# Share **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-share/10.md?page=17 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 18 --- ## [Less expensive long-acting insulin now available](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-expensive-long-acting-insulin-now-available/10202)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-expensive-long-acting-insulin-now-available/10202 "2020-09-03T03:37:52Z")
--- ## [Cereal killer](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/cereal-killer/10121)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/cereal-killer/10121 "2020-08-21T01:01:34Z")
My family has always liked cereal, and I particularly like it for lows. I guess we went a little bit nuts in the cereal aisle after quarantine. I noticed this last night when I was trying to get some cereal and couldn’t… --- ## [Medtronic acquires Companion Medical](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medtronic-acquires-companion-medical/10130 "2020-08-19T20:47:18Z")
--- ## [If anyone wasn't sure, more evidence that masks work](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/if-anyone-wasnt-sure-more-evidence-that-masks-work/9986)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/if-anyone-wasnt-sure-more-evidence-that-masks-work/9986 "2020-08-19T14:19:06Z")
2 infected hair stylists exposed 139 clients, no one got infected that they could trace. --- ## [Totally cool: swimming dinosaur!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/totally-cool-swimming-dinosaur/9715)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/totally-cool-swimming-dinosaur/9715 "2020-08-19T08:50:44Z")
--- ## [Experience with Afrezza and the G6](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/experience-with-afrezza-and-the-g6/10110)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/experience-with-afrezza-and-the-g6/10110 "2020-08-14T19:30:36Z")
--- ## [Drunk Thoughts Go Here](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/drunk-thoughts-go-here/9508)
**Author:** [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/drunk-thoughts-go-here/9508 "2020-08-06T21:02:28Z")
So if a statewide shelter in place happens…my hotness index is gonna go way up. Bc I don’t get my hair highlighted, or my eyebrows waxed, or my nails done even in the best times of stability…so I’m gonna be like Ann Curr… --- ## [Can you spot the pod?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/can-you-spot-the-pod/9957)
**Author:** [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/can-you-spot-the-pod/9957 "2020-08-05T08:05:59Z")
New thread for fun: Can you spot the pod? I’ll go first. Standby. --- ## [News from the Tandem Q2 2020 conference call](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/news-from-the-tandem-q2-2020-conference-call/10080)
**Author:** [@bkh](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bkh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/news-from-the-tandem-q2-2020-conference-call/10080 "2020-08-03T14:30:34Z")
The Tandem Q2 2020 conference call was held on July 30, 2020. A transcript of the call is available at https://seekingalpha.com/article/4362726-tandem-diabetes-cares-tndm-ceo-john-sheridan-on-q2-2020-results-earnings-ca… --- ## [Your favorite depictions of diabetes in films/movies? (And the worst ones!)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/your-favorite-depictions-of-diabetes-in-films-movies-and-the-worst-ones/9809)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/your-favorite-depictions-of-diabetes-in-films-movies-and-the-worst-ones/9809 "2020-08-01T18:36:47Z")
So, my first introduction to T1D was the Babysitter’s Club. One of the main characters, Stacey, had type 1 diabetes. I don’t remember it being wildly inaccurate, and at least the description of the bed wetting and the we… --- ## [My 6th diaversary](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-6th-diaversary/10051)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-6th-diaversary/10051 "2020-07-29T04:52:40Z")
…started with a shrieking high alarm!! BG 275! :scream\_cat: I must have slept through the earlier alert (!!) and after a few fuzzy moments just dealt with the situation: inhaled an 8-unit Afrezza and changed my Pod, wa… --- ## [Does anyone else NOT measure?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-anyone-else-not-measure/10017)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-anyone-else-not-measure/10017 "2020-07-22T16:12:28Z")
For foods, this morning I noticed a scale on our kitchen counter that hasn’t been used in ages. It dawned on me that we don’t really weigh food portions anymore. All of Liam’s foods are bolused based on rough estimates… --- ## [Calling the Tooth Fairy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/calling-the-tooth-fairy/10024)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/calling-the-tooth-fairy/10024 "2020-07-22T15:52:33Z")
Liam lost his very first tooth today. He’s super excited over what the tooth fairy may bring him tonight in exchange for it. :laughing: What’s the tooth fairy paying these days anyway? Lol. --- ## [Needle-free CGM startup exits stealth with new funding](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-free-cgm-startup-exits-stealth-with-new-funding/9985)
**Author:** [@egreen76](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/egreen76)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-free-cgm-startup-exits-stealth-with-new-funding/9985 "2020-07-21T13:34:28Z")
Y Thought this was an interesting article!! Too bad the couldn’t integrate with iWatch with all the health apps it already has!!! --- ## [George "The Iceman" Woolf: T1D and best '30s jockey](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/george-the-iceman-woolf-t1d-and-best-30s-jockey/10009)
**Author:** [@Kaelan](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Kaelan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/george-the-iceman-woolf-t1d-and-best-30s-jockey/10009 "2020-07-19T00:28:10Z")
He must have been diagnosed very shortly after insulin became available. He started racing in 1928, when he was 18. If he had been diagnosed when I was (11) he would probably have died right away. I read that Eli Lilly s… --- ## [What the nations leading infectious disease expert says](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-the-nations-leading-infectious-disease-expert-says/9994)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-the-nations-leading-infectious-disease-expert-says/9994 "2020-07-18T02:27:20Z")
From earlier this afternoon. Anthony Fauci interviewed by Mark Zuckerberg --- ## [Interesting discussion of aerosols vs. droplets and COVID-19 spread](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-discussion-of-aerosols-vs-droplets-and-covid-19-spread/9999)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-discussion-of-aerosols-vs-droplets-and-covid-19-spread/9999 "2020-07-18T00:43:09Z")
I know some folks were having a discussion about whether aerosols or droplets play a role in COVID-19 – I think that this video is a really informative discussion and a nice roundup of the data so far. --- ## [What are your plans for July 4th?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-are-your-plans-for-july-4th/9943)
**Author:** [@Jan](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-are-your-plans-for-july-4th/9943 "2020-07-16T00:58:32Z")
We reluctantly declined attending a July 4th BBQ with our close friends/neighbors that is an annual get-together for the past 25 years. It’s a core group of 3 families (us and 2 other couples, we are all in our 60s), p… --- ## [Our School District - 2020/2021](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-school-district-2020-2021/9944)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-school-district-2020-2021/9944 "2020-07-15T16:42:17Z")
I’m extremely excited that our School District is offering a 100% virtual option for this coming school year (which they are set to begin around Mid August). I have signed ALL 3 of our school-aged kids up for this optio… --- ## [T:slim now covered by United Healthcare insurance](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t-slim-now-covered-by-united-healthcare-insurance/9975)
**Author:** [@bkh](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bkh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t-slim-now-covered-by-united-healthcare-insurance/9975 "2020-07-12T00:51:14Z")
I just saw an article mentioning that on July 1, 2020 Tandem announced that t:slim is now covered by United Healthcare insurance for members on Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, individual and group market plans. This rever… --- ## [Charlie Kimball: T1 Athlete](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/charlie-kimball-t1-athlete/9951)
**Author:** [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/charlie-kimball-t1-athlete/9951 "2020-07-04T20:22:14Z")
As a diabetic, exercise can be a challenge to manage bg’s. Charlie Kimball who is an Indy car driver for the Tresiba team got a great write up today in Ars Technica for his diabetic data being part of the Indy car’s tele… --- ## [Random thoughts on coronavirus and diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-thoughts-on-coronavirus-and-diabetes/9911)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-thoughts-on-coronavirus-and-diabetes/9911 "2020-06-29T20:44:04Z")
I was looking at the very steep upward COVID-19 data curves and felt an immediate urge like I needed to take action right that second. Obviously the numbers are alarming in their own right but I started to wonder if my r… --- ## [Tackling My Increased Social Anxiety Since Becoming T1D](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tackling-my-increased-social-anxiety-since-becoming-t1d/9907)
**Author:** [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tackling-my-increased-social-anxiety-since-becoming-t1d/9907 "2020-06-28T14:26:16Z")
As regulars here might remember, I was diagnosed with T1D at 21 years old. So I have a pretty stout sample size of my life behaviors both Before and During T1D. Since diagnosis, I have been in a constantly high workload… --- ## [Andre Guest - A case of COVID causing Diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/andre-guest-a-case-of-covid-causing-diabetes/9918)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/andre-guest-a-case-of-covid-causing-diabetes/9918 "2020-06-28T02:45:39Z")
“Although Andre had no underlying medical conditions, the first thing doctors discovered was that he had developed Type 1 diabetes — his blood sugar was a dangerous 1,500 milligrams per deciliter, more than 10 times th… --- ## [1st T1D Captain on a U.S. revenue flight](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/1st-t1d-captain-on-a-u-s-revenue-flight/9904)
**Author:** [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/1st-t1d-captain-on-a-u-s-revenue-flight/9904 "2020-06-26T16:10:20Z")
--- ## [Happy Fathers Day!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/happy-fathers-day/9890)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/happy-fathers-day/9890 "2020-06-26T09:02:45Z")
Happy Fathers Day everyone. My son’s helped me celebrate by rotating my Jeep tires. 35" wheels are great when you are offroading, but are kind of a pain when rotating. --- ## [Another study on COVID-19 and diabetes (from France)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-study-on-covid-19-and-diabetes-from-france/9896)
**Author:** [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-study-on-covid-19-and-diabetes-from-france/9896 "2020-06-24T19:27:12Z")
Just came across this. I am not sure if it’s yet another study or if it’s been mentioned before. Much the same conclusions as others, but this one adds some interesting details that others may not have addressed, such as… --- ## [Metformin and Covid](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/metformin-and-covid/9894)
**Author:** [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/metformin-and-covid/9894 "2020-06-23T14:40:39Z")
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-science/diabetes-drug-may-lower-covid-19-death-risk-in-women-key-immune-cells-fail-to-respond-to-virus-idUSKBN23T2TP --- ## [My Diabetes Story](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diabetes-story/9819)
**Author:** [@clo](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/clo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-diabetes-story/9819 "2020-06-22T23:35:16Z")
Hi, my name is Clo and im new here so I thought I’d share my story. When I was 8 years old I started getting sick, I was told initially it was the flu. When I didn’t start getting better my parents took me to the doctor… --- ## [In preparation of next weeks Telemedicine visit with Endo](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/in-preparation-of-next-weeks-telemedicine-visit-with-endo/9889)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/in-preparation-of-next-weeks-telemedicine-visit-with-endo/9889 "2020-06-22T01:43:44Z")
Since we aren’t doing office visits, I thought the Endo would ask if we’ve done a home A1C test lately. I hadn’t, so I thought I would today so that I could check that box. Here’s the result, and breaks our previous 6.… [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-share/10.md?page=16) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-share/10.md?page=18)