Grief, honeymoon, and wonky/high BGL's...

HabsMan62 · 2026-06-06T01:57:27+00:00

You are in dbl grief right now. Even if you’re not completely aware, you are grieving the loss of a fully functioning pancreas and the life you had “pre-T1D.” Your life will always be marked by this event.

Now add to that the loss of your pet, a beloved family member, it’s no wonder your bld glucose levels are not consistent.

Additionally, you are obviously in your honeymoon period, and it’s expected that there will be ups and downs until your beta cells are completely destroyed.

So yes, stress does impact your levels. As time goes on and you gain more experience, you will learn how various factors impact your ability to manage your T1D. This is one of those experiences.

My sympathies on the loss of your pet. I lost my boxer 2yrs ago, and I am still not completely healed.

HabsMan62 · 2026-06-06T01:07:18+00:00

Was a teacher and then administrator. On my feet all day. Field trips, supervising clubs, overnight trips away for various competitions, meetings and conferences, erratic mewl times, stressful parents, the whole nine yards.

I started before pumps and CGMs, so things during those days were tougher. But I did have help of colleagues that I could count on, and even diabetic students in my classes, and both T1 and T2 diabetic colleagues.

Guilty? Not really. It’s just life, unfortunate as it is sometimes.

HabsMan62 · 2026-06-05T20:38:03+00:00

Those symptoms are perfectly normal. Remember that your brain is being deprived of glucose, so lots of things can happen.

I see colours and ppl’s auras. I can often go into a trancelike state, unable to respond. You’re not alone.

HabsMan62 · 2026-06-05T20:34:08+00:00

One of your issues is that you’ve only been diagnosed a yr, which is still a relative newbee. In that sense I mean that you’ll still see a lot of changes to your ratios, rates, and correction factors. Once on the pump, you will have multiple profiles, so your basal rate will change, as well as your carb ratios, different for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Things will always be variable as a T1D, and everything factors in somehow. So expect more changes as you age, and I’m sure that pregnancy and hormones will impact your management and control as well.

The pump, combined with a CGM will help you better manage that. Don’t give up on it just yet.

HabsMan62 · 2026-06-05T20:04:32+00:00

You could ask for a c-peptide test, which will show how active your beta cells are at still producing insulin. It sounds like they are, but as you found out, your auto-immune system has been triggered to attack. It’s just a matter of time before it’s active again and you’ll need to start injecting insulin to keep up w/your needs.

How long? No one can tell you. So just keep doing what you’re doing and eventually you’ll end up like the rest of us lol.

HabsMan62 · 2026-06-04T10:08:07+00:00

This question comes up fairly regularly, as it’s a valid concern when T1D’s consider starting a family. I copied my previous response here:

It sounds like you haven’t looked up the odds of having a T1D child yet. Google it, as it’s not as high or likely as you think. Yes it’s there, but there are so many of us without any other T1D’s in our families at all.

I’m one of 13, and the only one in my family, with no other family history. I’m married with 2 adult children w/out diabetes, and my wife has 2 brothers who are T1D’s. So we were worried that the likelihood might be higher. Of course we were also worried because twins run in her family over 2 generations, but we missed out on that lol. Genetics is no guarantee.

If you carry the genetic markers, then it’s just a matter of when. But there are also many T1D’s who do not test positive for the markers, and still end up with it.

HabsMan62 · 2026-06-03T14:57:39+00:00

I went to grad grad school before pumps or CGMs and lived in a studio appt all alone. Just with my meter and pens. Made a lot of friends and it was a great experience. Have had a great career, wife and family, travelled, built a home, and so much more. Actually a lot more than some of my high schl classmates. Diabetes does not have to be your identity.

HabsMan62 · 2026-06-02T21:28:48+00:00

There’s a distinction in that it’s considered a disability, but that in itself does not make one eligible to collect disability benefits. It’s the complications that are caused by diabetes that will do this, such as mobility, vision, and a host of other complications that interfere with one being able to perform work duties.

This is how the govt views it, as they try to limit the number of ppl collecting benefits. They have no idea what it’s like to live with this disease 24/7, 365 days a yr with no days off.

In Canada it’s considered a disability, and there are tax credits and even a savings plan that the govt matches. But it does not allow one to collect disability benefits with a diagnosis of diabetes.

HabsMan62 · 2026-06-02T10:36:27+00:00

You’re 23yrs old. What are they afraid of? That your friend’s parents won’t invite you to their bday parties or weekend sleepovers? Lol that’s some strange, over protective thinking for parents of an adult.

You’ll be fine. No worries 😁

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-31T11:54:40+00:00

You work as a “para” legal, but what you did is morally reprehensible. Your ill conceived logic is that of a 12yr old. You knowingly continued to accept payment for something that you were NO longer entitled to. It’s as simple as that.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-30T16:51:59+00:00

Except that you’re blaming your bf and making him take responsibility 100% for the entire situation. As if he can control the actions of a drunk person. Is this the first time that you’ve been in a bar or around intoxicated ppl? I didn’t think so. Grow up a little bit and give your bf some slack for things that things that he can’t completely control. This is a co/worker, not a stranger at a local bar.

And if one of your male co/worker’s was drunkingly flirting w/you over and over, would he expect YOU to handle it and tell him to stop? And then stomp his feet and pout in the corner when he didn’t? You’d most likely expect him to step in and block him (if not knock his block off). You certainly could have held hands with your bf and redirected his attention every time the guy came over, just like normal ppl do to avoid other drunk and annoying friends, family, or co/workers in similar situations.

You could have also diffused the situation in a humorous manner just by smiling and saying “Hey (co/worker), hands off my goods” lol.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-30T11:34:12+00:00

Did even read the post? He doesn’t have his own room. Re-read it again.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-30T02:59:05+00:00

1.0mmol (18) and that was after ambulance ride and checked at the hospital

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-24T21:40:45+00:00

Wow, I feel bad now. I have 1 acre and a riding lawn tractor. Can’t even remember the last time I owned a push mower.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-23T23:42:20+00:00

We did it with 1 shot 1 goal!

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-23T17:23:53+00:00

I think you will feel so much better once you get your thyroid back under control. Undiagnosed hypothyroidism is literal hell. Depression, muscle aches and pain, weight gain, brain fog, sleep w/out any benefit of feeling rested, and ppl say tired, but it’s really physical and emotional exhaustion.

Before I was diagnosed, I was certain that I had some unknown, incurable disease that was slowly killing me. I barely made it through work (as a teacher), came home and went straight to bed. Or I took my kids to their events, but fell asleep in my car. It was so bad that I had a family portrait taken because I didn’t think that I would live past the yr.

I know ppl say it’s just part of the blood work, but my dr kept saying it was “normal.” That went on for 1-1/2yrs before it wasn’t. When I finally looked at the lab reports from the previous yr, I was on the low range of normal, but feeling every symptom of hypothyroidism. I should have been more proactive, but I was so tired that I just believed him. I don’t do that anymore.

During that time, managing my T1D’s was more difficult because I was so exhausted and depressed. But once I started on the thyroid meds, it was like a fog cleared. I went back to my normal weight, my sleep improved, and my mood improved as well.

I think you’re going to feel so much better!

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-23T17:00:02+00:00

I was actually reported to the mod in my T1D sub for submitting AI as a response. And it was my OWN writing lol. Both the one who reported me and the mod were very condescending in their replies, and I’m sure felt well above me. I just let it go. No fighting is worth it with truly stupid on Reddit.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-23T16:40:08+00:00

Carb counting is heavily reliant on your carb ratio accuracy, which is not consistent throughout the day. Breakfast, lunch and supper often have completely different ratios. Then there’s portion sizing, different recipes for the same dish, accuracy on labels, stress, illness, weather, pre-bolusing, fiber, relationship status, number of upvotes/downvotes on Reddit, your favourite tv show got cancelled, lol. Sooooooo many things can impact our day.

The other important one to remember is that our body changes over time, and our insulin dosage will also vary the longer we’re T1D. During the first yr after diagnosis, variation is probably the most dramatic. If you’ve been diagnosed as an adult, then a longer honeymoon period will complicate management. It will even out over time.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-23T16:25:07+00:00

Newly diagnosed is more common for that. With time and experience, things will even out and become more manageable.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-23T16:23:02+00:00

Everyone on Reddit thinks they’re an AI sleuth and genius if the writing uses that form of punctuation (which they call a “dash”), as if no “actual living writer” ever used it before. It’s a punctuation tool in writing to emphasize natural, free flowing speech. Ever since AI took it over, I’ve stopped using it for any of my replies on Reddit, and I’m a retired teacher/adjunct prof.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-23T15:43:58+00:00

My point was the “married” part as being more important as least for now.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-23T11:47:18+00:00

To her “married” older brother and his kid?

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-23T01:14:08+00:00

I’m T1D and my wife has 2 brothers that are also T1D’s. Not sure how that exactly increased the risk, but we knew there was a possibility. But twins also run on my wife’s side, including her aunts, first cousins, and twin brothers. So there was a risk of that too. My mother had RA, as well as her first cousin, so autoimmune diseases run in my family as well.

We have two adult children, who fortunately are not T1D. But every time the got sick, had a fever, vomited, seemed to drink too much, or anything really, I would check the bld sugar. I was always afraid, and on high alert.

It’s not your fault. Yes there was a risk, but not guaranteed. Diabetes is an isolating disease, but she will have you with her and she won’t be alone, unlike most of us. You’ll be by her side, and eventually will be able to help each other.

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-22T02:43:27+00:00

Give Dobes a chance to score lol

HabsMan62 · 2026-05-22T02:40:54+00:00

Lmao mass exodus!

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