Here’s one that’s frustrating:
Being woken up when your little PWD wets the bed and has 431 BG, because of a pump malfunction.
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I may need to put this information elsewhere : Fairlife milk is better for diabetics than conventional milk (regular, low fat, organic…etc).
If one thinks about it, we all probably are… I never reuse lancets (think I changed the last one out maybe a year ago…its a bit dull)… nor have I ever reused pen needles, syringes, nor saved SkinTac wipes for later use. 
heheheheh
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You’re bad. I change my lancets every couple of years and I use the same needle until the Tresiba vial is empty.
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This helps a lot. I buy boxes of the Muscle Milk Lite (fewer carbs vs. full-on) and drink a couple of these a day throughout the day. Comes out to around 260 extra cals. per day. Add it to my morning coffee too… yum 
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i drink the Boost Shakes in chocolate. they are made by Nestlie. they are high calorie, low carb, high protein and D-friendly. my GI doc turned me onto them for when my Gastropareses flares up. but i drink them all the time. of course you’re right about shaking the living-sh** out of them and making certain that they are very cold. but they are my version of a milk shake. mm good. 
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i recently got turned on to the Fairlife Milk. its low in carbs and higher in protein and they make it Lactose Free. i drink the full fat whole milk, though, and not the low-fat kind. it tastes better, too.
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when i was on MDI i used to inject right through my blue jeans. (and i would also recycle my needles and never change my lancets until they would no longer extract any blood)
I think after dealing with diabetes for 47 years my least favorite aspect is the mental stress of management of diabetes. I actually like talking about my disease to help educate other people and I can put up with the finger sticks watching my food exercise and trying to do the right things for myself but the mental aspect of this disease is brutal where’s my blood sugar before I exercise before I drive the car before I be with my grandbaby before I go to bed before a company meeting etc etc etc. The mental stress of management of this disease affects my blood sugar on a daily basis what works for me one day doesn’t work the next. The 24-7 aspect of diabetes is by far my least favorite thing sometimes you just need a mental break from this disease but that’s not possible. I just want to say I have been a diabetic type 1 for 47 years and I’ve tried my best all these years to manage diabetes the best I can it has paid off cuz I have no consequences of diabetes what-so-ever right now knock on wood it gets tough but you can live a long life.
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I thought I was bad…I’ve never thought of injection thru clothes! However, In my case: I prefill bolus syringes with 30 units, and use them intermittently until gone (probably up to 10 injections with each syringe, wiping with alcohol swab after injection and before next injection). I never travel with the vials, just make sure I have enough prefilled syringes and I’m good to go.
I replace lancets monthly, plus or minus.
now i feel pathetic. i dont even bother with the alcohol swabs. but i dont reuse needles. (well, maybe i used to when i was on MDI.) since on the pump, i rarely use syringes, so i just chuck them after i use them.
DM - you are not alone (I do the same things)! 
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do you inject through your clothing too?
I’ve injected through clothing numerous times while out and about, at least until I figured out my arms were a pretty decent injection spot, so now I mostly use those whenever I’m out of the house.
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i think that one of the reasons i would inject through my jeans was b/c i was at a dinner table in a restaurant or visiting friends/family and did not want to be bothered to get up from the table. also, i would inject my thigh, where no one could see me doing it. i like doing my arms as well. but my needles are so short that it really doesnt matter which spot i use; i can barely feel a thing.
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I haven’t been brave enough to try my thighs…I can see my veins very clearly, and there’s a LOT of them, so I’m fearful of injecting directly into one, no matter the likelihood of that actually happening…
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i love to use my thighs for my IM injections b/c they are solid muscle, and so i get the results that i want rather quickly. i have only hit a cappilary/vein once in all my time. give it a try on a day you are feeling audacious and brave. 
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LOL mine are definitely not solid muscle. 
It’s likely to take me a few years before I’m comfortable doing an IM injection.
eric forced me to do it 
(also, i love immediate gratification, which is, for the most part, what you get when you do an IM; insulin is absorbed MUCH faster than a subq shot or pump shot; quickly in, quickly out ; takes all of 2 hours to be out of your body so you dont have to have IOB for 4+ hours)
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See, that sounds like Afrezza (starts working within 12 mins and gone after an hour), which I use for those quick corrections. With my muscle disorder, I’m wary of messing with my muscles, plus they hurt more than the average person’s muscles, and I’m a bit of a wimp. Almost every injection/finger prick hurts as it is!
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