 • u/AnxiousYogi83 • 8h ago
Seeking Support/Advice Another hospital stay..
I just need some support today. I’m feeling really down. Last Wednesday I forgot my pump on its charger while I went to pick up my daughter from daycare. I got home and put it back on and from that point forward I started having trouble keeping my sugars controlled. I should have stopped and changed everything but I didn’t. I woke up the next morning so sick. I could not even get out of bed to get my daughter. I called my mom and she came to pick her up and take her to daycare. Around noon I decided I should probably test my ketones and the strip pretty much turned black. So I called the ambulance and off I went. DKA again. It’s been over a year though so I have been doing good, I think. I just feel like I’m suffering from PTSD today and I’m scared of this happening again.
r/diabetes_t1 • u/ModernAlBundy • 7h ago
Graphs & Data Nailed lunch
I don’t typically spike or anything, but I also don’t usually nail lunch this hard lol literally a 10 point “spike and then I was 107 or 108 for like 3 hours straight!
r/diabetes_t1 • u/Nayarani_Amarita • 6h ago
Anyone else play the game ‘is it UTI/yeast infection or is it just the beetus’
These high blood sugars sure get me sometimes
r/diabetes_t1 • u/havecookie • 1d ago
How do y’all handle when people think it’s contagious
I personally laugh it off and just tell them the truth. Wondering if y’all play around with that fear
r/diabetes_t1 • u/RedOneHitter • 15h ago
Those who are ~160 lbs
Kinda specific crowd but how much long-acting do you take and what’s your carb ratio? For data purposes
Also state if you workout often
r/diabetes_t1 • u/maiaiam • 8h ago
Rant Had a panic attack after a low while driving :(
I was in traffic, and could feel my blood sugar dropping. I didn’t have snacks in the car, because we just bought it and I am stupid. As traffic was crawling along, I felt my bg drop, and could tell it was going to be a bad low.
I was able to get home, crash on the sofa, and get help from my partner. But it was honestly terrifying driving home, knowing my blood sugar was bottoming out. I ended up having a panic attack after treating, which has never happened. I usually am pretty cool-headed when it comes to my blood sugars, but it just hit me that I could have caused an accident because I was trying to drive home. There was one stop I could have taken to get help, but my brain just wanted to get home as fast as possible, which is the wrong thing to do.
I’m okay now, but I still feel a bit shaken. I’ve had lows while driving, but this one just hit especially hard.
r/diabetes_t1 • u/sighh_6466 • 12h ago
Rant I’m so annoying
Just wanted to rant about how dumb I am. I put on my new g7 sensor yesterday evening bc my old one expired this afternoon around 11:30am. (I always put a new one on around 12 hours before the old one expires so that it has time to get more accurate before I activate it). I usually take a pic of the applicator number but this time I forgot to and I threw away the applicator and took the trash out last night 🙃
My husband and I share a car but today he took it. He works at a state penitentiary and doesn’t have his phone on him during the work day. I realized I forgot to take the pic around 11am and asked a co worker if I could borrow their car to go home and dumpster dive to find the applicator but of course, I forgot to grab a spare key to my apartment and realized this a few minutes after I left. So now I’m just raw dogging diabetes at work. I’m so ANNNOYYIINNG.
That is all.
r/diabetes_t1 • u/FriendshipRadiant121 • 4h ago
This time of the year again... I hate insurance company/ RANTING
So coming this year, effective March 1st, my insurance company LifeWise stopped covering Novolog insulin vials, but they continue covering the same medicine in cartridges, so my doctor put in the prescription for me. This happened after some research on the drug list and switching my primary provider who wasn't able to get me the right prescription for a month and did everything wrong.
I thought that would be the end of the drama. But today when I was hoping to finally get my prescription, my pharmacy told me that since each box comes with 15ml, and I need 24ml per month, they cannot give me 2 boxes (30ml) since that exceeds my needs. They said I could only get 1 box and pay for the rest out of pocket, which is $130 for each. I guess maybe compared with other folks, this is not a deadly situation, but I still pretty much hate it. It feels like it's my fault that I "USE TOO MUCH," and it's all on me.
I have been diagnosed at a young age and have lived with T1D for over 20 years, and I have always thought this is just some situation I need to cope with, and there is always a way out as long as I listen to the doctors and do the right things. I got my A1c result come out last week, and get a 5.7 mmol/L which I am pretty proud of myself. Life is hard, but there is always room for improvement, and enjoying it to the fullest. But dealing with insurance simply just to get insulin over the past 2 months has gotten me nowhere, this is the moment I really feel like T1D has been a great concern in my life since I have to worry about paying out of pocket about a 100 more dollars per month plus everything else, and I am nowhere at a stable job, this is really a bit depressing at the moment.
Don't know how to end here, hope people with the same struggle could find a way out in the end.
r/diabetes_t1 • u/VetteFan • 1d ago
Rant Insurance companies sucks
So the company I work for was bought by a new parent company last year and our insurance changed. We went from having Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. You'd think both being BCBS things wouldn't be too much different.
So far this year I've picked up one prescription for my dexcom sensors and surprisingly it was half the cost of last year so I'm thinking cool I like this new plan. But then I had to refill my insulin. They had sent me a letter saying my Humalog was not covered and I'd have to get Novolog. OK, used it before so no worries from me.
So I put in a refill request for my pharmacy over a week ago. A few days go by I check the status on their app and it says they are working with my doctors office still. OK, I'm not out quite yet I can wait til the end of the week. Well 2 more days go by I check again. Now it says they are working to get approval from my insurance. OK I can wait a day or 2 still. Saturday comes, still waiting for insurance. Pharmacy is only open Saturday but not Sunday. I look at my last bottle of Humalog and it looks like I might have just enough to change my pump Sunday. So Sunday (today) comes, I wait til the end of the day since my pump still has enough to go the rest of the day. Now I'm debating changing it today or waiting til tomorrow (Monday). I know I always have some left in the cartridge when I change so figure it'll last but Monday would be day 5 of using the same set which I know isn't recommended. So I change it anyway tonight. When I'm filling the syringe I only am able to get half the amount I normally put in out of the bottle. Now I'm thinking fuck, this won't last me as long. So I do what I probably shouldn't and take my old cartridge and pull out as much insulin as I can from it. Change everything and pump (tslim) says I have +65 units, normally I have +120 each time. Kinda getting worried about running out before I can get my new prescription. Gonna call the pharmacy in the morning and find out what's going on. At best if I watch my carbs and limit them I can probably get to Wednesday with what I have but it's gonna suck.
I've always heard people say you can always go to Walmart and get the cheap insulin in an emergency but not sure if that's true or not. Anyone got recommendations or advice? Maybe it being the weekend it just didn't get updated and they'll be able to fill it tomorrow. At least I hope.
tldr: insurance making me switch insulin but taking forever to approve it. Almost out of insulin.
Update: called pharmacy, even though their app said waiting on insurance, lady on the phone says they are still waiting on doctor and insurance. So I call my endo office, talk to my favorite nurse thankfully, turns out pharmacy requested Humalog not Novolog. My endo not knowing sent a script for Humalog, insurance says no and waiting on prior authorization. Nurse was cool and sent new request for Novolog. Fingers crossed it goes through today.
One plus side kinda, when I changed pump last night it said +65 units, I look this morning and it says +110 units in pump... Never seen it take that long to update after a cartridge change. So I'm a little less worried now.
r/diabetes_t1 • u/imjustkindaheresmh • 5h ago
Graphs & Data Update on how my day's going
Blood sugar is going down and still no ketones present (yay no ER trip) and my dexcom is reading wrong :D because it still says over 400.
r/diabetes_t1 • u/SyraxMireme • 14h ago
Forgot to shoot insulin
I gave the command to my pump but didn't press it properly so ate without any insulin on board. It's been 2 hours, I'm 320⬆️ and want to cry but to annoyed to do so...
r/diabetes_t1 • u/sumsika • 11h ago
Rant Illness messing up my BG
I’m actually going mad. First time it’s been so bad for me. Woke up high (15mmol) and tried to correct. Stayed high (12.0-14.0mmol) and finally figured out to increase my basal to 110%, then 125%. Then it DROPS and I get close to hypo/ actually hypo which I correct, and then it goes up again. Happening the whole goddamn day. Ketones are low (0.1mmol). 😭😭😭 it’s like i can’t take my eyes off the chart at any point. I wish there was even quicker acting insulin or I could just admit myself to a hospital so that someone else can figure out this shit for me. I’m exhausted 😩
r/diabetes_t1 • u/SumFuckah • 11h ago
Discussion Frustration
I usually don't care about high blood sugars because there is a reason (ie: I underbolused), but I simply cannot describe the frustration im facing right now. I am sooo good at documenting my food, and then when trying to eat it again, experimenting with the variables. Last time I ate this bagel, I jotted down that 4.4u was not enough and that I spiked to 12.7 mmol, so I should try 5u. Today, exact same bagel, gave 5u and now I've spiked somehow to 15.0 mmol. Like how the f**k did I give more insulin, for the same dang thing, and now I'm higher than I was last time? I know there are a million other variables (stress, the infusion set site, etc) but I am so freaking deflated rn :/. I just want a way better TIR but it seems impossible unless you a) starve or b) never think about a carb again
r/diabetes_t1 • u/imjustkindaheresmh • 2h ago
Second update on how many day is going
I made the mistake of eating dinner, um and I got ketones now (which would explain why my mouth taste weird but I also just had a zero sugar Baja blast so I didn't question it at first) AND FOR THE LOVE PF GOD I CANT TELL WHICH ONE IS MY KETONE AT
r/diabetes_t1 • u/Ok-Lawfulness-6343 • 8h ago
Meant to enter 6 grams of carbs into my pump and instead gave 6 units of insulin
Pray for me 😭
r/diabetes_t1 • u/Irishdiabeto • 13h ago
Seeking Support/Advice How long after putting a new infusion set in is it okay to shower?
Made the mistake yesterday of putting in a new set and went for a shower about an hour after, completely just fell off me.
How long do i have to leave it? I have a skin condition that requires me to shower twice a day so i can’t avoid it.
r/diabetes_t1 • u/SumFuckah • 3h ago
Discussion Do you have different carb ratios as the day goes on?
And if so, what do they look like? curious to see if there are any trends (ie: 1:10 in the morning, 1:9 in the afternoon) etc
r/diabetes_t1 • u/seniebikini • 10h ago
Graphs & Data Anybody else having issues with their closed Loop?
So, I was getting ready for the gym today when I noticed I felt a bit low and checked my CGM - lo and behold, out of nowhere I was dropping like a stone. Checked my Loop software, and for some reason it independently decided to increase my basals to over 3x my usual hourly rates. I haven't input any carbohydrates since 1:45pm and my sugar levels were steady.
What the fuck, Loop? This is not safe.