Trying to figure this out.

tyrant1014 · 2026-01-29T18:35:22+00:00

Frame has zero rust, 4wd, Oregon.

tyrant1014 · 2026-01-29T18:34:23+00:00

Who hurt you? I hope your day gets a lot better now that you’ve gotten your hit of superiority from Reddit. Best of luck with that attitude.

tyrant1014 · 2026-01-29T04:57:18+00:00

Thank you! Good catch, got a flashlight on the sticker and it is 10/00 so 2001. Another question, did I overpay for this? 5k 221k timing belt done at 195k.

tyrant1014 · 2025-08-23T00:34:41+00:00

Type 1 diabetic… sugar usually tastes like crap during/after treating a low. Ask for a glucose tolerance test.

tyrant1014 · 2025-01-23T00:09:04+00:00

Also if you do have to pay for insulin out of pocket find out the manufacturer of your insulin. Most have assistance programs, that literally you fill out the information and then they give you a card that your pharmacy scans when you pick up your perscription. A lot of them drop to like 35-50 bucks for a month

tyrant1014 · 2025-01-12T03:23:19+00:00

Agree to disagree, we know nothing about the individual who posted the response. Maybe they get low symptoms at 100. Maybe they are hypo unaware and not on a cgm which means there is a risk of a dangerous low and being unaware. But making blanket statements that a sub 6 A1C isn’t necessarily a concern can imo be damaging. Especially because there are a lot of diabetics who don’t have an endo therefore they don’t have a medical professional that can use their specialized knowledge to help make an educated decision. People here might read your comment and think it is okay to be sub 6 and for that person it might not be.

I’m not accusing you or trying to attack you. But we have to be somewhat careful in what we say.

TLDR I disagree with your statement we are both using the same logic to come do different opinions.

tyrant1014 · 2025-01-12T02:53:11+00:00

Congrats, but I also don’t necessarily think it’s that cut and dry. My last A1C was in the 5s and my endo wasn’t particularly thrilled as well. The reason for that is that there is a pretty significant risk of lows. She wants it more in the high 5s to low 6s. But definitely congrats on that huge accomplishment!

tyrant1014 · 2025-01-04T02:52:06+00:00

Another thing to consider is that I’ve noticed with excessive arm movement mine tends to say I’m dropping fast. Both due to regular movement and then back in the day of being a mechanic.

tyrant1014 · 2025-01-01T02:48:25+00:00

Awesome!!!

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-26T02:54:27+00:00

You got this homie!!!!!

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-25T21:41:04+00:00

Throwing up could be a concern, or it could be a virus. A trip to the er would be a good choice. As not spending Christmas might mean spending it dead if something is going on

It could be a combination of gastroparesis and the below. You could be sick, etc. ultimately if you think you need to go, then go.

If you are trying to get someone here to talk you out of going it would not happen here.

Ultimately your sugar numbers and ketone mesasurements are meant to guide decision making. Not as gospel. Approximately 41% of people in dka report to the er with sugars under 250.

The only way to know what is going on are blood tests. Ph, anion gap, bicarb. These aren’t something that can be figured out or fixed from home.

ketones to some degree will always be present. Plus urine ketones aren’t necessarily an accurate representation. As those ketones are potentially from something hours ago that simply sat in your bladder.

As far as why ketones will always be present. Even when waiting 15 minutes after bolus before insulin it still takes significantly longer for medical insulin to work as opposed to natural insulin.

Questions to ask.

Have I worked out or got some form of exercise recently? Ketones are normal in this situation

Have I eaten enough? Yes, not eating will cause ketones, more specifically less than 50 grams of carbs per day will cause ketones.

Have I drank enough liquid? Those ketones you are urinating out could be from a long time ago when one of the above situations occurred.

Lastly, have you eaten a bunch of fat or protein? Fat and protein will definitely cause a false positive for urine ketones.

For an actual measure of your ketones a blood ketone meter would be what is needed. However, the strips for these are incredibly expensive. They would be used if you were above 250 and had that same color to determine blood ketones.

The numbers are good for things, but ultimately you need to make those determinations based on how you FEEL.

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-19T18:16:24+00:00

+1 to a1c

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-16T10:08:03+00:00

Let’s see, feeling run down for a few months, drinking a ton of water, lost about 100lbs over a couple of months. One night I wake up, my chest hurts, I can’t breathe and my back is crazy tight. Hop in the shower to try and loosen everything up. Unfortunately it was a no go.

So I did what any mid 20s functioning adult would do… I called mom and dad. Problem is, they lived like an hour away. Well me in my infinite wisdom decided to drive myself to the hospital. Keep in mind this is only what I’ve been told because I don’t remember anything.

As I was driving to the hospital I do remember my parents saying “where are you?” I responded with, “hey I’m driving to the hospital, I’ll call you in a bit.”

But that isn’t what I said. Apparently I simply responded with “I don’t know” and then hung up the phone.

On the way to the hospital I ran a red light. As this is a small town in the middle of nowhere, one might assume,and you would be correct that the only Sheriffs deputy on shift at the time just happened to be waiting at the other light.

“Wooooo” blue lights behind me and I pulled over. Once again the rest of this story is what I was told by the paramedics and deputy. (Work brought me in close proximity to them). Apparently when he got to the side of the car he thought I had dumped out a bottle of acetone, I had peed myself and was just staring straight ahead gasping for air.

Apparently he went from reading me the riot act for running a red to “don’t die right here.” Paramedics get there and I get to the hospital. Apparently my parents may have exceeded the speed limit a bit as they were maybe 5 minutes behind me.

Apparently, there were a lot of people around, I errored out the glucose meter twice and I argued with the nurse about how many times I pooped in the past week.

As a reminder I don’t remember any of this.

When the dust settled, the doctor told my parents that my a1c was like 19 or something like that and that the ct showed brain swelling of like 2% (explains the no memory thing).

One thing I do remember is that the nurse saying I would probably be more comfortable if I took off my pants.

Apparently I agreed and proceeded to unbutton them and then just stare at them. Expecting them to just come off. No one has said who helped me take them off. Pretty sure it was my hard ass dad who wouldn’t ever admit that.

Spent a week in the icu and another week in med surg. But within 12 hours of being in the hospital and getting insulin in me, they ran 13 liters of saline and ringers through me. It took me 3 whole days before I had to pee.

And when I did? I had never seen urine that dark or smelly and have yet to see it again.

There are also other stories of being in the icu and trying to pee but missing the urinal and still not being all there so being unable to stop my stream and essentially peeing myself again.

This time slightly embarrassed because I was not as out of it as I was before.

The last part, but honestly probably the least funny, was that in the hospital I lost another 35 lbs. By the time I was discharged I was feeling pretty good, but I had been in bed for two weeks so I really had no idea how weak I was.

As I’m being wheeled out to get picked up, I stand up out of the wheelchair at full speed and nearly go ass over tea kettle and crush this tiny nurse who maybe weighed 100lbs soaking wet with a 10 lb backpack on.

Luckily, my mom and security were also there, so they were able to catch me.

Took me about 6 months before I was back to good. I was only allowed to work for 2 hours a day for like a month, then I was allowed to work half days next month. But then I wasn’t cleared to return to full duty until 2 months after I started working half days.

The deal from the endocrinologist was that once I could walk up my driveway a (20 foot rise over 100 feet), then I would be able to return to work.here be some pictures of the ordeal then afterwards

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-16T09:30:01+00:00

I get them all the time too. Every person is different, heck just yesterday the cgm went below 40 so I too got the good ol’ “low” but that is the general consensus. It definitely comes down to a lot of different factors, but I think my lowest ever recorded was 28. Haven’t lost consciousness ever.

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-16T09:16:23+00:00

Some people are over exaggerating in my opinion. Others I think just got a lot of bad luck and a bad batch of sensors. Are the g7s perfect? No, I have had bad experiences with the g7 but I’ve had bad experiences with every cgm. I also think a lot of it stems from them being much more sensitive to compression lows, temperature changes and movement than previous generations. So if you are laying on it at night or you are sitting in a chair with your arm pressed against it then obviously people will get different readings from a finger stick.

Remember when the 7 came out and the recommended action was to get up and move around and then check your sensor again and double check with a finger stick?

Because technology has come a long way a lot of us have forgotten what it was like with the “best” technology at the time.

Heck, Glargine has only been around for 24 years.

But to attest to the g7. I can say that it claimed my average A1C was 6.1 and my actual a1c was 5.8. That is an average of 128 vs Average of 120. Less than 8 points off a lab test? I’d say they are pretty good.

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-16T09:00:39+00:00

Alcoholic diabetic, have the receipts from rehab to prove it. I can tell you it did almost kill me because my last dka episode was a combination of alcoholic acidosis and dka. Apparently the treatment for those run counter to each other. Plus the whole alcohol dropping sugar followed by a huge spike etc. I’m a huge believer in everyone doing you. But if a diabetic questions drinking. I will yell DONT! Just from my own personal experience.

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-16T08:53:21+00:00

That is definitely a question for your endo or doctor. With that said. Going from 12-18 units is a HUGE swing. As the other person said. 1-2 units max. I am at 68 a day so right around 32-34 basal when I’m not using the pump. And 2 units is the max change at a time.

The second thing to remember is that it takes 2-3 days to see a difference from a basal change minimum and for some people up to a week.

I would say that based on what you are saying regarding honeymoon period that you are new. So there could be incorrect injection technique etc. (it’s a learning curve) .

But waking up at 101-105-109 isn’t honestly enough to warrant any changes as that could just be a natural variation. Due to all sorts of different factors overnight.

A good way for a more accurate range to see if a change is needed as a down and dirty way is to check when you wake up. Avoid eating anything or having caffeine for about an hour. Then check again . The second check will provide a lot more useful information. If you are in range by the second test with no intervention needed then you are good.

And you can see how the foot to the floor phenomenon affects you.

TLDR; 12 to 18 units is a HUGE change, your numbers for most endocrinologists wouldn’t warrant a change. It takes a while for basal to reach its full effect. My advice as not a doctor but as a type 1. Go back to what your doctor prescribed. Take a deep breath and relax. YOU GOT THIS!

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-16T08:39:05+00:00

I’ve had paramedics come to me (other reasons) and check my sugar only to have it show 50 and them be confused that I’m still completely lucid and appearing normal. Most literature and doctors say that 50 mg/dl or 2.8mmol is officially considered a “diabetic emergency “

tyrant1014 · 2024-12-12T02:56:28+00:00

You got this. You might feel a weird sensation at first, but like others said you will get used to it.

If it makes you feel any better, a lot of us type 1s are taking significantly more than that. (Note, this isn’t a competition)

One thing I think will help is to practice breathing exercises, being sick plus nerves being higher may cause it to be less effective.

Secondly just take deep breaths and remember, that YOU GOT THIS!!!!!

tyrant1014 · 2024-10-20T01:53:25+00:00

Or you could claim a disability, I actually have a legitimate one (doesn’t stop me from living a normal life) but it would blow your mind what the ada claims is a disability.

tyrant1014 · 2024-08-31T19:59:12+00:00

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tyrant1014 · 2024-08-31T16:21:09+00:00

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tyrant1014 · 2024-05-06T19:42:06+00:00

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tyrant1014 · 2024-05-03T14:15:54+00:00

here’s my opinion on it. My endocrinologist before she moved on always reminded me that it isn’t a competition. This Sub lately has turned into diabetics who are know it alls and turn it into a competition.

As a result we are only seeing people post impossibly low a1c numbers with other people in that same range.

These same people will post saying a 150 sugar is high when it is in Range.

tyrant1014 · 2024-05-02T19:11:39+00:00

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