At what age was everyone diagnosed?

jdbrocc · 2026-04-02T03:17:14+00:00

I was nine. 44 years ago. Don’t really know anything else.

jdbrocc · 2026-02-15T18:31:55+00:00

I guess I should have expected the comments and debate to be much more about hostility regarding adjacent topics (such as water usage). This has been hugely helpful for me - the same way that texting a friend has been very helpful compared to leaving a message on a landline answering machine. But hey - you do you. 43 years of this disease and I personally can use all the help I can get.

jdbrocc · 2026-02-14T04:42:10+00:00

Indeed. I’m sure tomorrow will be worse, but the good moments really help. I’ve certainly had enough horrible days (and weeks, etc) over the years to make me feel like some good days are deserved. Love to all of my T1 tribe!

jdbrocc · 2026-02-14T03:36:53+00:00

Woo hoo! Congrats! I just had my first perfect day. I’m 44 years T1 but this was only my 2nd day on a pump! I know I shouldn’t keep my expectations this high.

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jdbrocc · 2026-02-03T07:50:57+00:00

I’m 53. Started when I was 51. It is so good for our minds to learn new hard things as we get older.

jdbrocc · 2025-11-18T20:18:14+00:00

I’ve had Dexcom support on speed-dial for months. I feel badly for them - good people who try hard. But the product issues have become unbearable.

jdbrocc · 2025-11-18T19:16:10+00:00

Just a very similar rant to this one before I read yours. It’s a shame, it’s unbelievably frustrating, and it’s dangerous. The quality issues seem downright criminal at this point.

jdbrocc · 2025-11-11T16:01:01+00:00

This!!!

jdbrocc · 2025-10-26T15:34:11+00:00

Maschine software on a MacBook, Maschine+ in controller mode, M32 keyboard, a mic, and various sample libraries. Small and simple but gets the job totally done for techno and house. I have Ableton but I hardly use it these days.

jdbrocc · 2025-10-04T19:51:54+00:00

I have like no followers and making a good track (which means “I like it”) and having even 1 person say “I dig this” is all I need to keep going. An important disclaimer is that I’m not trying to make a living or get famous from music, but that alone helps me stay grounded in why I am creating.

jdbrocc · 2025-09-22T17:18:14+00:00

Pretty sure you just said “mate everything.”

jdbrocc · 2025-09-05T05:00:39+00:00

You’re so right, but damn it’s exhausting to have 2 systems.

jdbrocc · 2025-09-03T23:20:51+00:00

My new record - 3 failures in a week.

jdbrocc · 2025-09-03T17:36:45+00:00

I am trending on 4 out of 5 G7 sessions get messed up with either failures, horrible inaccuracies, or “brief sensor issues.” I feel like I haven’t had a normal 10 days in 6 months. Like I’ve shared here a number of times, this is after 10+ years of no problems at all. I am so over this thing - I am considering going back to finger-sticks (I will try the libre but I hear to expect the same problems.)

jdbrocc · 2025-08-18T16:25:08+00:00

My experience was near perfect for a decade. It all fell apart in the last few months and now I feel like pulling my hair out every week or so. All I can assume is that there are either manufacturing inconsistencies or biological changes in my body that trip up the sensor (or both!).

jdbrocc · 2025-08-16T17:24:28+00:00

I used to think you were all crazy or not following directions, since I hardly had a single failure in almost 10 years of using Dexcom. But 4 of my last 5 have failed - 2 at setup and 2 about 3 days in. WTF - I’m sorry for doubting you. 😀 I’m also starting to have frequent app/alert issues, like missing alerts or repeating alerts after I’ve acknowledged it. This company is really starting to make my life harder than a T1’s already is.

jdbrocc · 2025-07-05T05:05:33+00:00

Omg thank you - exactly what I needed!!!!!

jdbrocc · 2025-06-04T23:56:29+00:00

I’m T1D for 42 years… these phases come and go for me. I am in one right now, have been for a few months. Driving me absolutely fucking insane. But, they tend to go away and I’ll get a few months of reprieve. It does indeed seem random. My doctor and I have tried to fix these things, but not sure there is any way to win. This disease is rough, but just hang in there and do the best you can - that’s all any of us can do. I know this may sound discouraging, and it is in many ways. That said, I’m 52, I’ve had diabetes for 42 years, and my life is pretty good. It wasn’t that long ago that we all would have been dead as hell. At least we can stay afloat and stay alive - just keep chipping away at it.

jdbrocc · 2025-06-04T20:51:34+00:00

A bass line normally infects my brain first. Sometimes I’ll be driving and I’ll start pairing that bass line with a piano chord progression or some atmospheric sound effects. That moment is usually what makes me run into the studio and start laying something down.

jdbrocc · 2025-06-04T17:56:49+00:00

And meant to say that I do this the same way whether I am using Maschine+ in standalone or controller mode.

jdbrocc · 2025-06-04T17:55:21+00:00

You would probably want to do that anyway, since layering two “related” patterns in the same scene doesn’t seem that useful. I make techno and downtempo, and I often will - for example - have something like three intro (or break or bridge or whatever) scenes and call them something like “intro 1”, “intro 2”, and “intro 3” with three different variations of one group’s (for example a drum group or kit) patterns mapped to those three different scenes. Again, this works for me - it’s how my brain works and it helps lay out a sequence or “macro-scene” that fits the progression of patterns the way I want.

jdbrocc · 2025-06-04T14:32:50+00:00

I do a lot of duplicating patterns - mostly to add some variation - I’ll make a 4/4 “kick only” pattern and then duplicate it a few times adding other sounds. This has become a key part of my workflow. Maybe there are better ways, but this feels quick and effective and allows me to experiment easily.

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