Love this, Justin :)

Hey both. The content on this channel is always fascinating but this one hit me really hard - I've spent so many years thinking I must be the only gay diabetic. Of course I knew there must be others but this intersectionality resonates so deeply and is so moving. Thank you both.

I would be scared if my phone broke or something then how else can you give insulin?

my only complaint is that it is impossible to actually speak with someone if you have a problem. My first sensor failed after just 7 days and was lilkely due to my error so I applied the second sensor. I simply wanted to find out if they could send my next order early and .....I could only talk to a "bot" and my issue was not on the drop down list so I picked one and got an email from another bot asking me to fill out a product failure form which I could kinda do but it did not have any area for comments so I could not explain the problem and what I was requesting as a solution. It is great if everything works but if you have a problem you can only "talk" to an AI bot that is not that intelligent although it IS artificial.

Now that the Trump administration has removed the US from the WHO and instructed federal health agencies to halt all external communications, I would love to know alternative sources for valid, reliable medical updates. We had to deal with the secretive "alt" movement in federal agencies last time around. I don't want to live in a timeline where the CDC and NIH must resort to Telegram or Signal to publish their informative updates.

Hi I been on the I let bionic pancreas pump only for a week . Before exercise can you have a snack but don’t announce it before you workout

I am 71. Was about 68 when diagnosed type 1. Sure not what I want to focus on every minute 24x7!! My biggest concerns are 1. Adhesive for dexcom 7 and then trying Omnipod 5 would be a lot of adhesive to remove from thin skin. I will have to ask about medical adhesive removal. I stay in range 97-100% but it takes work. 2. Any misreadings with dexcom g7 and I could be in big trouble. I have to really research & think more about pump as an option. I hate all of this. It is all consuming. 😢

As a Canadian, I am thrilled! I see my Endocrinologist in March and I am gonna ask her about it ! That would do awesome

Each to their own but I personally love the Dexcom one plus. The numbers are also accurate when also doing a finger prick. I prefer it to the Libre2.

You creep me out dude!

This is very nice device. I'll be very happy if there is a way to be 0,5 step. There are days when I take only 4 -5 units of fast acting insulin, and days I take 10-15.

As a fellow Gay T1D, I really appreciated all of this, thanks for sharing!

love the content we are more than our diabetes

Justin, your doctors are not worried about it because it's not their feet that might end up in the chopping block! TIR is a disgraceful concept, even worse with just 70% of time being considered "good!" Neuropathy and ED can EASILY develop with that TIR and even better timing within it! Aim for at least the newer TITR or 70-140 and for higher time within that.

As a fellow Gay T1D, I can say that finding other Gay T1Ds feels almost impossible. When I first ran into Justin’s content about 2 years ago, I felt seen and understood. (He didn’t say he was gay, but my gaydar told me everything I needed lol) I had never met another gay diabetic, so it felt pretty cool knowing that I wasn’t the only one. Thank you for talking about this topic with such dignity and honor. It has always been harder for me to come out as a T1D because it requires 1000 additional explanations, and usually, once people know, things change, and I have this need of always feeling like I haver to look like I’m doing great from their perspective 😓 Thank you for this great episode! 🌈

Does it have a steel cannula?

Do you think this will work for type 1.5

I love hvis sensor it’s cool

Enjoyed this vlog brings back memories in my earlier years drinking passing out quite agree sometimes you can feel restricted unfortunately for me I don't have anyone to share with had plenty of burnouts some people can be not very understanding but on the plus since being on the omnipod and dexcom g6 things are a little better

Huh good conversation and share...Diagnosed in 1974. Learned through the school of hard knocks, T1D camp and some doctors. Did not know anyone my age who had it. Was brought up in an environment where judging others based on literally anything was acceptable. I did not and do not practice judgement of anyone for anything. I choose what I prefer for myself and leave the rest and that includes sexuality (I enjoy any/all), nor did I care what others thought. They are allowed to judge if they choose and their judgement doesn't have to change my sense of self. The weird perspective though, is at my young age, the only judgement I had was as a T1D, I used to consider it...weak? Being an independent, strong personality, my issue was being forced to rely on external "stuff" to keep me alive be that insulin, test strips (or pee strips back in the day), meters, etc. That perspective was the most difficult, for me, to change. Food was and is challenging although not a judgement - just a "gee wish I could enjoy that" kind of perspective (never mind "just take more insulin" - I don't think that way). Thank you for sharing!

Thank you very much. The free app allows the widget in the lock screen to see the glucose level and also a widget in the home screen. This is quite enough. Thank you very much for helping us!!!

should be CME for this... not hard to get accredited and then providers can benefit

great for making homemade electrolyte drink

I will say that as someone much older, 68, and living with T1D for 55 years, that I don't care what others think as much as today's younger folks do. Social media has brainwashed us into thinking we have to all be the same. I don't hesitate to mention it and if I need to do something because of being a diabetic, I just do it. Before I started using a pump, I would check my glucose and give myself an insulin shot right at the restaurant table and this was in the 1980s!! I am also gay and I say I am gay but it's not who I am, I am Larry. It is kind of the opposite with diabetes. It is who I am. It is so much a part of me after this long, I don't even think about it.

I never knew you were gay TBH

Great chat guys. Thanks for sharing the psychological side of T1D. I got the news in ‘86, when I was 19, and back then the lack of accurate info on the subject from the medical system itself was troubling. For example I was told I could never have alcohol again - in the prime of my fun years! - and I told I couldn’t have sugar at all - I liked lollies. How wrong the medical system was. Their rule was abstinence as opposed to management. Also the needles back then weren't slim and short like today and that scared me often. As far as feelings go, I was terribly embarrassed about it for many years and went to great lengths to hide taking insulin outside of home. As years went by I rebelled against the imposed prohibition and got very drunk frequently; and boy did I pay for it. As a diabetic I/we just don't recover the same way as non-T1D's and hospital came into play several times. We know a bit more nowadays about how T1D can affect our moods, and how depression is a real side effect; again I wish that had been known and explained to me decades earlier. Anyway, enough waffle, I'm now grateful that modern tech like a sensor allows me to achieve excellent control, sadly I just wish the tech was available years ago before some damage was done, but better late than never ey!

we already have many information from the phone, watch, etc. so what s the point adding 100 devices to do the same thing ? it s the pump software that needs improvement to take these sources into account, whatever if it s the watch, phone or a ring

Not approved

I was diagnosed when I was 4 in 1959 and now am 70 (yes, 66 years as T1D). I remember all that he talks about as I experienced it also. We have it much, much easier today.

I’m getting one in a week

How can I get the app to do a reading when I want, for example if I'm feeling low blood sugar and I need a reading NOW?

Absolutely

Really appreciate the information you put out!

Thank you so much for this video Justin. Thank you and Mr. Paddock for this indepth info on Cequr Simplicity. I learned a lot from this video. I am a Diabetes NP and I have prescribed this to some of my patients in our clinic and they love it and have positive remarks to say about it. It's a great product! Will be recommending it to more patients! Thank you.

United States health care is basically LIKE A WEEKEND IN VEGAS

Has anyone experience logging replacement online and including SN in request just to get email you are getting goodwill replacement because you did not include SN in your request? Is this their default response?

T1D working in health insurance here. It’s a shit show. Though to play devils advocate, unless we’re talking RX then insurance companies actually can’t tell you the amount you’ll pay in coinsurance or towards a deductible. Take DME for example; CCS Medical is supposed to know that their contracted rate with Aetna for a three month supply of Tandem T Slim supplies is roughly $900, but they instead tell the patient to call their insurance company knowing the insurance company can’t tell them the information. Providers are responsible for knowing their contracted rates with your insurance company. The insurance company literally can’t tell you, it’s a part of the contract between an in network provider and the insurance company. I’ve had this conversation with so many people and when you start pressing providers, they all of a sudden know they’re contracted rates. It’s a multi faceted issue.

Hello,why this device is only for type 2 not using insulin?Why it would'nt work on type 1 without insulin pump?

USA spends on healthcare 17.6% per GDP - Average US life expectancy 77.43 years Switzerland spends on healthcare 11.8% per GDP - Average Swiss life expectancy 83.45 years France spends on healthcare 12.3% per GDP - Average French life expectancy 82.23 years EU spends on healthcare 10.4% per GDP - Average EU life expectancy 81.5 years USA is failing by 5 years of life expectancy while paying almost twice as much. Since the UK has been pushing for a USA healthcare system their average age has dropped to 78.43 being one of the lowest in the EU or now use to be EU member.

Since Monday I been on the I let bionic and I love it.. plus I had some lows and highs . Do you have announce the meals depends on the blood sugar

I’m a type 1 Diabetic and I have a lady at work who thinks it’s her mission to regulate my diet, I’m not even close with her and she thinks it’s ok to deny me snacks when they’re being passed around. I’m also 80% sure that the people around me don’t know the difference between type 1 and 2 diabetes but think it’s ok to try and educate me. They think I’ll due if I have any sugar. Meanwhile they don’t realize most foods break down into sugar 😅

They have been threatening Somplera in USA for ages now. I’ll believe it when I see it

Of course, many women are through menstruating when health problems arise, right? You look at any waiting room at a blood lab and you will see that the average "customer" is too old to be still menstruating. A1C, of course, is probably something a lot of younger patients need to know about though. Also, the test of menstrual blood to find cervical cancer is a great idea for women who have a longer cervix. I got my pap test done every 2 years and was surprised to find out that in 6 years, not enough cervical cells had been captured to test for cervical cancer. A test of menstrual blood would have found no cancerous cells, I imagine. Testing menstrual blood is a great idea! Far better than trying to get cervical cells on a sampler shoved for up one's vagina to the cervix.

We need a PDF of all resources for discounts, programs, etc. You’re speaking my truth. Every January I know it’s always going to be an uphill battle!!!

LONGER POD WEARING/ HOLDS MORE INSULIN❤❤❤

Why would Insulin company(funding Congress, to protect their monopoly) let these research succeed???????????

Would love to watch more please

Thanks for this video, but I wanted to point out that in my case I wasn't able to make xDrip work with carelink follow. Reading some comments online I went for setting up with companion app, since all of these (simplera, xDrip and Gluroo) are on my phone. Do you know if there is any difference in doing so? What I noticed is that I don't get the whole history of my past reading but only going forward from when I hit the start sensor button.

what we need is an AI app with ranges from 80 mg - whatever value. It's clear if we ain't 80 mg/dl most of the time we are done. I'm stuck with Control iq as of right now.

Exactly as you described it. The greed of health insurance companies is out of control, and governments are not doing enough to correct this. Same with the complexity of Medicare options. Truly hard to believe…