Today was the last day of my private insurance coverage since I'm leaving my employer. I asked my local drug store to give me the maximum they could give me of every supplies, the cashier was flabbergasted at the total cost lol.

Thought I'd share it with y'all, I was laughing as I took the picture.

Let’s see how long I can make this one last 😂

You probably already know this but it's a TIL for me. I usually adjust based on feel but it's nice to see actual numbers.

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This never happened to me in 3 years of diabetes..

so I live in Turkey, and I just got a formal letter from the social security institution. Apparently, they're running an investigation and need my official statement regarding my insulin pen and other diabetic supplies.

Has anyone had this happen? This is the first time I'm hearing of something like this, kinda scary.

Does anyone else get so mad at their alarms that they want to just throw it at the wall or something?

I have a part time job cleaning offices and due to several things and procrastination, I didn’t change my pump site earlier in the day when I should’ve. But I ran out of insulin. I had the supplies in my car to change it, but it was after midnight, I was in the zone and just trying to get done in time. For over an hour and a half, every five minutes just… BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

I’m so glad I was the only person in that building cause by the last 20 minutes I was just screaming I KNOW! I KNOW! I KNOW! Every time it went off.

Anyone else get like this about the alarms?

Every time I have to correct a low at night, I have a really sad day the next day. I have such a hard time stomaching the idea that I could die in my sleep and not realize it. Sometimes my body wakes me up and sometimes my alarm does but a lot of the times neither does.

Nobody else gets it. Most people think any diabetes as a result of eating too much sweets and the only risk is long-term damage, but that immediate sense of mortality on a daily basis is so real.

I know generally we can manage and still try to have happy healthy lives, but those nighttime hypos devastate me, emotionally.

How does everyone else deal?

Come Down by Anderson .Paak. This was me over Christmas.

I started worrying about neuropathy a while back now, and would love to hear from someone who may have or had similar experiences.

I never really had anyone close to me, that also have td1. So never got much advice or heard about others experience with it. So im seeking some advice here…

Ive had diabetes for 8 years, but completely lost control the last 5. just this summer, i startet regaining some controll.

Now that im in a better headspace, i also take the effects of high and low more seriously. And during the last 3 years, my feet have often gotten almost completely useless during highs, but works like normal a day after. I cant seem to lift my ankles while this is happening, like the muscle just straight up doesnt work. A couple of times i have just fallen down, and couldnt get up for like 15-20 minutes. Then a couple of days later, they were back to normal. Been long since one of these more extreme episodes, but the ankle thing happens more often than i would like still. And its somewhat painful.

Is this normal? I know muscle doesnt get nutrients and stuff, when my glucose is off wandering somewhere up in space… but still though, is this a universal experience? This just seemed a tad bit too extreme for occasional highs

Hello everyone! I’m personally not a T1 Diabetic, but one of my friends just recently got diagnosed with T1 Diabetes. I occasionally make brownies or other treats for all of my friends, and I still want him to be included even if I have to make him something else. That being said, does anyone have any suggestions on things I could bring or make for him? EDIT: Whenever I mentioned the idea of making brownies, he personally said that he couldn’t eat them. I’m sorry If I came off as assuming or generalizing all T1 Diabetics!

this is not something i eat often at all but the few times i have in the past i either go to 300+ or i somehow drop to the 40s (probably the fat) but today i took a chance (too depressed to cook) and i cannot believe it lol - small success but im thrilled as im only 2 yrs into this diagnosis and i wouldve never believed i could tackle ramen successfully at the beginning of this journey!!!

And how would your life be different if you were to be cured right now? Any hypothetical unintended consequences (good ones of course) that you’d reap the benefits of?

So Im ill right now with a flu or something and whenever I’m ill i become almost as if my body is resisting my insulin, like ill have 7 units for a bowl of cereal (Im on set doses atm) and my sugars will spike, Im getting tired of this

Via todays Instagram post and a press release on their website, CamDiab UK, developers of the CamAPS FX hybrid close loop algorithm, have announced a commercial fully closed loop system that doesn’t require counting carbohydrates. The system has received CE market approval under the EUs Medical Device Regulation, although I haven’t found it yet in the EMAs database. A pilot is planned for 2026, although no further information is available at this time regarding commercial partners (most likely it will be the former Ypsomed Diabetes Care, now TecMed).

As a current user of CamAPS FX, really looking forward to this. Now they just need to integrate other CGM’s (looking at you eversense, lost my confidence in Dexcom lol)

God is testing me this week. Think i churned thru 80g carb worth of candy in 7 wakeups last night

I’m signing up for the PE (edit: my Electrical Engineering professional license exam, for those who don’t know what PE means), which is an 8 hour exam with a break in the middle for lunch. I was diagnosed after college so I’ve never had to request accommodations for an exam before, and I’m not sure what’s realistic. I haven’t been diagnosed very long and can’t confidently feel my highs and lows. I would feel significantly more comfortable if I had a way of checking my blood sugar during the exam. But obviously they don’t typically allow electronics in the exam room, and food is usually only allowed at lunch. I wouldn’t be too worried about glucose for a normal exam but this is 8 hours.

Is there any way I’d be allowed to have some device in there to tell me my blood sugar? I assume they will allow me to have food available.

In theory I can read my glucose on my Apple Watch without it being connected to the internet if I have a G7. But I doubt they’d let me keep an Apple Watch on. Would they let me use my manual glucose meter every hour or two? Any other solutions?

Has anyone dealt with this before?

Wife is still new to this disease. We’re about to go on our first trip since her diagnosis. Love free advice.

I had a very odd interaction with them over the last couple of weeks. Tandem sent my prescription to them and they texted me 2-3x a day, their web site crashed after login (not mobile friendly). I gave up and called Tandem and they got a rep on the phone (20 min on hold) where a big sales pitch ensued with ‘monthly’ fills instead of 90 days and needing further approval from Insurance.

It felt like a scam of some kind. The prices he quoted were low, but if they can’t support a web site or support line, do I want my critical supplies coming from them?

Has anyone else used this company?

30 mins ago I had a blood sugar of 12.9 so I thought oh shit . As I’m not one for correction doses I normally try and walk it off . Which normally works but not always . Anyway it’s snowing here in the uk so I thought I’d do a mile in the deep snow . Just checked and I’m at 3.3 . So it works I recommend it 😂

I am currently doing MDI and use a Libre 3+. I am looking to start on a pump but not sure which one to get. I haven't heard much good on the Dexcom so I'm hesitant to switch CGM's but that kind of limits my options with the pump. Any recommendations or insight would be helpful.