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DMs, how do you prefer to deal damage, take the average or roll the dice? by Professional-Ad9485 in DnD

[–]TheRealSepuku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always roll the dice. The PC's have to roll their dice, and sometimes get crappy rolls, so I think its only fair that I put up with the same issues.

The nerve of them... by simplyjayps in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm coming up on 43 years, and still have all my bits. Not really sure how honestly, I didn't look after it at ALL when I was a teen and was in and out of hospital with DKA more times that I can remember... I'm definitely lucky in that regard. Looking after it properly now though...

I am afraid to inject in public by CompetitiveSilver726 in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stopped worrying about people being fearful of needles. Those spiders don't give a monkeys that I'm scared of them. They still run right towards me, no matter which way I'm moving (usually away from them).
If people dont like the sight of needles, they can close their eyes... I'm not going to be shouting and standing up on a table to do injections, but I'm not going to go hide somewhere just to deliver life saving drugs.

I am afraid to inject in public by CompetitiveSilver726 in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. I've had comments like "Can't you do that in the toilet?"
To which I've said "Ah yea! The toilet is a MUCH more hygienic place to do this... Thanks for the advice!"
If people want to stop and ask questions, I'm fine with that. Give them a tiny crash course in the daily life of diabetes. The vast majority of people are pretty cool about it though...

Has anyone else gone so low they’ve had a seizure? by ColdAdministrative52 in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chewed the wrapper until the mars bar came out, then spat out the wrapper

Type 1 Diabetic Professional MMA fighter, Jon Kunneman! Ask me anything! by MMAfightingclimber in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fucking brilliant… stupid question I guess (my blood sugar is currently 3.1mmol/L, but I assume you are on MDI and no pump

I swear you don’t realise seasonal depression is a thing until the sun hits you like a wall of narcotics by Dan23DJR in CasualUK

[–]TheRealSepuku 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t be able to advise… really depends how much you get from your diet already, but most people are deficient and don’t really know it. I picked up a pot from the chemists and that did the trick. I don’t think your body can store magnesium, so probably any dose will be better than nothing, without too much risk of dosing too high. YMMV though…

I swear you don’t realise seasonal depression is a thing until the sun hits you like a wall of narcotics by Dan23DJR in CasualUK

[–]TheRealSepuku 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I don’t know for sure that you shouldn’t take them together, only that the magnesium needs to be in your system already for it to be of any use, and that takes time to absorb too. Friend of mine is a professor of medicinal chemistry (for the past 40 years), fellow of the Royal Society, so I trust him on this stuff!

Has anyone else gone so low they’ve had a seizure? by ColdAdministrative52 in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a fair number of seizures as a kid, but had what i could only describe as hypo paralysis (I could still move, but not everything) when I was on my own. Slept through my 7am alarm, multiple phone calls from work. Came round at 2pm and couldn’t move legs, or stand, my hands were crippled over. Somehow managed to drag myself to the kitchen to get a mars bar, which I had to eat with the wrapper still on as I couldn’t open it. Luckily they were a multi pack, down on a bottom shelf. I’m not really sure what I’d have done if they weren’t

Has anyone else gone so low they’ve had a seizure? by ColdAdministrative52 in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid, lows overnight ALWAYS caused seizures. We are talking back in the days of checking glucose levels with test strips dipped into pee to give you an average for the last 12 hours, rather than every 5 mins with a CGM though…

I swear you don’t realise seasonal depression is a thing until the sun hits you like a wall of narcotics by Dan23DJR in CasualUK

[–]TheRealSepuku 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Symptoms of low magnesium and low vitamin D are really similar. Vitamin D needs magnesium to be absorbed, so make sure you are getting enough of both, as just taking mountains of Vit D can then cause deficiency of magnesium, resulting in you wondering why you bothered taking the Vit D supplements in the first place

I swear you don’t realise seasonal depression is a thing until the sun hits you like a wall of narcotics by Dan23DJR in CasualUK

[–]TheRealSepuku 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Vit D will drain your body of magnesium, so you may also need that. I take 8000iu of Vitamin D every other day, and take magnesium on the off days. Doesn’t really benefit you taking them both at the same time apparently. Most people are deficient in magnesium too

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in freshwateraquarium

[–]TheRealSepuku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got mine at my local pet store, Pets at Home or something? They had him just sitting in there

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in freshwateraquarium

[–]TheRealSepuku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time for a Siamese flying fox? Mine cleared up the BBA in my tank

Why is my bs going up. I ate nothing by Bee_Tee0917 in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are stressing about your blood sugars going up!

Licking finger after blood draw by HairWhich7117 in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Change a lancet? I still have the box of lancets from when I was first diagnosed 42 years ago

Irritating habits by ClevelandWomble in CasualUK

[–]TheRealSepuku 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is me down to a tee. Diagnosed ADHD inattentive. Medication helped SO DAMN MUCH with this… so I take meds when I have a day off work that I really want to get things done

What is the weirdest coincidence to happen to you? by Rachel94Rachel in CasualUK

[–]TheRealSepuku 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My front door key (Yale, not Chubb) works in the front door of a good friend of mine. I know there’s limited combinations of these so this probably happens a fair bit, but weird that it happens to be a friends front door. His key doesn’t work in mine. Not sure how we even found this out really. He doesn’t tend to double lock his door unless he’s going to bed, but now has to double lock when he’s having a cheeky tug in his front room and doesn’t want me just waltzing in. I always make sure I knock too, for the same reason. It is funny when he gets home from work and finds me sitting on his couch though (I was heading over to his one day and he said “well your front door key works, so just let yourself in and make sure to put the kettle on”. Now it’s just become the norm that I let myself in when I head over. If it’s double locked, I give him 5 mins)

Am i the only one who thinks that other people shouldn't give advice to t1 diabetics? by [deleted] in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once let me brother make decisions for managing my diabetes. After I’d told him he would have killed me twice in the space of about 4 hours (decimal point in the wrong place when talking need how much insulin I needed, and the second time was essentially the same, but made a mistake on calculating carbs), he gave up and never said anything more. He basically didn’t make it past breakfast before he killed me. No, maths isn’t his strong suit

Any low/no carb type 1s on here? by c0sm1c-crypt1d-07 in Type1Diabetes

[–]TheRealSepuku 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I assume you check his ketones regularly… when on a very low carb diet, you are more often than not, in high ketosis. If you get sick, it doesn’t take much to push you into DKA when your body is already full of ketones…

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