# VDISC study
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA
**Created:** [July 12, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587 "2021-07-12T13:30:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@mike\_g](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mike_g)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/1 "2021-07-12T13:30:06Z")
You may have already seen this, but here is a study trialing virtual diabetes management:
[https://studies.jaeb.org/ndocs/vdisc/Participant/ProtocolVDiSC/VDiSCInfo.aspx](https://studies.jaeb.org/ndocs/vdisc/Participant/ProtocolVDiSC/VDiSCInfo.aspx)
I believe they set you up with a Dexcom for a year as part of the study. Might be worth checking out,
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### Author:  [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/2 "2021-07-12T17:58:01Z")
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**Participants may not:**
- use a closed loop system (a system with an insulin pump and CGM that shares information and adjusts your insulin dose automatically)`
I’m on DIY Loop so do not qualify.
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### Author:  [@mike\_g](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mike_g)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/3 "2021-07-12T18:14:02Z")
An important caveat, thanks for pointing that out!
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/4 "2021-07-13T03:55:48Z")
> [@Trying](#):
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> I’m on DIY Loop so do not qualify.
I am also not qualified…
> This team will work with you to make changes that will help you take care of your diabetes and provide support for stress related to diabetes management.
…cuz I don’t listen to anyone. 😂
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### Author:  [@mike\_g](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mike_g)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/5 "2021-07-13T03:57:31Z")
Imma gonna give it a try… I’m kind of low tech character when it comes to insulin delivery
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/6 "2021-07-13T13:57:26Z")
> [@Eric](#):
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> …cuz I don’t listen to anyone. 😂
We are definitely a product of you then, @Eric. The only people I really listen too are here in FUD. 😆
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/7 "2021-07-13T15:12:39Z")
> [@mike\_g](#):
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> Imma gonna give it a try
I hope you will share with us some of the guidelines and insight they give you. See if they match up with what we do or don’t do!
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### Author:  [@MarkP](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MarkP)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/8 "2021-07-13T20:44:32Z")
What if that person has 20 hours of training, scored 70 percent or better on a multiple choice exam with unlimited retries, and the word consultant or specialist in their title?
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/9 "2021-07-13T21:14:07Z")
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### Author:  [@mike\_g](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mike_g)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/10 "2021-07-19T20:10:23Z")
Had an initial consultation by phone last week. The lady I’m working with (CDE/LD) has apparently been a T1D for many years, and is currently using a libre CGM.
So far, so good. Maybe we’ll both learn something?
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### Author:  [@MarkP](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MarkP)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/11 "2021-07-20T00:23:39Z")
I recall one time at lunch with new acquaintances…people were talking about their jobs and the lady said she was a dietician for diabetics. She asked me how I structure my diet so I gave her the rundown. Afterwards, she said “oh, that would never work.” I asked her the proportion of her diabetics with a healthy a1c, or that she coached into a healthy a1c…silence.
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### Author:  [@MarkP](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MarkP)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/12 "2021-07-20T00:26:01Z")
My endo is t1d and it has made all the difference in the world. When I first met him, I told him some of the “advice” I had received…“he said oh, that’s bullshit.” It was at that point, I knew a found a good one.
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### Author:  [@mike\_g](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/mike_g)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/vdisc-study/11587/13 "2021-07-20T04:25:38Z")
I’m sure some of my management protocol is outside of their recommendations, we’ll find out soon. Diet should be ok by their standards, I’m guessing, since I eat about 50% carbs if I’m working out.
Most of the reason I have been allowed to manage in the way I prefer is my PCP is my diabetes doc. He diagnosed me accurately as a type 1 (at age 28) in a single visit, and prescribed MDI with basal and bolus at the very same visit. No messing around with endos, except for that one time in about 2006, when I asked to see one, thinking there was something I was missing out on… Not a good visit. He wanted me to visit frequently and he’d do the tweaking. No dice.