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Three letters. A member corrects me about who was allowed to fast in the 1970s. A second explains why an unannounced fast carb throws the prediction off. And a wife asks how to mark a year since diagnosis.
Friday Feedback Forum
Three letters on the Shabbos exercise post, including one written in Yiddish. Then two on the Tandem post: a member whose control improved while his A1c rose, and a mother who has been hand-dosing the growth hormone rise for years.
Friday Feedback Forum
Readers on where to set the high alert, whether a diabetes vacation is the right idea, why there is still no cure, and what a shadchan really needs to know.
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Eighteen letters on the secrecy series. The man whose life changed when he stopped, the wife who picked up that he was hiding something before he told her, the mouse and the cat, and the boy who said yes to a shidduch because of a seventh grade classroom.
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Your letters on the weight series — and they came in like nothing we have sent before. Six of them here: the insulin arithmetic questioned, the hormone nobody mentions, a six-week Ozempic trial, the food prison, lumps where the sets go, and a reader who felt lost.
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I handed Post #200 to you and asked for your stories. Twenty arrived — from a four-year-old's own words to a bubby looking back across decades. Here they are.
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A diaversary that isn't, a folder that plays favorites, steadier rides for active kids, honest grades from imperfect sensors — and one question I couldn't answer myself until this week: do you know your Shabbos number?
Friday Feedback Forum
Readers share their tricks for keeping diabetes under control — and their firsthand experiences with the iLet and Tandem.
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Readers on Lyumjev — burning sites, the twiist "child" insulin model that tames them, and which pumps clear Fiasp — plus a remarkable letter marking 31 years with Type 1: Medtronic, the Instinct sensor, and low-carb finds.
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This week: a mother on carrying her grown daughter's diabetes; the low-carb question from every angle; eiruv and mikvah follow-ups to the halacha post; twiist-vs-Medtronic field reports; and how one Dexcom can feed both a watch and a phone at once.
Friday Feedback Forum
Readers weigh in on the three-CGM experiment, a new member gets her Dexcom onto an Apple Watch, two longtime members look back at the very first meters and lancets, and a $10 fix for compression lows.
Friday Feedback Forum
More on last week's pump conversation — including a detailed Medtronic success story — alongside heartfelt responses to our question about who will manage our diabetes as we grow older.