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Hi everyone, I hope you're all safe and well. I'm currently studying digital illustration and came up with the idea of visually representing how life with diabetes feels. (I hope it didn't end up too heavy handed or distasteful) What do you think?

couldn't agree more

I had an appointment last week and, indeed, I had some lipohypertrophy just bellow the bellybutton (it is tiny, I hope it will vanish soon). I tried injecting on my thighs, but it was difficult and felt a kind of numbness on my leg atfterwards. Apparently I don't have enough fat in my arms and...

People, I understand the frustration of someone jaded with promises of a cure. BUT, we have to remember, the companies working on it are not capitalist monoliths folowing algorithms of "make money/doesn't make money". There are people working hard to develop better ways to treat diabetes...

I agree that you should take as much insulin as needed to maintain acceptable levels of blood glucose (not too high and definitely not too low). As for the bolus and low carb thing, I found that eating low carb, associated with exercise (which seems to increase insulin sensitivity), reduced my...

Finished reading it yesterday. Really engaging and well-written. The book also answered some questions I had regarding how they knew about the effects of carbohydrates in the diet before the advent of insulin and blood tests and how they treated (or tried to) people before modern technologies...

To the people saying to rotate between sites, do you mean between belly, arms, legs, etc. or do you mean between spots around the belly button? For instance, I try to inject around the area between the green circles in the image (avoiding recently used spots), is that enough? I ask because...

@mrtn.pllr , by personal experience (diagnosed 14 years ago), it gets easier. Sometimes it gets complicated and even difficult to understand how food relates to our blood sugar and general well-being, but the glucose meters exist exactly for helping us with this task. I'm afraid the confidence...

I change between shelves (bottom shelf during the day, top shelf after the shot), since I keep all my equipment in a wardrobe, but your idea of puting it on top of the fast acting is really clever!

I agree with monitoring more frequently just to be sure. I take a Lantus dose at around 9 pm and lost count of how many times I was startled awake, desperate, wondering if I had taken the dose that night. I recently started changing the pen's placement everytime I take the shot, replacing it...

I enjoy swimming, recently discovered how fun it is to play football, like playing Magic (casually) and other nerdy hobbies. Soon I'll be taking part in a local football tournament and an open waters swimming event, both requiring planning for meals, testing (I intend to use a libre during the...

I recently took a course in biomaterials (prosthesis and implants) and read about encapsulation devices for pancreatic beta cells. Your question is relevant here because even if there's no risk of rejection of the implanted beta cells, due to the autoimmune response, the beta cells are attacked...

First thing would be accessibility. It doesn't matter how well the system works if only a handful of people has acces to it. Second, at least for me, it would be important to not worry about the device while I'm exercising (lifting, running, cycling, swimming). I'm not on a pump at the moment...

The first time I had a severe hypo was strange, but more like slowly having my counciousness returning, bit by bit, after being treated by my parents and paramedics. Now, the second time, I remember worrying about synchronization of clocks with the galactic time and how that would affect the...

24u - 28u of Lantus at night for basal 1u of Novorapid for every 15g of carbs for bolus (2-6 for each meal, around 12 daily) I try to keep low carb and exercise, if my routine changed, I'd have to change the doses.

Dora, You're definitely not alone. I don't have much to add beyond what others already said. The way I see it, diabetes leaves us more sensitive to our surroundings and habits (food, stress, illness...). Almost everything has an effect on our blood glucose readings. It is harsh and cruel to...

I'm new here, but felt I had to comment on this topic. When I was first diagnosed, I really felt like nothing good could come from being diabetic. It was like I was strictly worse than a non-diabetic version of myself. 13 years later, as a masters student in engineering, I'm glad to have grown...