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I hate changing my site every three days because I'm afraid of needles. <--Ironic, huh? Well does anyone have any positive ways to look at it? I just get so afraid to push the buttons (I have a Minimed quickserter) and one time it took me four hours to work up the nerve to do it! That's four...

Anyone into Triathlon? I'm on a team composed of triathletes all with type 1 diabetes, called Triabetes.

I finally got the guts up to start playing roller derby with my local team. I have been skating with the team for two months and I really love it, but have come up with questions that I have had a hard time finding the answers to. Any help would be appreciated! I am 31 years old, T1 for 24 years. I use...

I am a Animas OneTouch Ping Pumper and I love it and it is truly fantastic! The wireless remote, carb counter and calculator for corrections are all so useful. When I first started the pump a little over 2 years ago I was given the option between many pumps like the Medtronix, Animas and Omnipod versions...

Sooo, I used to be a frequent user/visitor of juvenation but haven't been here for a really long time! I got married in June, and my husband and I were trying to have a baby until I went to my endo and she said I should wait to try to lower my A1C to under 7. It's currently 7.8 so I'm hoping...

Last Saturday I went to a friend’s son’s Bar Mitzvah (a Jewish rite of passage ceremony, not the name of a bar, although drinking is involved). It was the first time since getting an insulin pump that I wore a shirt tucked in. My pump, hooked on to my belt was exposed but I didn’t care...

I've had my first experience (and I hope my last) with a hypoglycemic seizure at night. Luckily, my partner is well aware of the situation and was able to call EMS, etc. However, I'm now terrified of sleeping. My new CGM will be here Monday, but until I trust that thing, and even if I do, I won't...

I have a medtronic / minimed CGM I need to get rid of. I used it for about a month and it just wasn't for me. If anyone is interested in buying it please let me know. I had to pay quite a bit out of pocket for it. Any reasonable offer will be considered.

Traveling is always a pain when you have diabetes. Making sure you have everything you need can take up an extra bag – insulin, test strips, glucometer, extra needles etc. Like most people with diabetes, I take all my supplies with me in a carry-on. It’s uncomfortable and means there’s...

I have been off the pump for 2 1/2 years, but i had the deltec cozmo for about 5years before that. From what i hear they don't even make this pump anymore. I've been thinking about going back on the pump because my A1C has gotten a little out of control. Someone suggested the omnipod. I like...

I currently have a T1 daughter in her third year of college; she was diagnosed when she was 9. Before leaving for college and while living at home her A1C was consistently in the 7s and 8s. Since moving out to college, she is now at 10+. I am at a loss for what to do. She does not want to discuss this...

My HbA1c has been around 7% (6.8%-7.2%) for the last few years. Last year I tried terribly hard to get it down. I cut out almost all carbs, checked my blood sugar obsessively, and did everything I could think of to get tighter control of my blood sugars. I succeeded in getting my A1c as low as 6% but...

Last night I checked my blood sugar before going to sleep. It was 73. I checked my pump and saw I had no active insulin, but fearing a low, I ate a two small pieces of watermelon- just in case. This morning when my alarm woke me at 4:55am I staggered quietly out of bed and checked my blood sugar before...

I woke up early this morning to go running. I had a nice 10 mile run in the park and when I got home I took a shower and went to change my infusion site (after 4 days). I went to the drawer where I keep all of my insulin pump supplies and got a new infusion set (Reservoir and Quick Set)... Read More

This weekend I ran my first 10k race with my insulin pump. It was more of a fun-run than a race. It took place in the Jerusalem hills, on the historical Burma Road . The weather was much cooler and less humid than I am used to since normally I run on very flat terrain near the Mediterranean Sea. The...

On my last few runs I have set the basal rate on my pump at 45% (down from 50%). Although I haven’t had any real lows lately, I have felt that this is not low enough and that I am always in danger of hypoglycemia. I have also been feeling like I am using energy gels too often in order to keep my...

I rode my bike 4.5 miles this morning in order to meet my running group. At 5:30 am we started our two mile warm up run in the park along the Yarkon River. We ran at a very tired pace, chatting and complaining about the hour, the heat and the humidity. After half a mile we noticed one of the morning...

After finding myself low on my first two runs with an insulin pump , I decided to try reducing the basal rate on my pump during my next run. One of the reasons I’d originally decided to try the insulin pump was to be able to control and change the basal rate during different parts of the day. While...

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