# Latest **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=162 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 163 --- ## [Sam's story](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sams-story/712)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sams-story/712 "2018-01-02T18:06:13Z")
I was 29 years old. I had been noticing I was losing weight for some several weeks, and very thirsty. I had actually been teasing my wife about it.. "see how easy is is to lose weight haha" while she was actively dieti… --- ## [Glucose-responsive patch improves Type-2 diabetes insulin response in mice](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-responsive-patch-improves-type-2-diabetes-insulin-response-in-mice/3056)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucose-responsive-patch-improves-type-2-diabetes-insulin-response-in-mice/3056 "2018-01-02T17:44:42Z")
This November 2017 study, in mice, shows improved insulin response for T2 diabetes when using a patch that responds to glucose levels and injects an insulin-stimulating substance: This is an interesting study, in my e… --- ## [Low alert repeat increment on touchscreen G5?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/low-alert-repeat-increment-on-touchscreen-g5/3048)
**Author:** [@mwashburn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mwashburn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/low-alert-repeat-increment-on-touchscreen-g5/3048 "2018-01-02T02:47:41Z")
Hi All- I received a G5 touchscreen last week but decided not to use it since I couldn’t see any advantages over the push button G5. I’m about to give Dexcom feedback on it and the G5 mobile app. I have a question for s… --- ## [How to help prediabetic friend with poor exercise habit](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-help-prediabetic-friend-with-poor-exercise-habit/3047)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-to-help-prediabetic-friend-with-poor-exercise-habit/3047 "2018-01-01T23:54:03Z")
--- ## [Eggnog... to treat lows](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/eggnog-to-treat-lows/3041)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/eggnog-to-treat-lows/3041 "2018-01-01T20:22:39Z")
Still working through the eggnog before it is no longer available in the stores! --- ## [How Many Carbs Do You Take to Correct Lows?/ how long do you wait for result?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-many-carbs-do-you-take-to-correct-lows-how-long-do-you-wait-for-result/2909)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-many-carbs-do-you-take-to-correct-lows-how-long-do-you-wait-for-result/2909 "2018-01-01T20:11:02Z")
AS many of you know, i like to use Glucose tablets to treat my lows. even though they are considered “fast acting” i have never found this to be very true. sometimes i will notice that my Bgs may come up within a half ho… --- ## [Snippets of Liam's 4th birthday - 12302017](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/snippets-of-liams-4th-birthday-12302017/3033)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/snippets-of-liams-4th-birthday-12302017/3033 "2018-01-01T14:29:53Z")
He loved his toys (and the cake/chocolate). @Eric Liams 4th birthday - 12302017 --- ## [My very best 2018 New Year wishes to us all and to FUD!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-very-best-2018-new-year-wishes-to-us-all-and-to-fud/3039)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-very-best-2018-new-year-wishes-to-us-all-and-to-fud/3039 "2018-01-01T02:09:19Z")
FUD is such a part of my life now that it seems impossible it has only existed for 9 months. Not even a year! And yet I feel closer to all of us (I don’t even feel like saying “you,” it feels like it always should be “u… --- ## [Everything non-D we COULD share](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/everything-non-d-we-could-share/3030)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/everything-non-d-we-could-share/3030 "2017-12-31T20:41:43Z")
--- ## [A better definition of a bad low](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-better-definition-of-a-bad-low/3014)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-better-definition-of-a-bad-low/3014 "2017-12-31T18:16:17Z")
You may hear this question from your Endo, something like “How many low blood sugars do you experience in a week?” The problem is that their definition of “low BG” is not very good. They define a low BG as anything belo… --- ## [How Do You Celebrate The Holidays?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-celebrate-the-holidays/2885)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-celebrate-the-holidays/2885 "2017-12-31T16:15:29Z")
well Thanksgiving is behind us, Chanukah is half way through, and Christmas and New Years are approaching. what are some of the special things that you do to celebrate these festivals of light and joy? food, family, gi… --- ## [About the non-D sub-category](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/about-the-non-d-sub-category/260)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/about-the-non-d-sub-category/260 "2017-03-29T19:28:10Z")
Share any and all non-Diabetes things you are interested in :slight\_smile: --- ## [Junior's Low Carb Cheesecake](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/juniors-low-carb-cheesecake/3016)
**Author:** [@kenrick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/kenrick)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/juniors-low-carb-cheesecake/3016 "2017-12-30T23:06:35Z")
My awesome wife bought me a Junior’s Low Carb Cheesecake for Christmas and I’d like to say it is totally legit. It didn’t mess with my blood sugar at all and it has all the creamy deliciousness I would expect from a New … --- ## [Blood sugar insanity](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/blood-sugar-insanity/2500)
**Author:** [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/blood-sugar-insanity/2500 "2017-12-30T16:11:10Z")
When things get like this (the past two to three days, basically) I don’t even know where to start. It just seems like everything is wrong!! \[IMG\_0070\] I go back to my highly variable work on Wednesday…hopefully I can … --- ## [Two Years ago, this week. (Warning, long and rambling thoughts encountered below)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/two-years-ago-this-week-warning-long-and-rambling-thoughts-encountered-below/3015)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/two-years-ago-this-week-warning-long-and-rambling-thoughts-encountered-below/3015 "2017-12-30T03:24:22Z")
This was the week two years ago that my son spent his first full week at home with Diabetes. Below you will find some ramblings and musings from when we first got out of the hospital to today. Sharing this with mere mo… --- ## [To all your runners out there](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/to-all-your-runners-out-there/3017)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/to-all-your-runners-out-there/3017 "2017-12-30T01:32:50Z")
As you know, I ran pretty much every day for 11 years when in the Army, and, since getting out in 2002 I’ve not run at all except as “warm-ups” in my other training that I do. I saw this today and thought you guy guys a… --- ## [Diabetes and dental care: why Philips Sonicare vs Braun OralB?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/diabetes-and-dental-care-why-philips-sonicare-vs-braun-oralb/251)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/diabetes-and-dental-care-why-philips-sonicare-vs-braun-oralb/251 "2017-12-29T21:58:06Z")
@docslotnick, why do you (and other diabetic dentists) recommend Philips Sonicare vs Braun OralB, which appears to an outsider to be quite similar? --- ## [Combined strip and lancing DEVICE](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/combined-strip-and-lancing-device/440)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/combined-strip-and-lancing-device/440 "2017-12-29T18:31:45Z")
Combined strip and lancing DEVICE Similar to the last one I showed, except this one has an automatic lancing device instead of the manual lancet holder I posted before (to me it doesn't really matter, any poke in the f… --- ## [Carrying insulin in freezing weather](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/carrying-insulin-in-freezing-weather/3001)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/carrying-insulin-in-freezing-weather/3001 "2017-12-29T18:07:05Z")
We have been in Canada for almost 10 days, walking outdoors many hours a day, always in freezing weather, typically in the low single digits (Fahrenheit), sometimes subzero (Fahrenheit). We normally use a very small gl… --- ## [FYI for xdrip+ users](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fyi-for-xdrip-users/3013)
**Author:** [@Osoblu](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Osoblu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fyi-for-xdrip-users/3013 "2017-12-29T16:35:33Z")
The last few days I got a couple of warnings that my 75 day old transmitter was about to fail. Well yesterday it failed. I got a ??0! on my main screen. I fired up my dexcom receiver and was promptly given the transmitt… --- ## [Prepping for intense exercise](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/prepping-for-intense-exercise/2997)
**Author:** [@hoya](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/hoya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/prepping-for-intense-exercise/2997 "2017-12-29T03:53:34Z")
@Eric referred to you on the tudiabetes forum… here you have some wisdom on how to prep for intense cardio or lifting… what strategies for lowering basals or carb intake… slow, fast, medium etc. Your thoughts would be a… --- ## [Atrial Fibrillation and T1D (and T2D), too](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/atrial-fibrillation-and-t1d-and-t2d-too/2995)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/atrial-fibrillation-and-t1d-and-t2d-too/2995 "2017-12-28T20:01:29Z")
Interesting study. Seems that atrial fibrillation is associated with Type 1 Diabetes, and indirectly linked with A1C but only if people sustained end organ damage --- ## [Salt and Drinking Water](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/salt-and-drinking-water/2987)
**Author:** [@EricH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/EricH)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/salt-and-drinking-water/2987 "2017-12-28T16:38:13Z")
This question is not going to be about blood sugar management or diabetes directly, but instead focuses on GI health and nutrition. While traveling overseas, my Austrian friend tells me, “I don’t drink water before eati… --- ## [Where to get Dexcom transmitter in California?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/where-to-get-dexcom-transmitter-in-california/1438)
**Author:** [@drpepper68](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/drpepper68)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/where-to-get-dexcom-transmitter-in-california/1438 "2017-12-28T16:17:12Z")
Forgot my new transmitter back in TX so I got a new script but CVS can’t even get it out here they say. They said they’ve never even had anyone use it before so we’re clueless! So my opinion of California just sank even… --- ## [A single 1/2 cup of milk (6 grams of carbs)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-single-1-2-cup-of-milk-6-grams-of-carbs/1265)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-single-1-2-cup-of-milk-6-grams-of-carbs/1265 "2017-12-28T04:35:42Z")
Liam was dangling around 70 so we decided to just give him one unbolused snack of 6g (one half cup of milk). This is the result. He's currently 222 and still double arrows up. \[image\] double arrows up: \[image\] --- ## [Combined strip and lancet holder](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/combined-strip-and-lancet-holder/414)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/combined-strip-and-lancet-holder/414 "2017-12-27T21:40:45Z")
The DIY Gear Cat was empty, so I figured I would get it started… When I look at the things they make for diabetics to carry stuff around, I always think, “What about for the guys?”. Much of that stuff is so huge and ca… --- ## [OpenAPS in the popular press](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/openaps-in-the-popular-press/2986)
**Author:** [@EricH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/EricH)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/openaps-in-the-popular-press/2986 "2017-12-27T21:12:47Z")
Here’s a kind of high-level public interest piece about OpenAPS and the two principal co-inventors of the system: Alabamian with diabetes built her own artificial pancreas, gives away plan for free --- ## [Do You Exchange Gifts For Christmas? what was your favorite?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-exchange-gifts-for-christmas-what-was-your-favorite/2962)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/do-you-exchange-gifts-for-christmas-what-was-your-favorite/2962 "2017-12-27T19:06:07Z")
i dont celebrate christmas, but i do celebrate the 8 days of chanukka. each evening we light the candles and sing our prayers together as a family. when i was a child, we would receive 1 gift for every night. i remember… --- ## [Flying and variation in pump output](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/flying-and-variation-in-pump-output/1941)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/flying-and-variation-in-pump-output/1941 "2017-12-27T18:46:11Z")
The subject came up in a discussion with @TravelingOn recently. It turns out that there is some evidence of slight variations in insulin delivery from a pump when flying, due to variations in atmospheric pressure. This … --- ## [My holiday wishes to everyone](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-holiday-wishes-to-everyone/2932)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-holiday-wishes-to-everyone/2932 "2017-12-27T15:43:04Z")
Hi Everyone, There is so much I want to say to each of you individually, but I could never fit it all in. Just wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, season’s greetings and a very Happy New Year. He… [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=161) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md?page=163)