r/diabetes_t1

Hi everyone!

Has anyone taken metformin and monjouro before?

T1d here - I tried metformin, was having some scary lows. I’m really insulin resistant but the metformin spiked and lowered me too drastically.

Has anyone taken monjouro for insulin resistance before? Did you find you got lots of lows with that? I’m scared to go back to having drastic lows but I can’t stand this insulin resistance, so am curious how monjouro might differ from metformin

hi- i took nyquill for the first time 20 hours ago and my sugar hasn't gone below 250. my a1c is 6.3 so this is really not normal. has this happened to anyone? any tips?

Hey everyone, I hope it’s okay for me to post here since I don’t have diabetes myself.

I recently started living with a guy who has Type 1 diabetes, and I’m trying to understand how to support him better. He’s a few years younger than me and manages things with multiple daily injections (different types of insulin too?). From what I understand, he seems to have problems holding his level stable? He isn't extremely talkative, which doesn't make it easier to help him. Maybe I'm being too pushy though, but he doesn't seem to manage it well, so I'm worried.

I’m the one who does most of the cooking, so I’m especially unsure how much that affects him. I try to make balanced meals for all of us, but I don’t really know how timing or portion sizes play into this all. I also worry because he doesn’t seem very keen on going to the doctor.

Is there anything I can watch out for or is there any way I could help him better? Or could there ever be any emergency situations where I'd have to act in a certain way? Or anything else I should know?

Sorry if any of these are stupid questions. I honestly don’t understand a lot about this (yet!) but I really want to help him. If there’s anything else you think is important or that you wish more people knew, please tell me whatever comes to mind. And this got so rambly! So thank you to anyone for whatever small bit.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I don't want to interfere in how he handles any of this without his consent! Maybe I worded it poorly and I apologize for that. We're all in a less than easy situation and I have known him for a good bit. Just worried.

so ive found myself in a situation, I've had a pump for most of my life and well long story short I gotta go without it for a couple days, I have a tresiba 100U pen that I've been keeping for backup and humalog. I genuinely have no idea how to do the tresiba shots anymore last time I had to I was like 10 and my docs are closed because of patriots day or whatever so they can't help me till tomorrow and I remember tresiba is long acting and I give it once (or twice?) a day but no clue how much to give and I know it's bad but idk how to calculate how much to give myself when I eat because before the pump my mother did it for me since I was little then I grew up relying on the pump and I'm kinda scared I'm gonna die because I have no fkn clue what I'm doing

I live in a bit of medical desert I am 3-5 hours away from the nearest endo. I would love not to spend an entire workday driving just to go see the doctor. Does anyone have an Endo that they see remotely that they would recommend? Or have any other suggestions?

Ketones that is. Urine strips. Glucose 169. Dr closed, no forwarding to Dr from msg. No after hr service. Just says call 911 in emergency. Stomach issues, not eating much. Never had this high ketones in 60yrs. Took 2 units Novolog, drank 8oz water so far.

I’ve seen many people on the internet say that God gives us diseases to make us stronger, which doesn’t make sense to me. In the 17th century, if someone got diabetes, they would have died, so I don’t understand how that would make them stronger. Maybe I just have low IQ and can't understand that.

Im new diagnosed t1d (9 weeks). Im on cgm and waiting on pump ( atleast 6 months on pen before pump).

I have been following "diabetech" and "taking control of your diabetes" on youtube and there is alot of talk about both a internal closed loop pump beeing developed and different genetic cures beeing tested and both options sounds very promising.

But now the question to all of you.

Should i get my hopes up thinking there might be a cure or solution on the horizon (2030 is thrown around)? What are your thoughts about the future possibillitys?

For context, this has been happening last 5-6 days. 10:30am I ate my regular meal, gave FULL insulin hit the stair master for 20 min and sauna for 20 min which usually drops my sugar insane. But instead it’s been shooting up like never before?? Granted the last few days ive been eating out a lot and having alcoholic sugary drink. Not sure what else to do? I switched from humalog to novolog but idk if that’s the issue?

I would really like to know at what level you all get symptoms of your respective high and low blood sugars. I've had T1D for 25 years and I've noticed the levels for each are getting smaller and smaller:

High symptoms - 150

Low symptoms - 90 to 85.

I would love some numbers from you all too.

hi - by the time I was finally diagnosed, I was severely underweight and barely functioning. Did anyone get so sick to the point they weren’t able to work anymore?

Even with treatment the fatigue and brain fog are so severe that I can take care of daily functioning/chores and that’s it.

i just wanted to see if anyone is a similar situation.

First day on Omnipod, from MDI.

Looking to do some more multiday, wilderness trips this summer. I have plenty of experience. I've always enjoyed getting away while in the woods, but alas, I'm excited to see what I can do with this thing. But all the talk of checking ketones and bent cannulas got me thinking:

What do you bring, and how do you carry it? More specifically:

What are your safety margins (do you bring 1 backup, or 3 or 5? Backup needles and pens? Alcohol swabs? Ketone Strips?

Sharps container????

What about charging, for like 4 or 5 day trip in cold temps, would you bring a backup charging solution?

The backup 'meter' device thing that comes with it?

Hey guys even when I use a sugar free creamer with my decaf or caffeinated coffee I have blood sugar spikes. What do you all use?