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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...

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...

Here’s a nice distraction thread. A poll- what color is your vehicle? In case you have more than 1, you can offer 2. If you have more than 2, then that’s too many. Just use your favorite(s).

my body isn’t liking infusion sets. Everywhere I plant them they hurt. And/or stop working. I don’t know what to do other than just keep moving them. Pull them out, and plant a new one.

Had a crack develop on my pump that I wasn’t expecting. Right in the middle of the main button that always has to be pushed a fine “X” appeared. Warranty will replace it.

I’m wondering if there’s a group of people that cgm just doesn’t work. I’m on a 4th CGM system and am just not impressed with it. The numbers don’t match. The delay is crazy. Sometimes it just seems to do its own thing. I’m wondering if I’m just in a group that should not attempt to use...

I ran through an issue today cranking my bike outside in the freezing temps. I know my hands get cold on the bars and the blood flow to them becomes less especially in the cold. If I test them cold, I know they will produce a scary low blood sugar number that most likely isn’t true. I did...

What makes a fine running infusion set stop running, and then turn into a blood fountain in pulling it out? This is just a mystery to me. I do have sets that I push in that bleed profusely after I stick them in. Those are easy to see by the way the thing quickly fills with blood. But I had...

I’m struggling to throw away an old insulin pump. It was broken. I know it doesn’t work. I stripped all of the good parts off of it for another pump that’s just like it. But it sits there on the cousin the kitchen, and I just can’t bring myself to throw it away. Could you just toss a pump...

I don’t know much about eversense as a cgm, but it’s available here. And I’ve got a dialogue going with a rep for the cgm system which is planted under the skin. I’m kind of excited to not have things poke through my body, but this thing still has an active transmitter that tapes on the skin...

I’m new here. I have a lot of t1 d experience, but not by choice. I’ve been at it almost 40 years now. I’m pretty good at it, but I’d rather not be. I have sooo many questions, and am hoping to learn anything new. Maybe someone does something a better way that I can learn from. My first...