Transcript
A (0:00)
Here we are, back together again, friends, for another episode of the Juice Box Podcast. Managing diabetes is difficult, but trying to do it when you don't understand the lingo, that's almost impossible. The Defining Diabetes series began in 2019, and today we're adding to it. Go to juiceboxpodcast.com up in the menu, click on Defining Diabetes and you'll see a complete list of all the terms that we've defined so far. My Grand Rounds series was designed by listeners to tell doctors what they need, and it also helps you to understand what to ask for. There's a mental wellness series that addresses the emotional side of diabetes and practical ways to stay balanced. And when we talk about GLP medications, well, we'll break down what they are, how they may help you, and if they fit into your diabetes management plan. What do these three things have in common? They're all available@juiceboxpodcast.com up in the menu. I know it can be hard to find these things in a podcast app, so we've collected them all for you@juiceboxpodcast.com While you're listening, please remember that nothing you hear on the Juice Box Podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise. Always consult a physician before making any changes to your healthcare plan or becoming bold with insulin. All right, we are going to define total daily dose of insulin. So what is that? Is that. Is TDI and TDD the same? Are people talking about the same thing?
B (1:42)
Honestly, yeah. Tdd, tdi, Total daily insulin, Total daily dose, essentially. Right. And really it just means adding together what eubolis, both for food and correction, as well as the amount of basil that you're getting in a day. And you add them together, that's your total daily dose. And it may look a bit different day to day, especially with those who are using pumps. Right. Because we have these algorithms that titrate things up and down. So one day it might look like 42, and the next day it might look like 48, and the next day it might look like 39. And what's changing there? Basal, it's going up and down. They might eat a lot more one day than the other day. But when we aim to look at total daily dose from a perspective of adjusting some settings, which is what can be used for kind of going forward, we take an average, usually over the past seven days or the past 14 days to get an idea of what is typical.
A (2:47)
Yeah, I was thinking that probably nowadays one of the places this still comes up. Right. Is people who are getting off of MDI and going into a pump or going into an automated system, especially like Omnipod 5. Right. Like they really want you to start with like a number. Like this is your. You have to tell it on day one. Like, this is my total daily insulin.
B (3:06)
Right.