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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 1808226" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Dexcom??? (Am currently contemplating this because freestyle libre fundamentally disagrees with my body).</p><p></p><p>I've been T1 since 1970 (no idea which month), with some periods of horrendous control (hello teens pre glucometers) and tend to run along now with HbA1Cs between 7 and 8. I can go lower (and did before the libre stopped working for me) but then I lose hypo awareness. I've been offered a pump in the past but my control's never been bad enough for me to want to take it up.</p><p></p><p>I can totally empathise with the being forced to eat for hypos - I was recently ordered to increase my blood sugar by my diabetic specialist and interestingly after 3 months my HbA1C was the same (52 or 6.9) but I'd gone down to one (mild) hypo per week. I realise others need to keep their HbA1C lower but for me it's a pretty good compromise - losing hypo awareness just isn't an option. (but dexcom with an alarm, hmm... maybe)</p><p></p><p>The treatments available for T1 are just amazing compared to when I was diagnosed , but I've been waiting for that "cure in ten years" since I was 8 years old and have no real hope of it happening in my lifetime. (But for young T1s, it's a definite possibility.)</p><p>I found this forum a year ago when I was first having woes with the libre, it's nice to get feedback from other diabetics.</p><p></p><p>I've been really lucky, mild (as yet no need for treatment) on again off again background retinopathy is my only obvious diabetic complication, though I've probably got a slightly more worn out body than a non-diabetic person of my age.</p><p></p><p>And I've experienced T1 treatment in 3 countries : UK, Australia and now NZ.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 1808226, member: 372717"] Dexcom??? (Am currently contemplating this because freestyle libre fundamentally disagrees with my body). I've been T1 since 1970 (no idea which month), with some periods of horrendous control (hello teens pre glucometers) and tend to run along now with HbA1Cs between 7 and 8. I can go lower (and did before the libre stopped working for me) but then I lose hypo awareness. I've been offered a pump in the past but my control's never been bad enough for me to want to take it up. I can totally empathise with the being forced to eat for hypos - I was recently ordered to increase my blood sugar by my diabetic specialist and interestingly after 3 months my HbA1C was the same (52 or 6.9) but I'd gone down to one (mild) hypo per week. I realise others need to keep their HbA1C lower but for me it's a pretty good compromise - losing hypo awareness just isn't an option. (but dexcom with an alarm, hmm... maybe) The treatments available for T1 are just amazing compared to when I was diagnosed , but I've been waiting for that "cure in ten years" since I was 8 years old and have no real hope of it happening in my lifetime. (But for young T1s, it's a definite possibility.) I found this forum a year ago when I was first having woes with the libre, it's nice to get feedback from other diabetics. I've been really lucky, mild (as yet no need for treatment) on again off again background retinopathy is my only obvious diabetic complication, though I've probably got a slightly more worn out body than a non-diabetic person of my age. And I've experienced T1 treatment in 3 countries : UK, Australia and now NZ..... [/QUOTE]
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