Hi drwebber!
Welcome to FUD. This is the best D site for parents. The smartest D parents in the world post here and there is a lot to learn from them all.
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Welcome to the forum @shott, I am looking forward to reading some of your posts!
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Iām a father of 13 year old T1 diagnosed 2 years ago. Looking for sharing of info and support other sharing my experiences.
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Welcome @vilhelmmar, My son was diagnosed about 2 years ago at the age of 12. There is a bunch of information contained in our discussions, but even more support from those in the same boat. Welcome!
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Nice to meet you, @vilhelmmar! Iām parent to a, nearly 4 year old, who was diagnosed Feb 2016. Looking forward to learning from you! Lots of parents of T1ās here so lots of knowledge!
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@Thasgolas welcome Thas! Glad to see you here.
And welcome to all the other new members joining, sometimes we donāt see youāre here until you start posting!
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Welcome, @vilhelmmar! My T1 son is 13 and was diagnosed 2 years ago. I look forward to your posts!
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@Thasgolas, it is great to see you here, welcome!
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@Thasgolas, welcome. And donāt get any ideas. They have a visceral hatred of Doublets over on this side.
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Did you see that they rebooted the doublets thread elsewhere? That was exciting and unforeseen. What a curve ball!
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Welcome @Thasgolas. I can only speak for myself, but I donāt hate doublets. Itās a great post-padder for any community. I just want our community to be mostly made up of substantive posts that help the community and people dealing with Diabetes. Weāre all about levity, but in moderation. Like our Singlets vs Doublets thread, or our WKFUD all-dedication line.
Welcome again and I look forward to reading your posts!
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Clarification: Weāre all wise-asses or use humor as part of our therapy, so while humor is intermixed in our threads, we donāt want thousands of worthless posts that donāt have any added value. Hope that clarifies things. 
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hi!
im 40 years old that has had diabetes for almost 11 years (was LADA and now type 1). I am from Massachusetts where it is cold right now and i dont like it. over on tu im amy2 but i decided to do something different over here. I started off doing MDI then in 2010 i started on my first animas pump named kermit because it was green. When kermit malfunctioned i got another green one named yoda. Yoda malfunctioned and got a loaner blue and then got a blue one who is currently named tardis (doctor who). I use the dexcom that is attached to the animas vibe and in the process of deciding what to do now that animas is going out of business. Overall i enjoy music and penguins (an obession of mine). so that is me in a nutshell.
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Our sons pump name is Fred and his CGM is called Bob! Itās funny how do many people name their d supplies! Welcome! Great to have you here!
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Hey Amy !!!
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you mean im not that weird in naming my pump! WAHOO! when i get another one even tho it isnt going to be a colored one ill still name it 
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hi thomas!
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@amymc, it is great to see you join us, welcome!
My teen son is not quite two years into T1. We have three cats (and one dog). But our pump and CGM donāt have names (yet).
Looking forward to seeing your posts on the forum!
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ive already commented on a lot of threads :D. and yes i like to name my pumps. it makes it fun and not boring and not sad to know oh i have diabetes, etc.
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Hello everyone! This site seems to have a lot of well informed people, and Iām glad you created it! 
Iām a fellow T1, and Iāve had diabetes for 22 years (diagnosed at 8). Thankfully no complications as of yet (fingers crossed that continues)! I used to be on a pump, but had trouble with the sites and switched to MDI (Lantus/Humalog) about 2 years ago. Just before switching, I started on the Dexcom G5, and I think thatās been really helpful in tightening my control- though thereās always, always more work to do on that front 
Last A1c was 5.7, but my average blood sugar level is more around 130 w/ s.d. of 40 (my A1c has just always been lower than youād expect based on my blood sugar levels).
I live in downtown Washington, DC and work as an actuary (all that carb counting paid off apparently). I love it here- though the overall mood of the city has changed a bit in the last year, and I often feel the urge to sneer as I walk past the white house. I live with an adorable, sweet cat that likely talks/meows more than a human would sigh. My family lives on the other side of the country, and I have a sister with T1, addisonās, and thyroid disease (I think this is called Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome). She definitely got the short end of the stick, and Iām honestly not sure how sheās capable of dealing with all of it at such a young age. Iām hopeful weāre genetically inclined against complications so she (and I!) wonāt have to deal with anymore crap.
I feel really lucky to have all the tools I need to manage my diabetes. I also think itās awesome that we can reach out to other fellow T1ās so easily with our questions (as far as management goes, you guys have waaaay better ideas than my doctors). Thanks for sharing all your experiences!
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