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My original HBA1C came back at 147 mmol/mol which in old money =15.6% !! .....and I’m still alive

Hi Scott-C Thank you very much for your awesome reply. To know there are members out there who have the knowledge, and patience to respond in such detail is so useful to a newbie such as myself.....and you’ve explained things in such an easy and uncomplicated way that just makes (common) sense...

Hi Helen, ...that’s a good read, and I see from that where the benefits can be found, particularly in relation to the differing food stuffs and how ‘spiking’ could be minimised by analysing information the Libre, and other similar devices, can provide if you have the dedication to work with it...

I was also showing how, even with the same meters there is the chance of a relatively significant difference in our BG readings from differing parts of our body, and the temperature of those parts at the time of testing. See, for example, the test taken from my palm compared with my thumb, 9.2 v...

Hi all, I’ve been injecting insulin now for just around 5 weeks after being diagnosed 24th August. On Tuesday I was ‘fitted’ with a Freestyle Libre and I’m trialling it for two weeks. I thought I’d be pretty impressed with it after reading numerous forum discussions relating to it but so far...

There are always going to be people who aren’t receiving top care, it’s the nature of the health system and combined with each individuals willingness and desire to learn and adapt to situations. That goes for patients as well as the specialist staff. It appear so far from replies received that...

Hi Goacher55. Thank you for your reply and glad to here you’ve got a good team helping you also. I’m interested to here about your complexities at the outset of your treatment, simply because my other illnesses continue to make my treatment options less straight straight forward than they...

Positive Attitude "Life is not the way it's supposed to be - it's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference." A guy was in a horrible accident. He finally regained consciousness. He was in a hospital, in a lot of pain. He found himself in the ICU with IV...

Great way to start Tuesday morning..... late waking up today due to having a narcolepsy related night time of insomnia so didn’t take my first BG test until 6.10am.....that’s about 2 hours later than I normally get up. Wow!! ..... my lowest test reading yet....5.9 !! “Ah,...Thank you very much”...

Great....something else new for me to look forward to[emoji37]

Lou258 ..Just remembered ..... I’m also booked in for my first ever flu jab on the 17th at the GP’s after being advised by Lesley to have one. She also said I should get a pneumonia jab at the same time so any chance you can write me something to chuckle at then as I’m anticipating a double case...

My experiences of having narcolepsy and cataplexy and what can happen when the medication isn’t sufficient to cope has made me appreciate how important medicine is and that not taking them seriously simply isn’t an option. Everyone has heard of diabetes though, like me prior to August, few...

Hi SKB I’m really sorry to hear you feel your experience of the treatment you’ve received has been a way down on what I’ve experienced. Really, the reason I wrote the post was to show how thorough my treatment has been so others like yourself can gauge whether or not you’ve been getting an...

Hi Biggles2 and thank you for your reply and kind welcome. I was recommended this site by specialist nurse Paul during my first hospital visit. He said it was THE site to visit....and he was right....hhhumff......again!! Lol

Absolutely agree with you wholeheartedly