# New T1/LADA **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-type-1-lada/new-t1-lada-diagnosis/30.md [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the New T1/LADA category](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/about-the-new-t1-lada-category/77)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/about-the-new-t1-lada-category/77 "2017-03-20T06:38:57Z")
Recently diagnosed T1/LADA? Come and ask about your concerns, and meet other T1s. --- ## [The Hole in the G7](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-hole-in-the-g7/15906)
**Author:** [@JOHN1951](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/JOHN1951)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-hole-in-the-g7/15906 "2026-10-07T13:44:52Z")
There have been numerous post regarding sensor wires coming up thru the hole. My issue. , I researched it , what’s the hole for. --- ## [Your Most Accurate Dexcom Sensor Site](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/your-most-accurate-dexcom-sensor-site/4430)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/your-most-accurate-dexcom-sensor-site/4430 "2025-11-15T01:17:30Z")
i was on the Dexcom G4 and G5 a couple of years back (maybe 3 yrs ago??). i had too many problems with it, though. i did stick with it for about 1 &1/2 yrs. i tried different sites, but i just couldnt get it to work for … --- ## [Does anyone know if the Bluejay gts is compatible with dexcom g7 or dexcom one plus?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-anyone-know-if-the-bluejay-gts-is-compatible-with-dexcom-g7-or-dexcom-one-plus/15082)
**Author:** [@Dubdave](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Dubdave)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-anyone-know-if-the-bluejay-gts-is-compatible-with-dexcom-g7-or-dexcom-one-plus/15082 "2025-11-11T04:22:05Z")
Bluejay gts compatibility with dexcom g7 or dexcom one plus?? I have it operating with the G6 but I’m being softly pushed towards an alternative sensor. Has anyone any idea?? --- ## [Long Acting Insulin](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/long-acting-insulin/14942)
**Author:** [@jpf](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jpf)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/long-acting-insulin/14942 "2024-10-28T11:17:16Z")
Hi Everyone, I haven’t really posted since the first few months after diagnosis back in January 2023. But I am reaching a milestone this week and thought I’d check in. I am going in to the diabetic nurse educator to l… --- ## [Biochemistry - what does insulin actually do?!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/biochemistry-what-does-insulin-actually-do/3809)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/biochemistry-what-does-insulin-actually-do/3809 "2024-09-18T05:20:11Z")
Tim asked about this yesterday. How does insulin work, exactly? What does it do? It is basically a key that opens the door to the cells for glucose to get in. I tried to put it into words, but then I thought some pictur… --- ## [Clarity clarity](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/clarity-clarity/13800)
**Author:** [@jpf](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jpf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/clarity-clarity/13800 "2024-08-04T03:01:44Z")
Hi Everyone- I am fiddling around with those reports on Clarity and wondering which ones you all find most useful. For me, a person with recently diagnosed Type 1 LADA, it’s hard to discern what information is actually … --- ## [Gratitude to this community 😀](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gratitude-to-this-community/14321)
**Author:** [@Sally](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sally)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/gratitude-to-this-community/14321 "2024-01-05T01:45:00Z")
I haven’t posted anything yet, but I read almost everything I see. I appreciate this community very much. Although I am elderly, I am a rather new T1D. I have learned so much from your posts. Thank you, and Merry Christm… --- ## [Returning member in need](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/returning-member-in-need/14022)
**Author:** [@bob.carlson](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bob.carlson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/returning-member-in-need/14022 "2023-08-04T18:18:40Z")
I’m in Boston for my son’s surgery and my G6 sensor just got pulled out. Can anyone spare one? The Joslin Center couldn’t even part with one! I can drive to pick up. Thanks for your help! BobCarlson Please PM Bob if you… --- ## [Januvia recommended for Adult onset T1?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/januvia-recommended-for-adult-onset-t1/13995)
**Author:** [@jpf](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jpf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/januvia-recommended-for-adult-onset-t1/13995 "2023-07-26T06:57:49Z")
Hi all- Has anyone had experience with or heard anything about Januvia for people with T1 LADA? My new endo recommended it saying it helps lower glucose levels and my c-peptide test has me at the right level for trying… --- ## [FOTF Drop](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fotf-drop/12642)
**Author:** [@Hammer](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Hammer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fotf-drop/12642 "2023-07-25T03:38:59Z")
Ok, after reading enough other people’s posts, it seems that people have DP and FOTF and they get spikes. I do raise my basals at night some because of changing BGs, but the weird part with me is that my FOTF reaction i… --- ## [How to talk to my kids' pediatrician about my LADA diagnosis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-talk-to-my-kids-pediatrician-about-my-lada-diagnosis/13954)
**Author:** [@jpf](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jpf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-talk-to-my-kids-pediatrician-about-my-lada-diagnosis/13954 "2023-07-18T19:06:37Z")
We are getting close to the yearly physicals around here and I know I need to update the kids’ pediatrician. Does anyone have any experience to share? I am recently diagnosed with LADA (January 23). I’m wondering if/h… --- ## [Longer walks needed to bring down BG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/longer-walks-needed-to-bring-down-bg/13851)
**Author:** [@jpf](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jpf)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/longer-walks-needed-to-bring-down-bg/13851 "2023-05-30T02:40:49Z")
Hi Everyone, I’ve noticed in the past 2 weeks that it’s taking a bit longer to bring down my BG on a post meal walk. Up til now, it’s taken about 30 minutes to stop the rise and get back down under 100 (usually between… --- ## [Bluejay GTS won't turn on](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bluejay-gts-wont-turn-on/12799)
**Author:** [@Dubdave](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Dubdave)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bluejay-gts-wont-turn-on/12799 "2023-05-02T04:47:38Z")
Hi guys, I have my bluejay GTS a couple of months. Working like a dream until yesterday. Fully charged since the day before. Working fine until lunchtime and then gone. Screen blank, won’t take a charge, won’t turn on. … --- ## [Blood Reading read out to you By a T1 Pro](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/blood-reading-read-out-to-you-by-a-t1-pro/13623)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/blood-reading-read-out-to-you-by-a-t1-pro/13623 "2023-02-26T20:34:18Z")
Just doing a full setup on how to do this but would also be great to add on setting it up too with Dexcom Server too. I do not use Dexcoms method so any tips on how to set it up from within xdrip+ Cloud Upload so I can a… --- ## [To Flu Shot or Not to Flu Shot? that is the question](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/to-flu-shot-or-not-to-flu-shot-that-is-the-question/1632)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/to-flu-shot-or-not-to-flu-shot-that-is-the-question/1632 "2022-11-28T03:42:29Z")
i get my flu shot every year. in fact, i just got mine this past wednesday. my endo discourages me from getting them. he says he doesn’t believe in them at all. ( i find this enormously peculiar, especially b/c he is a T… --- ## [What to expect from 1st endo appt](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-expect-from-1st-endo-appt/12032)
**Author:** [@amusesbouche](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amusesbouche)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-to-expect-from-1st-endo-appt/12032 "2022-07-18T14:28:05Z")
Relatively new to diabetes (I am insulin-dependent) and tomorrow I got off the waitlist to see my endocrinologist for the first time ever! I’ve spoken to him a couple of times over the past year but all via video visit d… --- ## [Tandem users help! Sending data to diabetic nurse](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-users-help-sending-data-to-diabetic-nurse/12877)
**Author:** [@Novo\_32g](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Novo_32g)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-users-help-sending-data-to-diabetic-nurse/12877 "2022-07-15T03:20:38Z")
Sending data to diabetc nurse while using Bluejay watch, Dexcom G6 and Tandem x2 pump. No phone. Do i need a phone with xdrip installed? My nurse is requesting i use Dexcom Clarity app. Im in Canada --- ## [High right after exercise?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-right-after-exercise/12424)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-right-after-exercise/12424 "2022-02-28T13:16:31Z")
Has anyone experienced this one before??? BC its brand new to me: When I used to be more active (before my surgery, obviously), at the end of my exercise my BGs would continue to go lower for the first half hour since I… --- ## [Sweeteners](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sweeteners/4403)
**Author:** [@samia](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/samia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sweeteners/4403 "2021-11-28T17:30:14Z")
Hi guys, I am Samia, family member had Diabetes, and I really love sweet things and I find it complicated to stop every kind of sweetener… Plus, I looove pancakes and how am I supposed to eat it now?? I am looking for th… --- ## [Another new study concludes (yet again) that diabetes is a major risk factor in COVID-19](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-new-study-concludes-yet-again-that-diabetes-is-a-major-risk-factor-in-covid-19/10002)
**Author:** [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-new-study-concludes-yet-again-that-diabetes-is-a-major-risk-factor-in-covid-19/10002 "2021-09-10T18:44:21Z")
This link only leads to the abstract, I think, and the one article I found discussing this study had a broken link. But this seems to be yet another study that concludes that diabetes is among the major risk factors for … --- ## [Early stages LADA, glucose all over the place](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/early-stages-lada-glucose-all-over-the-place/11653)
**Author:** [@Caterpillar](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Caterpillar)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/early-stages-lada-glucose-all-over-the-place/11653 "2021-08-04T19:53:19Z")
Hi. I’m new here. A few weeks ago my doctor told me she suspects that I’m in the early stages of LADA. Day to day, my blood glucose is all over the place. Even from the same number of carbs, one day I’ll be relatively lo… --- ## [Water, Hydration and Kidney Problems](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/water-hydration-and-kidney-problems/2819)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/water-hydration-and-kidney-problems/2819 "2020-10-19T01:08:05Z")
just curious: whenever i have my 3 month blood work done, i get results showing that i am de-hydrated and am told i am not drinking enough water. i take a lot of medications which do indeed cause dehydration, and i do dr… --- ## [Best low treatment](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/best-low-treatment/1668 "2020-08-08T19:02:41Z")
I know this is pretty individual and what works for someone may not work for someone else, but just to get a starting place…what do you use for lows? This may be horrible to admit, but I have been very bad about consiste… --- ## [DexCom G6 App](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g6-app/10078)
**Author:** [@Nannybird4](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nannybird4)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g6-app/10078 "2020-07-30T22:55:47Z")
Hello, I have a DexCom G6, but cannot get the app to run on my new phone. New phone is a LG Stylo 6. Any help would be greatly appreciated , if there are any hacks or different apps to get the alerts to work on my phone… --- ## [Issues with Omnipod sites](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/issues-with-omnipod-sites/10067)
**Author:** [@Darruda10](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Darruda10)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/issues-with-omnipod-sites/10067 "2020-07-29T22:17:01Z")
Hello everyone, I recently started on Omnipod and I wasn’t having issues with the first pod, but the second and third site have given me some issues. It appears that when I try to place the pod on my legs it the next da… --- ## [Kids with COVID-19 and pediatric multi-inflammatory syndrome are now exhibiting diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/kids-with-covid-19-and-pediatric-multi-inflammatory-syndrome-are-now-exhibiting-diabetes/9813)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/kids-with-covid-19-and-pediatric-multi-inflammatory-syndrome-are-now-exhibiting-diabetes/9813 "2020-06-25T19:39:10Z")
This is scary. I am sure these parents must feel awful. Though I wonder if we could potentially learn something about the mechanisms of disease occurring in T1 by studying some of these children. --- ## [Strictly About Pizza](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/strictly-about-pizza/3314)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/strictly-about-pizza/3314 "2020-04-20T17:11:59Z")
I know that we already have a pizza thread, but when on it, we have veered is many different directions, so the info that i have been looking for i have not found. so here goes: i would like to eat 2 slices of regular c… --- ## [How much wait time after insulin dose?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-much-wait-time-after-insulin-dose/8519)
**Author:** [@Jan](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-much-wait-time-after-insulin-dose/8519 "2020-03-30T03:28:00Z")
Just curious about how much time you typically wait after dosing insulin before eating (I inject Humalog and use Lantus), and what factors you use to adjust the timing. --- ## [Insulin Stacking Question - Educator confusing the bejeezus out of me](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-stacking-question-educator-confusing-the-bejeezus-out-of-me/9376)
**Author:** [@Jess](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jess)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-stacking-question-educator-confusing-the-bejeezus-out-of-me/9376 "2020-03-05T17:42:26Z")
So here’s the situation: Dinner Last night (BG 110) is 43 carbs at 8PM. We MDI with Dexcom G6 (though these levels are verified with meter). I dose Liam 1.5 (1 per 25) levels are solid between 100-150 (150 for a tiny b… [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-type-1-lada/new-t1-lada-diagnosis/30.md?page=1)