# Type 1 & LADA **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-type-1-lada/7.md?page=52 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 53 --- ## [Puberty peak takes full TDD to bring down](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/puberty-peak-takes-full-tdd-to-bring-down/2859)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/puberty-peak-takes-full-tdd-to-bring-down/2859 "2017-12-18T04:01:39Z")
I am exaggerating slightly but not by much. For the past month, the amount of insulin my son needs to use to bring his hormone peaks down has exploded, increasing by about 5x. Yesterday, he had a peak at school that requ… --- ## [I did domething really stupid](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-did-domething-really-stupid/2715)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-did-domething-really-stupid/2715 "2017-12-15T16:54:47Z")
…and am now dealing with my own bout of blood sugar insanity. Yep, tried to scruff the angry cat–really, I know better–and he bit my finger. I am on mega-antibiotics and the wound is healing but my blood sugar is stil… --- ## [High insulin level?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-insulin-level/2868)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-insulin-level/2868 "2017-12-15T13:53:27Z")
I had labs drawn, I thought just to check my thyroid function after a med change, but my doctor ordered full workup (CBC, CMP, a1c, insulin/cpep, etc). I saw the results online - everything normal, except my insulin leve… --- ## [Coronary Artery Calcium Scores](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/coronary-artery-calcium-scores/2529)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/coronary-artery-calcium-scores/2529 "2017-12-14T03:26:05Z")
At my recent endo visit, it was brought up that I may benefit from cardiac calcium scoring. My risk factors are LDL cholesterol (135) outside of normal limits and total cholesterol (263) outside of normal limits, and o… --- ## [Gallbladder](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gallbladder/2789)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gallbladder/2789 "2017-12-14T00:54:24Z")
Do all of you still have your gallbladder? Any of you have yours removed while eating like a diabetic? How’d that go? Have a scan on Monday to see if the doc thinks I’d be better off without mine… --- ## [Thanks @Eric, Young Jedi Master, Shocked Parents](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/thanks-eric-young-jedi-master-shocked-parents/2845)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/thanks-eric-young-jedi-master-shocked-parents/2845 "2017-12-13T10:03:27Z")
So, the day is moving along normally, and my kids get home from school. My T1 owns up to the fact that he didn’t have a Dexcom working and forgot to bring his meter to school. What should he do; Call his dad who is 15 … --- ## [Changing basals 🤔](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-basals-thinking/2802)
**Author:** [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changing-basals-thinking/2802 "2017-12-11T18:52:52Z")
When do you all change basal rates? Not tweaking one section, but changing the entire amount up or down? In the past I’ve always been told that if I’m running high (or low) all day fore more than two days that I should … --- ## [What do you do when this happens? Lots of lows in a row](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-do-when-this-happens-lots-of-lows-in-a-row/2788)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2017, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-do-when-this-happens-lots-of-lows-in-a-row/2788 "2017-12-08T09:17:25Z")
Well, with our quickly growing teen the normal for us is surging hormone highs multiple times a day. They usually occur in the late afternoon, and between 1-3 in the morning. Then every 10 days or so we get one of thes… --- ## [IC ratios for big meals](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ic-ratios-for-big-meals/2776)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ic-ratios-for-big-meals/2776 "2017-12-07T07:37:05Z")
I don’t use IC ratios and correction factors and ISF and things like that. But I am curious what people see when using IC ratios for larger meals. Here is my thought: For many people, correction numbers aren’t linear. … --- ## [Getting the correct DX for adult-onset](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/getting-the-correct-dx-for-adult-onset/2754)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/getting-the-correct-dx-for-adult-onset/2754 "2017-12-05T03:09:36Z")
--- ## [Interesting lab strategy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-lab-strategy/2506)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/interesting-lab-strategy/2506 "2017-12-04T16:51:50Z")
Decided to to an interesting set of labs with my doc. Going to do a c peptide (mines always been low while fasting) but we are going to jack my bg up first to see how or if it responds. Just drank 12 oz apple juice sit… --- ## [IMCY-0098 Starts a Phase-I Clinical Trial](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/imcy-0098-starts-a-phase-i-clinical-trial/2760)
**Author:** [@joshualevy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/joshualevy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/imcy-0098-starts-a-phase-i-clinical-trial/2760 "2017-12-02T17:47:44Z")
I wrote a blog on IMCY-0098 a drug being tested by Imcyse to try to cure type-1 diabetes. You can read it here: http://cureresearch4type1diabetes.blogspot.com/2017/11/imcy-0098-starts-phase-i-clinical-trial.html --- ## [Seeking T1 / LADA experience and observations w/ other meds](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/seeking-t1-lada-experience-and-observations-w-other-meds/2721)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/seeking-t1-lada-experience-and-observations-w-other-meds/2721 "2017-12-01T04:29:37Z")
I’ve just been having a hell of a time lately keeping my mealtime BG where I want them. With virtually any carbs I am spiking to near 200. Taking more and more novolog doesn’t seem to be helping as much as it should. … --- ## [If you could "select" children to avoid the risk of diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/if-you-could-select-children-to-avoid-the-risk-of-diabetes/2546)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/if-you-could-select-children-to-avoid-the-risk-of-diabetes/2546 "2017-11-28T16:29:15Z")
would you? This article seems to suggest that such a future may not be so far away… --- ## [Finding your secret formula and then losing it](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/finding-your-secret-formula-and-then-losing-it/1933)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/finding-your-secret-formula-and-then-losing-it/1933 "2017-11-28T02:11:33Z")
have you ever found that after many trials and errors with food or exercise or anything for that matter, that you have finally found a way to make things work. you know what i mean: you love pizza (or your child loves pi… --- ## [A1c Poll, how different from the standard population are we?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a1c-poll-how-different-from-the-standard-population-are-we/2006)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a1c-poll-how-different-from-the-standard-population-are-we/2006 "2017-11-23T04:01:43Z")
Well, we talk about A1c’s quite a bit, but I don’t think we have quantified it. I am assuming that we have much better A1c’s than the study populations we read so much about. Also, I don’t want people to have to throw … --- ## [High BG Excursions](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-bg-excursions/2627)
**Author:** [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-bg-excursions/2627 "2017-11-22T16:16:16Z")
Just wondering, with the variety of T1D experience, treatment approaches, technologies etc. represented here…how often do we each have high BG excursions. We all have our BG range goals, but we also have an overriding go… --- ## [News Blog Posting: Smart Insulin, T-Rex, and Simponi](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/news-blog-posting-smart-insulin-t-rex-and-simponi/2678)
**Author:** [@joshualevy](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/joshualevy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/news-blog-posting-smart-insulin-t-rex-and-simponi/2678 "2017-11-20T02:00:27Z")
I just published a blog posting with three short updates on research aimed a curing type 1 diabetes: Merck Cancels “Smart Insulin” (MK-2640) After Unsuccessful Phase-I Trial Phase-II T-Rex Trial Update SIMPONI (Golimum… --- ## [Tandem t:slim - PLGS trial enrollment started](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-t-slim-plgs-trial-enrollment-started/1592)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-t-slim-plgs-trial-enrollment-started/1592 "2017-11-16T21:12:33Z")
Awesome!!! Finally!!! Estimated Enrollment: 90 Anticipated Study Start Date: August 2017 Estimated Study Completion Date: November 2017 --- ## [Discussion on Metformin use by T1's](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/discussion-on-metformin-use-by-t1s/2631)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/discussion-on-metformin-use-by-t1s/2631 "2017-11-16T16:56:52Z")
hi Jen, just a little confused; are you on a pump AND you take Metformin too? Daisy Mae --- ## [I’m cured (what the heck?)!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-m-cured-what-the-heck/2609)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-m-cured-what-the-heck/2609 "2017-11-16T15:53:19Z")
I’m having an odd night. I guess my pancreas decided to do its thing. I am so confused - I haven’t taken any insulin at all since a snack this afternoon (which was normal; same for breakfast and lunch doses). \[E4C9562E… --- ## [How Often Do You CHange Your Basal Rates?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-often-do-you-change-your-basal-rates/2628)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-often-do-you-change-your-basal-rates/2628 "2017-11-14T14:24:33Z")
sometimes i can go for months without having to change my pump’s basal rates. sometimes its so easy to make a simple change, say for just 2 hours in the middle of the afternoon, but other times it requires an entire over… --- ## [Exercise really IS good for you!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/exercise-really-is-good-for-you/2601)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/exercise-really-is-good-for-you/2601 "2017-11-10T17:39:52Z")
--- ## [Safely consuming alcohol question](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/safely-consuming-alcohol-question/2574)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/safely-consuming-alcohol-question/2574 "2017-11-06T16:06:12Z")
So after the low earlier this week, which I’m almost positive was due to the glass of wine I had that night, I’m just curious what tips y’all have for drinking. I’m having a 1/2 glass of wine with dinner and plan to chec… --- ## [Promising research?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/promising-research/2563 "2017-11-06T15:27:58Z")
--- ## [Dextape questions](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dextape-questions/2505)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dextape-questions/2505 "2017-11-06T02:44:24Z")
So what are your secrets. We followed the directions (alcohol swabs, and step by step application instructions) and got about 2-3 days out of our first two. This doesn’t compare well to our use of Grifgrips that last a… --- ## [First overnight low](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/first-overnight-low/2535)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/first-overnight-low/2535 "2017-11-04T15:43:52Z")
Sitting here waiting to check my BG after treating a 66. While it was a very mild, almost-doesn’t-count number, it disturbed me for a couple reasons: Well, first, not sure why I went low. I only had Afrezza on board ton… --- ## [And just like that it appears to be back](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/and-just-like-that-it-appears-to-be-back/2532)
**Author:** [@Robellengold](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Robellengold)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/and-just-like-that-it-appears-to-be-back/2532 "2017-11-02T00:26:48Z")
\[47E33C81-3FB2-4CD7-B96E-4A21AD8A8938\] First drop was 3 humalog before dinner Ate 3 orange slices to counter to the low and then injected 2 humalog to counter the rising high Was expecting the nornal nothing happens … --- ## [Success at over bolusing at a restaurant](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/success-at-over-bolusing-at-a-restaurant/2495)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/success-at-over-bolusing-at-a-restaurant/2495 "2017-10-31T14:32:06Z")
Last night i went out for an enormous dinner at a steak house to celebrate my cousins 60th birthday. i was really anxious about going, being around all this food that i didn’t think i would be able to have, but just to b… --- ## [Honeymoon basal needs](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/honeymoon-basal-needs/2508)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/honeymoon-basal-needs/2508 "2017-10-31T14:22:00Z")
I’m curious - has anyone else experienced quite a bit of time not needing any basal insulin (but definitely needed bolus) during the honeymoon period? I was on nothing after diagnosis, then basal/bolus during pregnancy, … [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-type-1-lada/7.md?page=51) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-type-1-lada/7.md?page=53)