My friends son and DIL, named their new baby boy.................yep.................Bernard
@Chris Bowsher In the past 6 weeks I have gone from injecting Nova Rapid in an almost set amounts plus Lantus again in a set amount using finger prick machines to having tech in my arm connected to several apps, changed insulins to something completly differnet and using less insulin in one go but much more corrective doses.
Oh! and using Jelly Babies to deal with hypo's, at least there is an upside to all of this
Before that all I was really concerned about was Hb1Ac results and the last time I had it checked was the highest it has been for the last 10 years at 43 I really want to be back down to 38.
So in the last 6 weeks diabetese has become a much more "in your face mate" than it has for the last 50 years.
Is it a good thing?
I suppose it is a Yes, No senario and to me it is still a game to try and keep things in that stupid, daft, ar5e green band on the Etch A Sketch
Update
Completly agree, life is too short to miss out on things like chocolate cake, curry (not looking at you @porl69 ) Italian food, flying, drinking and Black Forest Gateau
You have a valid point, the issue is with me is that I have always run 'low' it is what I like to do, yes I have screwed up a couple of times through my own stupid fault.
I don't fear hypo's like some do (which I fully get and understand) but I am wary of them and respect them for the trouble it could get me into
One of the reacuring things with consultants and the first Libre person I have seen, over the last few years is "you're blood sugars should be higher......" however......as pointed out many many times.........we are all sexy and different in our own special way
I feel like I’ve been given a second chance at a life. My record HbA1c was 131 a few years ago... I’m very much an all or nothing kind of person, “everything in moderation” just doesn’t work for me. So having rules, and boundaries and tight targets really is the only way I can manage this thing. If I “slacken off” just a little, I know from past experiences that it’ll all go out the window, and there’s no more new tech to save me this time. If I can’t succeed with what I have now, I never will. So I know I set myself what seem like extreme ranges, and a stupidly restrictive diet (especially when I already can’t eat many foods due to allergies), but it’s really the only way I can deal with T1. I’m getting great personal satisfaction from being able to nail it, for once.Fair play, glad to hear you are on the straight and narrow now.
played by the wonderful actress Pasty Byrne 
Like Nursie in Black Adder -- she was actually called Bernard
Must admit you do an amazing job with your diabetes. Next time I see my dietitian/DSN I will ask what my highest HBA1C was. I bet it is frightening
Aw, thanks mate. Blushing here. I only found out this week how bad it had been, when I was a hospital appointment for something else, I asked for my HbA1c history. Here’s the full horror! I had two near fatal DKAs in 2012, and even that wasn’t enough to get my act together. For me it was all about the testing - the overwhelming sensory nature of it (I’m autistic) as well as the not wanting to open the brown envelope on the metaphorical doormat. Mostly the sensation of it, though.Must admit you do an amazing job with your diabetes. Next time I see my dietitian/DSN I will ask what my highest HBA1C was. I bet it is frightening
Massive turnaround, should be well proud of the achievement. Gold T1D star awardAw, thanks mate. Blushing here. I only found out this week how bad it had been, when I was a hospital appointment for something else, I asked for my HbA1c history. Here’s the full horror! I had two near fatal DKAs in 2012, and even that wasn’t enough to get my act together. For me it was all about the testing - the overwhelming sensory nature of it (I’m autistic) as well as the not wanting to open the brown envelope on the metaphorical doormat. Mostly the sensation of it, though.
I suspect the one I had taken yesterday will be up a bit, as the 43 was after a couple of months of keto, in a sort of honeymoon period you can get before the dawn phenomenon and monthly insulin resistance hit. But it’s those which got me my Omnipod, so I won’t be disheartened by that. I’d like to get into the 5s for the one after
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I think for me it was mostly the testing issue. I’m on the autism spectrum and get overwhelmed by touch sometimes - and deliberately sticking needles in my very sensitive fingertips just became insurmountable - after a while I literally couldn’t bring myself to press the button on the stabber. I didn’t get my ASD diagnosis until just a couple of years ago, so I just though I was being a failure, rather than it being an executive function issue. And because I didn’t know why I wasn’t taking care of my diabetes (because why wouldn’t you? You’d have to be insane), I couldn’t ask for help in getting it sorted. The DKAs I had spurred me into action for a short while, but after a week, when I wasn’t being watched like a hawk any more, I’d slip back into old habits. I’d had a Libre trial for a fortnight last summer, and loved it initially, but honestly began to resent it towards the end of its life.Amazing turnaround @Mel dCP
As we know from hearing members stories here it's clear many go through the same as you Mel, so it's positive to hear it can be over come however it's hard to find the incentive or clarity of mind to do something about it, what do you think caused your issues with your control ?
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