Type 1 Teacher

Diagnosed at the age of 25, I'm a high school teacher with type 1 diabetes just trying to get through life controlling my class and my blood sugar.

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Ultrasound time to see if my chronic pain has a source that can be fixed

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Walking the dogs sent me low but luckily my BFF had just dropped off freshly made mango ice cream.

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T1D Question

This morning I was bolusing for my cup of tea and I felt burning where I've got my set in my arm. It was like injecting levimir, but it's just my regular novorapid. I noticed the same thing last week when my set was in a different place, but it doesn't happen all the time.

Does anyone else ever get a random sharp burning feeling from a regular bolus?

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My three failed sets and the one that finally worked. One bent needle, two sites gushing blood and a functioning thigh set.

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I feel this is not quite what is usually meant by #diabeteslifehack

Last night I realised my lipstick was still on just as I got into bed. I didn’t want to get pink all over my already blood spotted white sheets and pillowcases and I didn’t want to get up. I couldn’t wipe it on my hand, because…same problem re: sheets. So cut to me using the side of my just used test strip to scrape off the lippy. Lipstick gone and chucked into my already gross kit. Sheets safe. Body snuggly.

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I'll admit it, I only clean out my old strips when they're so in the way that I can't fumble for my meter in the dark.

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woman: I hate how women and young girls are punished financially and socially for not wearing makeup

some fucking loser with no critical thinking skills: wow check your contour and fucked up brows, ugly

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??? Punished financially? How so?

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women who don’t wear makeup are paid less women who don’t wear makeup are seen as less credible in the workplace

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I'm a high school teacher in my 20s. There is a noticeable difference in the students' behaviour when I wear makeup. They are more likely to follow directions and they are generally nicer towards me.

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I've signed up for the JDRF One Walk again this year and I'm getting ready to rattle my collection tins at work. I think that the used insulin vials are a nice addition. I've also got flex pens, pump infusion set caps, a syringe (needle cut off), and bits of instruction manuals.

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That kind of day. I forgot I had an arm site and got too aggressive with my towelling off after my shower. I think it's the universe telling me something because I’d just decided I could go an extra day before a set change. Now I’m back to a site in my bum cheek but I’m still slow when I dry off my arms.

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I had a migraine last night and my mum helped me do a set change. She squealed and flapped her hands, but we got it done eventually and I have an arm set that's working well. I've been using my thighs lately, but the arm gives me much better BGs. I usually don't put it there because I wear my iPod in an armband when I run and it can feel weird. Hopefully this one is low enough that it won't be an issue.

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Yesterday was my second diaversary. To be honest I’ve been counting down but I forgot about it totally on the day. I “celebrated” with a low carb dinner and couch cuddles with my brother’s dog while we watched Fantastic Beasts.

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I've made up for it today.

The doffle was amazing and I'm temp basal/ square blousing my way through the day without skyrocketing BGs. I'm also officially a bar fly at the airport as I wait for my flight to board.

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Yesterday was my second diaversary. To be honest I've been counting down but I forgot about it totally on the day. I "celebrated" with a low carb dinner and couch cuddles with my brother's dog while we watched Fantastic Beasts.

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For the third day in a row my blood sugar is over 11 (about 200 in US measurement) two hours after breakfast. Last night I couldn't go to sleep because I was over 15 (270). I'm running higher than usual the rest of the time too.