The Diabetes Collective

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✨ Founder RACHAEL SOOD, NP-C, CDCES
🩺 Direct Diabetes Care • In-Person or Virtual
🎤 Consulting • Speaker, Creator, NP Mentor
🌎 International Digital Opinion Leader

💌 Work with me:
contact@thediabetescollective

12/30/2025

I keep people alive for my job. What’s your super power? I’m a Diabetes NP

At the end of the year, I reflect on the gift of life. You don’t think about how valuable your health is until you lose it. That’s what happened to me a few years ago. I became “the patient” - bedridden with Meningitis for almost 6 months. Luckily, I recovered and was left with very minimal nervous system damage and occasional migraines.

The practice of meditation, stillness, and stretching plus massage and sauna seems to be the best adjunctive medicine for me to manage my symptoms. True story, this is what made me become a member of SolSpa, a full service Hotworx studio offering yoga, sauna, and even cool dip (24 hours per day which is key for busy moms or business owners like me).

As an NP for over 15 years, I try to prescribe the least amount of medication necessary and support activities that calm the nervous system and bring joy. In my experience, it’s the time you give yourself which becomes the most impactful.

🥂That’s why we’re doing a NYE giveaway:
Winner receives 1 month of services to , and 1/2 off a consult service with me (in-person or virtual). Entries close at 12pm CST 1/1/26

(To enter, COMMENT your biggest personal achievement from 2025 and TAG a person you’re grateful for. SHARE this reel to stories & tag and for an extra entry!)

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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA
📱 (985) 373-1148
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net

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12/30/2025

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Get your mind right bc misdiagnosis kills.
We know people that feel stigmatized tend to get overlooked. Or diagnosed only after it’s too late.

They sometimes don’t pursue healthcare services aggressively (not bc they’re “noncompliant” )…but to avoid being judged, discriminated, or simply ignored.

To learn more about types of bias and initiatives to improve health equity, check out: https://diabetesjournals.org/clinical/article/42/2/308/153871/Implicit-or-Unconscious-Bias-in-Diabetes-Care to learn more

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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA
📱 (985) 373-1148
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net

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12/29/2025

Join me in my uber and at the airport! with colleague, friend and Maternal Diabetes expert, Dr. Diana Isaacs! We chat about our personal experiences as HCP’s helping pregnant women with Diabetes technology.

(Perfect timing w/ the release of an international consensus statement on the use of Diabetes Technology and gestational diabetes!) Featured in December 2025 in “The Lancet” https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(25)00335-3

Our Key discussion points • SAVE for your next visit!

✅ You’ll need almost 50% more insulin as trimesters progress! But after delivery, those needs drop drastically.
✅ Aim for glucose ranges of 63 to 140 for 70% of your day. (For non-pregnancy, target glucose ranges are 70-180)
✅ Bolusing earlier before a meal, even 30 minutes, can help achieve tighter glucose goals after meals.
✅ Pump settings need frequent adjustments such as: carb ratio, insulin sensitivity, tighter/shorter duration of action, and higher basal rates. So frequent visits or calls are imperative.
✅ Higher insulin needs poses an issue of having to change out pump sites more frequently. So using more concentrated insulins, (like U200) or adding basal tethers can allow for regular pump site changes.
✅ There are no insulin pumps marketed for pregnancy in the U.S, so we adjust settings to meet a woman’s unique needs. Twiist is an insulin pump new to U.S. market with a lower glucose target of 87 (it’ll be interesting to see if this plus other pumps will gain pregnancy approval). CamAPS Fx is a pump system/app available in Europe marketed for pregnancy use.

Please SHARE this Reel with friends and family who are planning for pregnancy or expecting 🫶

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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES 
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA 
📱 (985) 373-1148 
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net 
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net!

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12/27/2025

If one more person calls it Juvenile Diabetes, im going to lose my $% #&

📣 🗣️Diabetes has CHANGED: This is affecting more adults than kids. That’s why everyone should be screening if there is a question of prediabetes, metabolic disorders, autoimmune conditions, or diabetes family history

Screening involves quick, easy blood tests covered by insurance or free in at-home kits (the reason we do this is now we have medications available to delay or even prevent Type 1 diabetes).

And no sis. I’m talking FDA approved treatment on your insurance plan (no black market counterfeit peptides or random “stem cells” from Florida or Mexico etc 👄👙💰)

Comment “Screen Me” for free info on diagnosing early, T1D staging, immunotherapy treatments, and metabolic monitoring

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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA
📱 (985) 373-1148
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net

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12/27/2025

“Before Anythang” … bc that’s when we screen 🤌🏼

For autoimmune T1, you just need two positive Aab’s to confirm a diagnosis. After that it’s simple to delay or prevent insulin dependence if you still have beta cell function left.

There are 3 stages of T1D. Which one are you in?
1️⃣ Normoglycemic
2️⃣ Dysglycemic
3️⃣ Hyperglycemic

Comment “SCREEN ME” for free info on diagnosing early, T1D staging, and metabolic monitoring

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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA
📱 (985) 373-1148
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net

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12/25/2025

and I will DIE on this hill:
No one cares about your A1C.

No one.
Thanks 🤌🏼

Comment “Screen Me” for free info on diagnosing early, T1D staging, immunotherapy treatments, and metabolic monitoring

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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA
📱 (985) 373-1148
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net

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12/25/2025

Welcome to the party pal. So how do we screen for Diabetes? You must differentiate Type 1 from Type 2. Here’s how:

✅Check the blood sugar
✅Trend the glucose
✅T1D Autoantibodies + Cpeptide fasting
✅Oral Glucose tolerance testing
✅ Hgba1c - even a 10% subtle change matters

Oh and Timing. It’s everything ⌚️
Comment “Screen Me” for more insights like this

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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA
📱 (985) 373-1148
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net!

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12/24/2025

I found an expired Dexcom G6 Pro in my office cleaning for the New year. After posting on stories, I had so many questions and realized 1/2 of you don’t even know what I’m talking about! So decided to share:

Dexcom announced they are “retiring” G6 next summer; this means the personal AND professional versions. This is (well was, bc I don’t use anymore) a single use G6 applied in the office setting - linking to equipment and receivers belonging to the practice. Unlike the personal G6, it’s a one-time use and has the option of blinding. This was intended to monitor a patients glucose without them seeing it. Blinding vs. Unblinding we know impacts glucose. Sounds crazy but….. 👇

When someone can physically “SEE” their glucose in real time, they begin changing behaviors (food, portions, activity levels etc… and that’s with no medication adjustments!) So we would use this as a “starting point” and compare before and afters. This is still what people are doing in clinical trials.

Fast forward to clinical practice now, I literally slap a cgm on someone’s arm mid-visit any chance I get, and we are unblinded baby … from the moment we start. It was a cool tool back in the day, but like all technology, it’s time to move on, so RIP Dexcom G6 Pro

For reference, billing codes are what we (HCP’s) use for insurance reimbursement: when applying a new cgm and then the interpretation code with a minimum of 72 hours of data. 95249, 95250, and 95251 ✅

Did u know about the pro? If you’re on G6, what are ur plans? A Diabetes NP needs to know. Ok

12/24/2025

Well. Maybe not every family…

But this one for sure! Wishing you and yours a Happy Winter Solstice ❄️



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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA
📱 (985) 373-1148
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net

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12/22/2025

How are we going into 2026, with people still not screening for Diabetes ⁉️

Delaying diagnosis leads to higher A1C’s, insulin dependence, hospitalizations, and higher risk for DKA and death. Types of Diabetes don’t “look” a certain way; that’s why it’s important to screen.

Before prescribing, here’s a routine check list that runs through my mind:

✅ Metabolic risk factors or family history
✅ Other Autoimmune diseases
✅ Complete thyroid panel with TPO
✅ T1D Autoantibodies
✅ OGGT and Glucose trending as indicated
What else would you add?

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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA
📱 (985) 373-1148
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net

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Type 1 Diabetes • Type 2 Diabetes • Testing before GLP1

12/20/2025

Wassup playerszzz 🍜🍃

Immunotherapy for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) stops the immune system from attacking insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. This has been FDA approved in the U.S. since 2022, so it’s nothing new.

This targets T-cells or immune pathways, aiming to “re-train” or block destructive cells. Beta cells are preserved, enabling the body to produce its own insulin. independently for longer. Score.

Are people not offering you this?
Comment “HELP” if you need it

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The Diabetes Collective ®️ by Rachael Sood, NP, CDCES
📍2315 Florida Street, Suite230, Mandeville, La | USA
📱 (985) 373-1148
✉️ contact@thediabetescollective.net
🌎 https://www.thediabetescollective.net

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Tepluzimab • Anti-Thymocyte Globulin • Immune Modulating therapies

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2315 Florida Street, Suite 230
Mandeville, LA
70448

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Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm

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