r/diabetes_t1

I seem MUCH more «responsive» to boluses when I’m UNDER 200 than when I’m over 200.

Tips?

I do everything i can to stay under 200 then as glucoses rises over 200, it’s almost a lost cause. …. Killing me, obviously literally. 😵‍💫

I use very little insulin generally. Recently just began bolusing 1-2u as I get up for no good reason but to avoid sliding over 200 accidentally, figuring I can grab something to eat if I start sinking.

Did that today, counted up 35 carbs and boluses around 4 units for that, all seemed fine. Then glucose starts rising, and I kept bolusing hoping it’d stop, like:
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.5
0.1
1.0
Then it tops 200 and I keep stacking hoping it’ll turn the top corner, but no… now 241.

Grrrrrrrr!

So I was fairly high took 12 units at about 3am I was a 23mmol I run high often. ((I went in to hospital with a bsl of 44mmol and was some how alive)little bit of a back story) I took 12 units and am only down to 13 in about 3 hours Whitch is a big down but 12 units and not at a target range or close to is crazy. Yes I go to the gym often. But just any advice

I am a very deep sleeper and my sugar will just drop low for a an hour straight in the middle of the night and ill sleep right through it, what do you guys do to solve this issue

I was told rhat nobody knows how long it could take to get power back on.

My backup pens are in the fridge and it still seems relatively cool In there and I’m purposely not opening it until I must.

Would you guys wait it out? If I drive the pens over to my moms house the extreme heat wave will probably effect the insulin on the 45 minute drive over.

I think I’m gonna wait it out a bit but if it doesn’t turn on soon I’ll ask around to see if any neighbors still have power and can store my Insulin

I could just go with the good old "proud T1D" or something classic or cliché but I want something fun, yk?

I really like "diabaddie" but any other ideas?

Hi all, hope this is the right place to post this, im potentially going on a date with someone who has type 1 diabetes, is there anything i can/should do to make her feel comfortable, and anything i should avoid doing? thank you! keeping this intentionally vague but we're teens if that helps

I am a type 1 diabetic, diagnosed about 20 years ago, I am 35 years old. I have an insulin pump with Novorapid, I don't take any long acting insulin.

Last night some time, at least 12 hours ago, I accidentally pulled the pump off while I was asleep. When I woke up I found the pump completely detached from me. I was meaning to refill the pump and reattach it this morning but I forgot and then went out for the day and only just got home. So it has been over 12 hours since I last had any insulin.

I had two pieces of toast with jam for breakfast and a big lunch of meat and salads, and potato, not a huge amount of carbs but definitely had some carbs.
My blood sugar all day (measured by a dexcom CGM) has never gone above 20, it has been sitting around 12-18 for most of the day. I checked my ketones just now and got a reading of 0.1. I also just did a manual blood glucose test strip reading, which was 11.2.

How is this happening and I am not even close to DKA? I thought being a type 1 diabetic I would be in serious trouble by now without insulin for that long?
How can I be a type 1 diabetic (confirmed presence of anit GAD antibodies on two different blood tests) and be so ok without insulin for this long?

Thanks in advance.

Serious question… how many Type 1 diabetics here are also struggling with drug addiction? I honestly never see anyone talk about it, and it’s made me wonder if I’m really that alone. Alcohol has never really been my problem. I had my phase in my early twenties, but I hated feeling a hundred times more hungover than everyone else, and I made some terrible decisions, so these days I rarely drink. My struggle has always been drugs. I was diagnosed with Type 1 when I was 14, and somewhere along the way they became how I coped with all of this. Now I’m at the point where I’m terrified of the damage I’m doing to my body, but I’m just as terrified of trying to live without them because they’ve been my way of coping for so long. The hardest part is I have an incredible family that loves me, and it would absolutely destroy them if they knew this is how I’ve been surviving. I’m not looking for sympathy or a lecture. I just genuinely want to know if anyone else with Type 1 is fighting this battle too because some days it feels like I’m the only one. If this is your reality too, what’s your story?

So I have a question, it‘s not me that got Diabetes t1 but my ex boyfriend.

We had a Situation where he choked me while his sugar was low and I told him multiple times he should eat something, because he had‘nt eaten yet. (Mind you it was nearly 8pm)

So yea he pressed me against the door and I panicked and screamed at him to let go of me and only did he let go when I nearly started crying.

We talked afterwards and he is fully aware that he did it. I saw someone online that said you don’t remember if something like that happens.

I am just so confused and I wanted to just have maybe a bit of closure(?)

Sorry if it doesnt make sense my first language isnt english

Thanks