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Wow, so sorry to hear that @Nicola M . I know when we went to Mexico there is always the warning to be careful. We took a local bus tour out and our tour guide told us to not eat street vendors food and to only drink liquids from pre bottled fluids if you really want to be careful. Unfortunately...

4 years......... it's been a while, didn't seem like that long ago though! I am a vegan, but I have never low carbed. I just posted some recipe sites for those that do. But I bet there are some that would always love new ideas for recipes! Chopped Olives, vegan mayo, chopped celery. Alternative...

That's great @Antje77 !!! I think more docs are figuring out with CGM's lower numbers can work. My Endo has said she will never question anything I do with a 96% TIR. I would suppose that means having a low percent of lows too as that is what they seem to care about a lot. But my regular...

@rubypops I will take some insulin if I have had a high fat, or even high protein meal after I eat it. I have since taken a pump break, but a pump is designed to help that immensely. You can do an extended bolus which means if you take 5 units you can have it slowly dispensed over any period of...

@rubypops I am one of those that is a very well controlled type 1. I average an A1c of 32-34. TIR 96%. But I am retired and have had type 1 for over 20 years. When I was working I was around a 44 A1c. What I can do is different from what you can. Just because I can, doesn't mean you, your body...

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and have a Great New Year!

@Chris85 We are more prone to getting depressed. Fighting a disease daily is not easy and then if you add fluctuations in BG levels it can add chemical changes in our body that makes it worse. So yes, diabetes burnout is a very real thing, depression is a very real thing. When you are depressed...

Thanks @becca59 and @Hopeful34 !!!! I'm so glad you are doing better @becca59 !!! The spasm went away with the Toradol shot. Which is so much appreciated!!! The teeth are mostly taken care of. My wrist seems to be doing great, I don't think it's completely solved. But it's basically fine. I...

@becca59 I am sorry you are having back issues too. I hope you and me get better and things go back to normal as soon as possible! First day I have woken up since the spasm started without it hurting. As the day goes on it's getting a little sore but I think the Toradol shot was the winner...

Things like to hit at once! About a week before surgery a tooth started minorly hurting and my BG had already started shooting up a few days earlier. So I knew infection and I already had a check up scheduled with my dentist the next day. He thought it was a root canal that needed redoing and...

Congratulations @Nicola M Sounds like a lot of fun and great to see your cousin again!

I'm doing great! The nerve block is great, for me at least! No pain at all and I have usage in my fingers today. So far so good!

I had my wrist surgery yesterday. I'm a little tired but not doing too bad. They did a nerve block so I don't hurt at all...yet. As soon as I feel any pain I'm supposed to take a pill because that means the block is wearing off. That's anywhere from 1-5 days. From the elbow down I absolutely...

Our house for Halloween! Some stuff won't go out until tomorrow. There is a chance we might have a continuing rainstorm, or it might stop by mid afternoon. Our trick or treaters will come out in mild rain, but if it pours badly we will have a lot of candy leftover!

@Hopeful34 Congrats on the great A1c!!! That is really weird he reported abnormal on normal amounts, if it was just on the A1c I would say you got one of the "old school" GP's that think you shouldn't have more closer to normal A1c numbers. But a bunch of different ones? It sounds like they got...

@Hopeful34 Yes, Nov 5th! I really really hate surgery! No one likes it of course, but even when I was younger and before type 1 I hated getting knocked out. I was impressed with the first anesthesiologist that I had when in January the plate was first put in. I had guessed wrong on how much to...

Wanted to say HI to everyone! Hope you are all doing well! I get to have the plate that was put in my wrist taken out............. so looking forward to it! NOT!!!! I had an inflamed area that hadn't gone away that they have been X-raying every month. They didn't know what it was. My wrist had...

Hi!!! Higher blood sugars thicken the blood and the eyes and kidneys are usually the first to suffer because they have very tiny blood vessels. A lot of time here in the US they automatically want to prescribe you a low dose of high blood pressure medication when you have diabetes, whether you...

@KELSEY 21 Watch that diagnosis call. It's possibly a doctor not paying attention to your type 1 diagnosis. And if he puts it into your records you might not have the proper care you need until it's sorted out right. It wouldn't be the first time a doctor has not read someones records right...