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I don’t think we (the test strip users) should have to be burdened with acting as “quality control” to manufacturers that should be sending us good supplies that we are supposed to rely on. I have also tested my meter against lab tested results. But if there was a difference I wouldn’t know...

Be patient, and it will come.

There’s a new “glucagon” nasal spray out. A glucagon that’s not an injection...

I’m hypoglycemic unaware. I did try cgm and had a bad run on making a judgment with bad sensor data. In working with the company they said cgm uses interstitial fluid and that’s not blood sugar. If I needed the question the data I should then test blood sugar. So then why should I bother with...

4.8. Same as last time.

This last month I struggled to get expendables from my DME supplier- Test strips & infusion sets. It made me very upset. Today I had my appointment with my endo- the one that prescribes those things. I went very upset- I didn’t have enough to get me by. I was short and angry with them. And I...

Why wouldn’t you just replace the same pump that you know with the new one from the same manufacturer? If you know it, and you like it, and you can also work it in your sleep, then why change? My pump had 2 critical errors with it. I found it’s now out of warranty so they won’t replace it...

And something happened

Between the sheets

I eat very conservatively when eating out. I avoid carbs. Fill up on proteins. Eat only what I can guess at- salad, plain veggies. If anything has a sauce and I don’t know what it is- no. Won’t eat it.

The phlegm from this is thick! And it just sticks! That’s probably what you’re dealing with right now. I had it at the beginning of January and it is just stuck in me.

I’m curious if anyone has also had covid here. I did okay through it, but I am having a difficult time shaking an extremely thick mucus that seems to just be clinging inside of me. Anyone else experiencing this? I spoke with a friend the other day. He went through covid too well before me and...

My local bike shop guy is retiring and selling out. So I celebrated him, and bought a bike- a city flat bar bike. Something from his inventory. Met the new guy replacing him. And committed to buy a new road bike from him. He’ll help me sell 2 of mine, and maybe in 200 days I’ll see a new...

I’d just do it. Pretend no one is seeing or watching and just do it. It’s only a big deal if you make it one, so if you don’t make it a big deal then it’s not.

Your fear is the reason to basal test. If you need to “feed” your basal insulin to avoid going low, the basal rate isn’t right.

Yummm! Thick cut, crispy bacon! You people are my people!

You had me at bacon. Thick cut would be preferred. Smoke- or no smoke depends on what flavor you’re going for at the time. Carbs are just on the label.

I use a contour next. I like it. It’s small and packable. It’s blue tooth. It has an app that communicates with my phone. The app can’t count over 1,000 at 90 days, so I divide the test qty at the 30 day mark. And that works. I eat specifically so that I don’t have big swings in blood sugar...

I test about 1x per hour. I can set up and test while on the phone. I can setup and complete a test if I time it right at a traffic light. I find that sometimes I’ve tested in my sleep, and don’t remember it (other than the meter talks with my phone and logs & charts it all). I really don’t...

Some days I can barely get an infusion set to last a day and it’s supposed to last 3 days. If it’s supposed to last 7 and doesn’t, I see a serious issue with supplies.