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Hello everyone, happy 4th of July. Peace of Christ be with you all.

I am recent Protestant, though very much new into Protestantism. I've been inquiring into Christianity for 2.5 years now, tbh, without much reading, but prayer and experience being my avenue in this journey. Initially, I was drawn to EO then later Catholicism, but just recently I realized there is no way I can merit eternal life and nothing I can do to earn it. It's Christ's gracious gift to me and us all.

I can write more about my journey, but it would defeat the purpose of this post. Long story short about 7 months ago, I took a job from a company run by ultra-orthodox Jews. Talmudic observant Jews. I am not Jewish and have absolutely nothing against Jews of any variety (religious, secular, etc), they are human beings just like everyone else, whom Christ calls us to love unconditionally and to spread His glorious Gospel to.

At the time, I was in a bad place (still am, been in a funk I can't quite explain past few years), and my religious leanings were withering away. I still believed, but not doctrinally or traditionally of any faith. With this being said, I was out of work for a long while, and I just couldn't take being so unproductive, staying at home doing nothing for longer. So, I reached out to this company I formerly applied for and managed to get an offer and took it. Didn't think much of it at the time, but to be honest was grateful for the opportunity they gave me.

There's a lot I like about this job. I work with real people, and help them get what they need, fix problems, etc. It's personal and I like that. It's helped me to, little by little overcome my social fears too.

But I haven't really contemplated that I am being paid by people who not only do not believe in Christ, but also most likely blaspheme Him. It sickens me in a way. Am I myself blaspheming the Holy Spirit by working for this company? Does this prove I don't have real faith in Jesus? Or am I overreacting?

What should I do? They often make us work Sundays, which would interfere with any Church attendance (not part of a Church nor baptized yet, but still). I can get a religious exemption for this by them, but this would just increase this kind of rift and dichotomy with me still working there.

I write here because I have traditional Protestant leanings, and hoping rooted people within the LCMS, especially ordained Lutheran Pastors could give me advice.

God bless you all.

Hi everyone. I am Type 1 diabetic of 3.5 years now and during this time I’ve been exclusively using MDI.

My abdominal section has been taking a beating during these years, as this is where I exclusively inject, due to having the most fat there and also bad reactions in other parts of my body.

For the pump, I more than likely will be using my arm the majority of the time in-part due to the wear on my stomach. A big fear of mine is inserting the pod in a muscle and therefore injecting in a muscle. I’ve had this happen before with pens and had a massive crash, it was traumatizing. My arms don’t have a lot of fat. Is this a cause for concern?

Also, how far a part do I have to insert my pump when it’s time to rotate?

I let my Omnipod specialist know about whether to take my lantus long-acting the night-before and or on day of my first pod. She said I can take it as normal, but I split my doses morning and night (20 morning and 20 night), wondering if it’s best to take 20 the night before and like 10 the morning of my first pump? My basal rate parameter on my pump is set to 0.7 so 16.8 per day, which is less than half of what I take with lantus (and I still go high often).

I am new to the field. I have BS in Economics, but am seeking to go the tech route.

I like solving problems in creative ways. What are the Cyber roles that best suit me and path to get there? I get it, to a certain extent every role is procedural, but I really want to be challenged and have a big impact in what I'm doing.

I am going on the Omnipod soon and ngl I am nervous about it. I've reached a level of diabetes management with my G7 and MDI's that I can adjust accordingly if things are going wrong, so changing things again is nerve-wracking.

What are some things I need to know about the Omnipod-G7 setup / be on the lookout for to prevent danger scenarios from occurring / fix them if and when they do occur? I ask because no one ever told me about lantus low crashes, which happen to me to this day and all too frequently, and are very frightening and could cause death if untreated.

I am absolutely looking to avoid something like this with the Omnipod by knowing of something/things akin to this in advance, so I can know what's going on and adjust accordingly.

I have my pump numbers currently set on the laxer side of what I take with MDI's to not go too low. The pump will most likely be going on my arm, which is a spot I never have injected in, so it's a fresh spot as well, which might make the insulin there... way more sensitive.

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I just replaced my Dexcom G7 and the spring inside is a bit elevated to where I can see it when I look at the sensor. It's not coming out of the hole on the sensor, but again, elevated enough to where it is visible. Is this a problem?