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    Discussion New avenue for a Type 1 cure

    I was sent the following article from this very site: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2022/aug/new-insulin-regeneration-pathway-a-potential-treatment-option-for-type-1-diabetes.html This approach to a cure for Type 1 looks very promising to me and my doctor. I sent him the linked research paper...
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    Change in Age of T1 Diagnosis in Recent Decades

    “It is now 14 months since my wife was diagnosed with Type 1 at the age of 78.” It won’t help the OP at all for me to say this, but I am flabbergasted to read statements like this. Granted, I haven’t hung out much in diabetes forums of late, but I can’t tell you how weird it is to see a 78...
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    What is this “honeymoon period” people mention here?

    I keep running into this term and haven’t got a clue what it is. It sounds like a good thing but I’m thinking I must have missed mine.
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    Has anyone changed from an Exchange diet to carb counting?

    And why? This question would likely apply to long-time Type 1s who started out with exchange lists for diet. Switching from MDI to a pump might be one reason but other than that, why do it? Carb counting and calculating doses accordingly seems like a lot more work for MDI than the previous...
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    The Late Great Gold Standard For MDI And Its Unheralded Demise

    Before pumps, there was a way to maximize flexibility in limiting highs and lows with the added benefit of minimizing fuss and bother in day-to-day, hour-to-hour management. As far as I know, it’s no longer being recommended or even talked about, especially in the case of newer Type 1 diabetics...
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    Self-management of Type 1 in hospital?

    Greetings, first-time poster here. My question relates to two recent hospital stays here in. the U.S. Unfortunately, the quality of care for Type 1s admitted for other illnesses has not improved at all in recent years — at least here in the U.S. In fact, a few years ago, I needed to insist on...
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