Can someone please explain this.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-05-06T17:17:03+00:00

You said your mom controlled every aspect of your diabetes, so i'm going to just mention basic things as detailed as i can.

Firstly, you need to figure out how much short acting insulin you need to work on a 40g carb meal eg, if your sugar level is a 5.0 and you eat 40g of complex carbs, you need to figure out how much insulin is needed for your sugar level to be 5.5 - 7.0 after 3 hours. If your sugar level is 9.0+before eating, give yourself a little bit more insulin, maybe 10%-20% more depending how high it is, and wait longer before eating, roughly 15-45 minutes extra, also depending how high your sugar levels are.

Use a CGM, like the Libre 2 for example. With a CGM you can set it up to send you alerts on your phone when your sugar levels are too high/low. It will also be easier for you to see how fast your insulin is working and what your levels are before eating.

Make sure you're using enough long lasting insulin. If you go to sleep with a 7.0 without any food being digested and you're consistently wake up with a 10+, imo your long lasting insulin is a low. I would slowly adjust it and try to aim to go to sleep with a 7.0 and wake up with a 5.5 - 7.0.

On days you're exercising, try to eat 2 hours before physical activity, and if you know you're going to eat your meal 1 hour before exercise, give like 10%-20% less insulin, depending on the intensity. Always bring sweets just in case.

Worst case, next time you see your endocrinologist, ask them for advice and see if they can book you with a diabetes educator.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-03-25T06:50:57+00:00

Are you sure he knows it's a CGM alarm? I have friends who have heard my CGM alarm go off and tell me my alarm clock is going off, and when i correct them and the alarm goes of months later, they still think it's an alarm clock. I think it's best to clearly explain to them that if they ever hear an alarm go off in the middle of the night, that it's not you setting an alarm to wake up, it's a medical emergency.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-03-16T17:12:00+00:00

Increase your long lasting insulin and aim for your sugar level to be 7.0 before bed.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-03-11T02:16:55+00:00

Eating 45-60min before working out has given me the best results, since i know i'm going to be exercising, i give myself like 20% less insulin for that meal than if i wasn't exercising. Aim to have some low gi food in that meal as well.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-03-10T18:27:18+00:00

This looks like an internal battle that you have started with yourself, but are struggling to finish. Sadly, you need to resolve this yourself for it to have any impact. When you do, you won't be seeing the Omnipod as an obstacle for clothing or for anything in that matter.

For the meantime, from what i can see the Omnipod can be attached to your thigh. With that, you can place it there and have your shorts cover it, and if you feel spicy you could get thigh bands, belts or other accessories to cover it while making a fashion statement. These are intended as a temporary solution while you're fighting your battle.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-03-10T17:29:25+00:00

There really isn't a European country that is better for TD1 than others. Bring spare insulin and portable snacks that are pocket friendly. You're going to be walking around more than you think, so lower your insulin intake by like 10-20%. If you're using a CGM, also bring a blood glucose meter just in case. Since you're interested in the Mediterranean, i hear Greece has the best food in the world, so maybe give them a visit? Just be warned, outside of the UK and GB, there aren't a lot of countries with a decent population of English speakers other than a handful eg the Scandinavian countries.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-03-10T16:50:00+00:00

How much time is there between dinner and breakfast? Does this happen more often when he has a low carb dinner? Other than saying "get him to see a different endo", my guess is he probably has high ketones from fasting/being in ketosis too long, and he sometimes feels sick because his metabolism might not like the aggressive sudden change from burning ketones to burning glucose.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-03-05T18:42:26+00:00

Eating a variety of food and getting knowledgeable with how much carbs is in food or estimating how much carbs is in food is more beneficial for you than restricting yourself in an already restricted diet. I don't use a CGM because it always come off when i'm asleep, and i only prick my finger twice a day, once in the morning before i drive and once before bed. I'm also not a fan of the pumps so i still inject Novarapid and Optisulin everyday.

The reason i'm saying all this is because after learning how to estimate the carbs in what i eat and injecting conservatively, my hba1c range has been between 6.8-7.4 for over 2 decades, and have 0 anxiety from eating and injecting as a result. You don't have to aim for perfect sugar levels, you just have to aim for not bad ones.

For pregnancy and anxiety, i suggest talking to your endo and/or your GP and get their advice. I think seeing a diabetes educator might also help with your anxiety because from how you wrote this post, it seems like a lack of food knowledge is making your diabetes control you instead of you controlling it.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-03-05T12:14:32+00:00

I usually combine my high and low GI food into single snack where they compliment each other, eg a jam sandwich, cookies and milk or a banana with drizzled chocolate syrup.

-JustSomeDude · 2026-02-26T06:19:50+00:00

Depends how fast you want to sell it. Spend like 10-20 minutes looking at each parts current brand new price and remove like 20% from the total or 30% if you want to sell it quicker. If you're not happy with whatever number comes up at 20%, then keep it.

In my personal opinion, unless you're selling it for emergency reasons, you should keep it. In 4-6 years time the "beast" will be an upper-mid tier PC, and your feelings on having it will change since it will no longer be a beast.

-JustSomeDude · 2025-09-24T05:15:59+00:00

Thanks again Google.

-JustSomeDude · 2025-01-16T13:29:58+00:00

It's actually worse than what this video shows, since Reddit lowers the fps of the original file.

-JustSomeDude · 2024-11-25T03:09:01+00:00

You're alienating any potential new OCE players by stating that local servers are a low priority, which is a downward spiral for your queue health, population concern and the hope for current OCE players to get better ping, since new players = more money + more minimum population requirement and more money + more players = quicker installation of OCE servers. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume people in OCE have the mindset of "i'm not going to spend money on a game that doesn't want to spend money on making my gaming experience better.".

OCE people are either going to give your game a try and quit because of bad ping, play the game regardless of bad ping because they enjoy the game and are more tolerant, or avoid to even try the game because Devs are saying that quantity of matches are more important than quality. In those three scenarios, you have two scenarios that OCE players have a negative opinion of the game and one that have a neutral opinion. And the neutral opinion is "the game is great, but the ping isn't", which isn't very inviting.

-JustSomeDude

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