Josh
I changed my pod site from my abdomen to my arm. I guess this is what happens when you don’t realize you’re just adjusting for excess adipose tissue.

Today can suck it.

#t1d #type1 #diabetes #hypoglycemia
Oct 28, 2024 at 10:34pmWeb
Show threadMarkOct 29, 2024

@josh hey! I just bought a glucose meter. Now we’re twinsies! Except mine’s probably cheap and jankey. And I don’t need it. But I’m curious about glucose levels at different times.

Honestly, it’s a little scary, that “lance”.

Show threadJoshOct 30, 2024
@seatek If you don’t like it you can always use the yogurt container
Show threadJoshOct 30, 2024
@seatek When I first started out in the 80’s the lancet was like a weird tape dispenser looking thing and there was no meter, it was color strips
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@seatek
Show threadMarkOct 30, 2024
@josh wow now that’s analog 😄
Show threadMarkOct 30, 2024

@josh so do you like it better with exact numbers or ranges like what colors would do?

I’m waiting for some kind of test compound you use to test the device before first use. You’d think they would have included everything you need in the kit.

Show threadJoshOct 30, 2024
@seatek It’s literally the weather. “It’s 60 degrees today.” Great… is it 4am or 4pm? Are you at the equator or poles? Desert or temperate? Humidity? Barometer? A single number is just a data point without context.

The problem those of us have growing up in the “you can afford four data points per day” 80’s is that you learn to extrapolate and conjecture the data in between.

“I’m 90” in 1984 means a lot different thing than “I’m 90” in 2024. The number now is important but the trend data is what matters just as much or more.

There is an argument that ranges offer more or less the same basic kinds of control if all you can do is measure 4x a day. The CGM is helpful, but the “automated” modes for pods and pumps are infuriating.

My A1c has not meaningfully changed directly due to any of these technologies except for the CGM — and not because it tells me what my glucose is any time I look, but for the historical trend data.
Show threadMarkOct 30, 2024
@josh really interesting stuff. Yeah I’ve been looking into all kinds of stuff related to blood panels. My a1c is fine. But I’m most interested to see what my glucose levels are first thing in the mornings. Apparently it can be an indicator of insulin resistance if I’m remembering right.
Show threadJoshOct 30, 2024
@seatek The fasting number is arguably the most important.