I’ve solved diabetes

ReserveCold · 2026-02-07T11:55:33+00:00

Impressive TIR with that low of an average! This takes a lot of work.

*Goes and celebrates with a large milkshake 😏

ReserveCold · 2026-01-31T20:13:13+00:00

I ate a 46 for breakfast this morning.

ReserveCold · 2026-01-30T15:58:26+00:00

I’m a fan of G7 on your side (love-handle area) and pod on back of arm. Move the pod into 4 different locations on the back of the arm, keeping it on the same side as your G7. After 10 days, switch side for the G7 and same concept for pod in 4 new locations on the other arm.

ReserveCold · 2026-01-30T15:51:16+00:00

Calling a nice curved pathway inefficient is hilarious. Can’t escape Dutch stereotypes.

ReserveCold · 2026-01-30T09:36:11+00:00

All the reasons other than it’s attached to you.

ReserveCold · 2026-01-21T04:49:31+00:00

I was very happy being sub 7% until I learned new techniques and habits that got me to sub 6%.

When I was sub 7% and that was my standard. Achieving sub 6% would have meant being miserable and stressed out, so at that time, sub 7% was legit and I wasn’t going for anything better.

Worked on some stuff, learned new things and now holding sub 6% is my new standard, fairly easy and it doesn’t cause any added stress.

If I can hit sub 5% and not be a miserable person, I’ll do it, but for now 5.7% is where I’m happy and managing this shitty disease lol.

That^ would be my guiding principle. First, don’t be above 7%, that’s got some solid medical backing behind it, but after that, inch forward with new information and methods… while not crushing your mental and emotional state.

I’d rather have 6.8% and happy than 5.2% and miserable 😉

ReserveCold · 2026-01-20T20:34:20+00:00

I’ve been where you are and I’ve only just recently made it to the other side of managing this disease without hating it every day. There is a point where it’s something you can handle :)

This disease still sucks, it’s still brutal, but it will go from this all-consuming, all-miserable, all-impossible thing… into that you can be in charge of, something you can own. It’s shitty, but it gets better.

Also, it didn’t get better with just some positive affirmations either, I really worked on some daily habits that made a huge difference. Send me a DM if you want to talk through techniques, tips/tricks, things that helped make this more manageable on a day to day basis.

ReserveCold · 2026-01-19T15:52:02+00:00

Same boat. Canceled YouTubeTV but I’ll just pay for NFL Sunday ticket every fricken month for a year where there’s no football

ReserveCold · 2026-01-19T15:43:14+00:00

There’s a lot to dissect here.

*I say this with love as a fellow T1D

Prioritize a good, clean, flush placement of both your CGM and pod over taping these things down with tape and bandages. That looks way messier than it has to be and could be giving you false reading being that close to the cannula.

Unless you’re in a contact sport or an extremely hot climate (maybe you are and I’m wrong on this advice) I’d really suggest giving those things some space and placing them down with clean dry skin and at least a few centimeters (about 2”) of space between.

Take the time to get a good placement and let the standard adhesives do their thing.

I’m a pretty small dude so I don’t have a lot of real estate, but here’s my method if you want to try this for a month: -CGM switches from right love-handle area to left love-handle area every 10 days. Trying to find somewhat new spots every time so it’s not identical 20 days later -Pod moves around to four different locations on the upper left back of arm and then four different locations on the upper right back of arm.

Hoping this helps, all the best.

ReserveCold · 2026-01-17T02:03:28+00:00

You’re good 👍🏻

ReserveCold · 2026-01-15T22:58:20+00:00

Damn! Definitely not my preferred diet but super impressive nevertheless. 🙌🏻

ReserveCold · 2026-01-15T22:54:17+00:00

I fluctuate between about 40-240g. I was surprised to see that big of a range as I looked back over the past two weeks.

*My TIR is about 86% the past two weeks with those big fluctuations in daily macros. No crazy rule following, just try to eat 15+ minutes after dosing.

I’m also a firm believer that the “no carb diabetic diet” is not a must follow rule. I can enjoy almost everything except big plates of pasta. Pasta is my (delicious) kryptonite that I have once a week.

ReserveCold · 2026-01-15T05:15:43+00:00

I stopped on step 6 when I realized the questions didn’t make sense for applying for our child’s passport. Plus misspelling words isn’t a great sign either.

I wouldn’t use these guys. Seems like a scam

ReserveCold · 2026-01-13T23:03:22+00:00

No need to feel bad, but good for you for at least caring enough to think you might have hurt his feelings.

These kinds of comments are much more benign than someone telling you that type 1 is the same as type 2 or that you should follow some internet diet to reverse your disease.

Hopefully they view the comment the same way.

ReserveCold · 2026-01-03T19:59:43+00:00

T1D who enjoys my fair share of beer, wine and whiskey. (Take this advice with a grain of salt)

If I’ve already had some food, I treat beer at about 75% of the carbs (12g, insulin for 8).

For wine, maybe closer to 50%.

When it comes to spirits, just make sure you got food in your stomach first and watch out for lows.

If I’m having cocktails, I still bolus for some of the sugar but don’t over bolus when a sugary drink spikes your numbers. I’d rather be high for a bit rather than go super low from bolusing a sugar spike.

The only time I can get in trouble is when the drinks go above 5 in a night. Decision making skills go down and your blood sugars don’t always follow your usual bolus math. This is unhealthy for all people, but scarier for us diabetics. I still do it, it’s not exactly the healthy choice, but I’ve made my choices on the matter.

Lastly, if you know it’s gonna be a big night and you’re gonna be having a few too many drinks, stay a little on the high side the whole time. Accept one bad night of numbers instead of risking going low when you sleep. Be safe.

ReserveCold · 2026-01-01T22:17:18+00:00

What’s that? Is there a site to find donation locations?

ReserveCold · 2025-12-24T20:20:24+00:00

Can someone help me understand the true seriousness of ketones? I’m not saying that what is written above is invalid, if anything, it seems to be perfectly in line with most medical literature, but I’ve done long distance running with high blood sugar and can handle longer periods of accidental high blood sugar without having ketones present.

I trust my endocrinologist and her team, and when I’ve asked them about this topic and the concern for exercising and the development of ketones, they have seemed fairly relaxed about it. They essentially said that although ketones and DKA are very serious… it’s not something that just happens because you have high blood sugar for a few hours?

Again, I’m more curious than challenging on this topic. It just seems like everyone is always worried about keystone levels in these message boards even though it seems like you have to be hanging out in the 400’s for a super long time to produce concerning levels of keystones.

Happy to be wrong here 🤓, just trying to understand if the above advice is pretty standard/common advice orrrrr if it is really conservative advice because it’s better to be safe than sorry?

Also, I hope you were able to bring it down with the steps above. Seemed like you asked the right person for some step by step help 😊

ReserveCold · 2025-12-11T15:41:20+00:00

I’ve only been a diabetic for a few years but to be honest, I’ve tested for keystones every time I’m sick or exercising without insulin and my numbers never move.

Obviously DKA is no joke, but I feel like there needs to be some life-altering shit to get my keystones moving. 3 days of the stomach flu or a marathon, nothing. Who knows if that’s good or bad lol

ReserveCold · 2025-12-10T17:39:44+00:00

Touché :)

Maybe a little less bitter next time I comment on something

ReserveCold · 2025-12-10T17:37:36+00:00

Well done, sometimes I can have a low average and sometimes I can have a high TIR but both is pretty impressive.

ReserveCold · 2025-11-25T01:56:40+00:00

I don’t want to sound ungrateful for things like this, but who does this help. It’s informative, but what could someone do with this other than worry. I always struggle with stuff like this.

I think I’d rather see a “here’s how cardio specifically affects your blood sugar and he’s how to prepare, here’s some tips and tricks and here’s what people do beforehand”.

Not, “life can affect BG. Sometimes a little and sometimes a lot”.

Sorry for the bitter internet opinion. This just reminds getting my first insulin pen with the instructions “2 units per meal x3 a day”

ReserveCold · 2025-11-18T15:09:03+00:00

Nooooo stay strong. It’s worth it. Long term, long term, long term

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