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you can get this info when you get your blood drawn or they make lots of home test kits

Frequently. It's also frequently lower than normal. Type 1 diabetes is just fun like that.

Hambo posted...

Frequently. It's also frequently lower than normal. Type 1 diabetes is just fun like that.

do you take medication for your diabetes, or insulin shots?

I take insulin. I use a pump instead of shots though. It's way more convenient. Mostly.

I severely cut down on sugar after my last doctor visit, who said I was pre diabetic.

Hambo posted...

I take insulin. I use a pump instead of shots though. It's way more convenient. Mostly.

never heard of the pump method

I've been testing as "pre-diabetic" basically my entire life. Some of it is lifestyle, but it's mostly genetic.

Last I checked... no. Got a blood test and yet to get any confirmation.

I believe they would let me know promptly if I did.

CedarPointcp posted...

never heard of the pump method

Yeah, you carry a little phone sized machine filled with insulin and it gradually delivers it to you through a tube. You can also tell it to give larger immediate doses as needed. It basically translates to one needle every couple days instead of five or so needles per day (excluding needles for testing blood sugars lol). Numbers vary, but it seems like somewhere between 30% and 50% of type 1 diabetics use pumps over injections.

After like fifteen years with a pump, I'm still not totally used to sleeping with it. I always roll over it in my sleep and hafta move it out of the way. Also doorknobs are annoying cuz the tube can get caught on them as you're walking by. -_-

Hambo posted...

Yeah, you carry a little phone sized machine filled with insulin and it gradually delivers it to you through a tube. You can also tell it to give larger immediate doses as needed. It basically translates to one needle every couple days instead of five or so needles per day (excluding needles for testing blood sugars lol). Numbers vary, but it seems like somewhere between 30% and 50% of type 1 diabetics use pumps over injections.

After like fifteen years with a pump, I'm still not totally used to sleeping with it. I always roll over it in my sleep and hafta move it out of the way. Also doorknobs are annoying cuz the tube can get caught on them as you're walking by. -_-

how does it deliver the insulin into your body? what entry pt?

CedarPointcp posted...

how does it deliver the insulin into your body? what entry pt?

You use a needle to insert an infusion set with a tube into your abdomen, arm, leg, or buttocks. Looks like this:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/4/4/AADHstAAEmP8.jpg

I only use my belly though. Having a tube running from my pocket or belt all the way to my arm or leg sounds annoying when it comes time to actually use that limb lol. The tubing already feels short when it's just stretching from my pocket to my abdomen.

NightRender posted...

I've been testing as "pre-diabetic" basically my entire life. Some of it is lifestyle, but it's mostly genetic.

This for me as well.

Hehe, the lung transplant team doesn't tell you that they turn you into a diabetic by loading you with 85mg of Prednisone daily. After 6 months they wean you down to 10mg and your blood sugar goes back to normal. No more insulin just Metformin, and just test 2-3 times a week.