I'm trying to come up with a list of tips and tricks for t1 diabetics. Came up with 7. Any ideas?

Spiker · Mar 25, 2015

tim2000s said:
Never say never @Spiker.....

I'll never say never again.

Spiker · Mar 25, 2015

( But actually it is, at a theoretical, mathematical level, unsolveable. N equations with >N+1 unknowns = not solveable. We can see that from algebra, from logic. )

phoenix · Mar 25, 2015

jjcoleman said:
How about switching to your toes to take your blood once in a while? Do people do this to prevent callus build-up? Does it work?

Paediatric sites often suggest using toes on young children but most other places say that adults shouldn't use toes.
They don't give reasons. So two guesses.
It could be because of a possible higher risk of infection in toes ie do we really want to be putting holes in our toes?
It might also be because the glucose levels in adults aren't the same in toes as in fingertips ( especially if someone has poor circulation? )

Spiker · Mar 25, 2015

phoenix said:
Paediatric sites often suggest using toes on young children

I thought for a moment you said "Podiatric sites"

tim2000s · Mar 25, 2015

Spiker said:
( But actually it is, at a theoretical, mathematical level, unsolveable. N equations with >N+1 unknowns = not solveable. We can see that from algebra, from logic. )

However, logic doesn't always apply and there is the infinitesimally small chance that you fix it by sheer unadulterated randomness. Which comes not from logic... Of course that doesn't necessarily make it a repeatable solution! Which is of course, necessarily logical...

RuthW · Mar 25, 2015

Spiker said:
Ok here's one more, the "Rule of 1".

Never deliberately change more than one thing at the same time, or the results won't make any sense and you won't have actually learned anything about how to improve your control. "The same time" means at least 3 days and probably more like a week.

There is an unfortunate corollary to this:

If more than one thing changes at the same time, for reasons outside your control (illness, stress, temperature, insulin quality, infusion set, pump, needle, injection site, time of the month, phase of the moon, yada yada), then you are never going to figure out what caused the problem and you are never going to be able to fix it... :-(

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"Tim2000s' Rider":
... except by pure random chance and blind luck.

I want to like this a thousand times because it's so bloody tragically true, but you managed to make me laugh about it. And it came at just the right time. I was about to make a whole set of potentially stupid changes ......

jjcoleman · Mar 25, 2015

Spiker said:
Ok here's one more, the "Rule of 1".

Never deliberately change more than one thing at the same time, or the results won't make any sense and you won't have actually learned anything about how to improve your control. "The same time" means at least 3 days and probably more like a week.

There is an unfortunate corollary to this:

If more than one thing changes at the same time, for reasons outside your control (illness, stress, temperature, insulin quality, infusion set, pump, needle, injection site, time of the month, phase of the moon, yada yada), then you are never going to figure out what caused the problem and you are never going to be able to fix it... :-(

[Edited to add:]
"Tim2000s' Rider":
... except by pure random chance and blind luck.

Yes so true. Diabetic care is so intricate. So many pieces involved. It's gotta be solved peice by peice. Pearls of wisdom Spiker

misswhiplash · Mar 25, 2015

I rather like the toes idea... It'd be a good marker of my general flexibility too. Especially since I usually lick my fingers to get rid of excess blood

tim2000s · Mar 26, 2015

Hmmm. I'm not sure if want to be licking my toes. Yours, on the other hand may be a different proposition

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