NAILING THAT PASTA BOLUS // type 1 diabetes day in isolation
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- čas přidán 24. 03. 2020
- I'm back with another diabetes vlog while in isolation! I'm now into week 3 of isolation, and doing well! One silver lining is that I now have more time to focus on things like prebolusing! Please say hi in the comments and let me know how you are doing! Stay tuned for some more diabetes content from quarantine :)
My t:slim pump clip: amzn.to/3v9k1ak
See more of my T1D life on Instagram: @miche_lo
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DISCLAIMER: I am not a healthcare professional. Do not take any of the content on this channel as medical advice. Always talk with your diabetes education team or primary care physician before making changes to your diabetes management.
It’s so refreshing to hear someone else gets excited about “naked showers”! You don’t realize how much you take things like that for granted until they become a rarity!
Ha ha didn't know anyone else felt that way. It IS a joy to feel "normal" with a "naked shower". Thanks Michelle I have a name for it now lol. It's like a holiday and I only have a pump.
Thank you for your words of support of healthcare employees. I'm an essential healthcare worker with T1D.
Hello Michelle! I enjoyed your message today regarding staying in and also eating pasta, which I’ve avoided for a long time because of the spikes in my bs. I would take enough insulin but it would actually hit my bs and make me drop low before the pasta hit my bs. I will have to do some trials because I do like pasta. I am now working from home 4 days a week for a major grocery company (office job) and it is going well for me. Hopefully this pandemic will be over sooner than it currently looks like but until than, stay safe and healthy! Mary
Great job with these videos Michelle. I’m a (recently) retired video production teacher (Type 1). I could have used many of your videos as samples in my class. 👏👏 Audio, lighting, location, framing and, of course, scripting (or at least being prepared). But I only recently discovered your channel. Thanks though. At minimum, your stories have left me feeling assured that I’m not the only one going through these G5, G6 + pump growing pains. I’ve learned a lot. Good luck surviving the pandemic.
I'm on multiple shots a day and I can't wait to get a pump. Hope you have stable blood sugars
Hi Michelle! I know this is a older video that you made but I just watched it and thanks for all you do in putting it together!
Thanks for sharing these videos Michelle.I just got my cgm 4 days ago. Its incredible to see whats happening in the body every 5 mins😍. Next will be the insulin pump.
Loved the comment about isolation helping you to stabilise your sugars a bit, I'm seeing that too. I've decided that it's other people who cause my control to wander, all those distractions and interruptions! Although living by myself I'm sure as time goes by I'll also be recognising the value of good friends and family!!!
I'm so jealous of the naked shower - I think that's only happened to me once or twice!! Hope it was fun! :-)
I like the light. Butter knife, spatula, or putty knife, just different names for a flat edge--if it works it works.
Nice pasta numbers!
Thanks Alex! Haha the butter knife worked wonders :P
Hey Hey! Love your vlogs at this time! I'm waiting on my t-slim to be covered by my insurance company and I am currently obsessing over basal-iq.. I CAN NOT WAIT. I was looping but since isolating it has not been working so I'm back to good old me and my Omnipod. Basal-iq would be so nice right now.
Thanks for this inspiring video Michelle. I needed some encouragement to find ways to exercise while home and fix my basal intakes for this time being. Your videos always inspire me 😘
Hi Michelle thanks for the great video. ♥️. I bet it felt great with no devices on. Wonderful. I workout in my basement which is great for me and I take my puppies for a walk in the late afternoon. My blood sugar has been pretty good. I find pasta tricky too. Getting better at it but thanks for the tip I have never measured it in a cup usually just weight it on my scale. Gonna try that for sure. Take care. 🙋♀️
That sounds like a good routine, Diana! I'm glad you are able to stay active during this time :)
I'm sure a scale would work just as well as a measuring cup - I just can't find my scale at the moment :p
Thankyou Michael, a nice fun blog, in such troubling times 😊
Great job staying stable with pasta and yeah for naked showers! It's amazing how awesome it feels :)
Haha thanks! Hope you are well ❤️
Congrats on staying between the lines!! With pasta no less! 🙌 I’ve noticed that leftover pasta spikes less in general. Anything that has been cooked then cooled (or frozen) seems to reduce the GI.
Haha thanks! I feel like it's rare to stay in between the lines with pasta :P. That is such an interesting observation about the leftovers! I'll have to look out for that.
Amanda - I use one w/w lasagna noodle and make a perfect serving size for lasagna. I bake my little treat in a mini bread loaf pan. 16 gms of carbs for the pasta. I can't even eat all of it! Have it with salad. Hope you are well!
Yes it does!
To reduce GI of the pasta , boil it the night before you have to eat it put it in the refrigerator !!
Fortunately I’m still honeymooning 9 months down the LADA line,,, just bolusing for extra carbs but not long acting insulin...
That's great! Honeymooning is the best :)
Hi fro Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am a newbie to Dexcom/T-Slim X2, and seeing you crushing it is giving me great poi ters. At 65, and having been a Diabetic since 1981, it is nice to know that an old dog can learn new tricks. Keep it up!
Thanks so much Rick! I'm sure I could learn a lot from all your experience with T1D. Stay well :)
Yes
Stay safe Michelle!
I hope you have stable blood sugar :)
Thank you! You too :)
@@MichelleLord i find your information about type 1 diabetes very informative and interesting
Also new subscriber here! ^v^
Great Video yet again!!! I was wondering if you find other foods that give such a hard time to calculate. Pizza kills my sugars so I have to stay away from it. I give exactly the right insulin but 8 hours later my sugars rocket.
Michelle, nice to hear that you are doing fine during quarunteen. I'm using a Medtronic 530G and thought you were on that prior to the Tandem T-Slim. How long past warranty did you use your prior pump? Thanks much.
My stubborn self has finally started measuring my pasta and prebolusing, definitely so much more helpful! Glad to see that beautiful post pasta blood sugar. Thank you for the vlog, nice to see what you're doing in isolation! I have been doing yoga and watching movies in my quarantine... Found myself snacking a lot, so I am trying to get into some new hobbies and try newer activities.
Isn't it crazy how helpful it is to measure and pre bolus? I always forget, until I start doing it again haha.
Not snacking is so tricky! You are smart to try some new hobbies as a distraction, plus it's always fun to try something new :)
Girl, you are a blessing! I always forget to shower when I have to change all of my devices and do it afterwards. I’m always really mad and promise myself do it next time. Today is a day where I have to change my sensor and my pump site and you uploaded this video as a reminder for my naked shower. Tysm! That’s what I’m going to do now :D
Aww you are so sweet! I'm so glad this video served as a reminder, and I hope you enjoyed your naked shower haha!
Way to go lady well done!
haha thanks!
I'm in the pet food business, which falls under essential services in Ontario. I'm kinda opposite of you though, it's been crazy hectic at work. I've been much more active and I've seen just how much that affects my insulin use. I used to average in the 80-100 units of insulin per day, but I had one day last week where I only used 58 and was in range 80% of the day.
Omg I can't even imagine how crazy busy you would be right now!! It makes sense that your insulin requirements would decrease. Thanks for working so hard during these times, and stay well!
Wow that is crazy.
@@MichelleLord it sucks being this busy, but it's a great distraction from everything else.
So that’s what that means! Haha I’ve been hearing/seeing that on T1D pages on fb I follow and I never understand it but now I do! Thanks for explaining it :) Hope everything is going well for you guys. I really need to find some kind of exercise/yoga for myself to do especially during these times now. I just want to feel more relaxed and it’s difficult too because I also have RA and I’ve been having problems with my stomach so I don’t feel very good most of the time unfortunately.
Haha I'm happy I could explain :). I'm sorry that you are also dealing with RA right now. I hope you will feel well enough to do some indoor activity soon ❤️
Michelle Lord Thank you ❤️
Mine are art doing pros and cons of a t_slim insulin pump and Omnipod and Dance
God bless you my sister!
What r u working with?Hope u r studying something relating to medicine which can be taken in the form of tablets.
Hi from Georgia, USA. I’ve been struggling with snacking all day while home now. I’ve had some major spikes the last few days but hoping that adding in some walking will help.
I feel you! It's so hard not to snack. Staying active helps, but also, when I feel like snacking I will make myself a tea instead :)
Wish you good health and thanks for the videos. Pasta is always interesting. My son tends to go low before he gets the pasta spike. That’s wild to me you can prebolus pasta.
So interesting! Maybe it has to do with the type of pasta?... this one in particular was whole wheat with a lot of fibre.
Michelle Lord I’ll have to look. We all eat GF pasta because my daughter has Celiac. Darn autoimmune diseases.
Great job at keep things well controles while in quarantine. 👏👏👏 (Not wild about the idea of doing novice electric wiring or anything that could cause you to have to visit an ER at this moment, but glad you didn’t have any problems) 😊👍
Haha omg I know right? We were super careful though and turned the breaker off, so there was no chance of being electrocuted :)
Hi Michelle! Glad you are staying safe during this time! I work in a grocery store so isolating isn't really an option but I've been staying home as much as possible. Have you tried a yoga app called Down Dog? If not, I highly recommend it; it's been very beneficial to my yoga practice. Unfortunately, yoga studios and gyms are some of the only places that have actually closed due to the pandemic in my neighborhood, even with us being under a so called lockdown.
Hi! Thanks so much for all your hard work during this time. I can imagine your job has been stressful. I have never tried that app, so thank you for letting me know about it :)
Hi i hope your doing well, do you know any recipes i am carb counting and sometimes at the food store the shelves are bare.your such a big help
Would you be interested in seeing a "what I eat in a day" vlog where I show you what I'm cooking and share the recipe? I have been thinking about doing that in the future :)
I notice you wearing your G6 on your arm and I am wondering if you have had any issues with the connection to the Tslim as when I do I will sometimes get a number of interruptions in the connection even though the pump and the sensor are barely 12 inches away.
Hi! I have found that if I'm wearing it on my arm, the pump has to be on the same side of my body. If it is on the other side, then I will have connection problems.
I'm curious - I'm doing research into Dexcom, would you be able to do this with any other GCM ( libre, guardian connect, or the eversense)??? Seems like the other ones have so many limitations.
Do you mean connect to the t:slim insulin pump? Only Dexcom connects to this pump at the moment.
As a Scandinavian social distancing ain’t that difficult
I love naked showers I just put on a New Dex and site last week :(
Awww next time!
I just started wearing the Dexom G6. The instructions say to place the device on my stomach but I really hate wearing it there. I see that you wear it on your arm. That's where I used to wear my Freestyle Libra monitor which I like but my insurance decided not to cover it anymore. So my question is, does the G6 work well on your arm?
Yes, I find the Dexcom works well on my arm, BUT that is super personal. I know some T1Ds who have horrible accuracy on their arms and hate wearing it there. Then a lot of T1Ds love putting the Dexcom on their leg, and I hate the leg lol! I know this answer isn't helpful, but placement preference varies from person to person (from what I've seen in the T1D community). I would chat with your diabetes team and see what they think about placing the sensor in an unapproved spot :)
Hi 💁🏼♀️ great vlog! I shared it to my FB page. I keep track of my steps and walk inside, outside & run in place 🏃🏼♀️. Also I do youtube workouts! Rebecca Louise and Pamela Reif are nice ones to look at. Bye 💞
How do you like having your dexcom site that high up on your stomach I'm trying to find new places for my sites and I've never seen anyone do a site there
Great question...this is probably the highest I have ever placed my Dexcom. It is ok so far, but it was bothersome last night when I was doing ballet, and was digging into my ribs at points in the class haha. I don't think I will be placing it this high again to be honest.
@@MichelleLord you should do a video some of the places you have done your sites before and some of your favorites!!
I work in catering so we have give meals to all families and health care workers eat
You do very important work!!
we have a punching bag i’m 11 and since i cant go to the gym i facetime with coach ben (@benpiggin on insta) and i do some things like work on upper cuts and kicks and stuff like that
White toothpaste works for filling those nail holes! BTW, this is year 50 for me with T1D. 😏
Hmm toothpaste! Very interesting haha. Wow 50 years - you are a champ 💙💙
Can you recommend any sites for those of us with Type 2 diabetes? I know our challenges are not the same so it would help if you knew any to address type 2
Websites in general? Beyond Type 1 has now expanded into Beyond Type 2 :)
beyondtype2.org
How is your sugar?
Any tips you have I am a newly type 1 diabetes
Hi! Tips I would give to new type 1's: stay resilient and take one day at a time. Some days our blood sugar will be great, and some days it is out of our control, and that's ok. Just try your best to take care of yourself and that's all you can do! Stay happy and healthy 💙
@@MichelleLord how did your pasts tryn out no high blood sugar right?
How have you been
I'm doing really well thanks! Feeling very grateful for all that I have right now ❤️
Pilates, weights
My sister works in the medical field so I worry she is radiographer
Aww I can relate. I have a few medical doctors in my immediate family and I am always thinking of them. I hope your sister stays well ❤️
Why haven't you upgraded to control iq ? We just did it's been great!
We don't have it in Canada yet :(
So wait 15 -20 mins before you eat to see where yo bG at ?
It's different for everyone...But the general time to start with is 15 min. Always talk to your diabetes team before taking advice from some random girl on CZcams though ;), I'm not a medical doctor haha.
Meeting Dr IGUDIA CZcams channel was the beginning of a new life for me after using his herbs medication in curing my Diabetes disease.
You can go outside. It’s not the outside that dangerous ,it’s other people . Stay 6 feet away from any non family members.
Yes! It's so hard to keep that distance where I live though, so we are mainly staying inside for that reason.
So far this year 2020 I have spent U.K. 4000 pounds on fixing my house, new boiler & repointing the front brickwork because fixing the tv aerial that was torn out of the frontage taking bricks with it leaving a hole at the front of my house...
Yikes! I'm sorry to hear :(
Michelle Lord Thankyou Michelle for replying.. I appreciate you are so busy in your life.
Things suck but life also gives so much that is positive that I have no excuse moan.....even though I already did, shame on me!! x
Pasta 🙄 I just went low eating pasta 🤦🏽♀️
Oh no!! 🙈
Why does that happen? Im new with type1
do u have kids
Stay off the TTC
I haven't been on TTC in over 3 weeks lol. Trust me, I'm staying away :P