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During teenage years HBa1C was not good hovering around 10 - at one point going as high as 13! My last HBa1C was 9.7 towards the start of this year. I've been using Abbot Libre since March - my HBa1C has just come in at 7.7 - thrilled - best its been in nearly a decade!

Thanks for the tips guys, in answer to your questions. I've been T1 since '97, I'm MDI and my basal is at 7pm, I'm pretty sure i didn't miss it as I have a calender reminder go off every day to remind me and I also have timsulin which I've checked and can see that I last did it around then. It...

This morning I was up at 7am, as it's a Saturday we tend to have a late breakfast at around 11am. Anyway, I checked my BM at 7am and it was absolutely fine at around 5ish... I noticed a small drop at around 6am but from experience know that the freestyle libre tends to exaggerate low sugars...

just ordered my starter kit, so looking forward to getting on with this as an IT specialist, I was intrigued with the idea of collecting the data somehow, had a google around and found this, slightly concerning blog post...

Hey guys, So I signed up to the waiting list about a month ago, can anyone guess how long I'll have to wait - or is it like asking how long a piece of string is? :p

Hi All, Was diagnosed with type 1 at the age of 7, now in my mid 20s and trying to improve lifestyle/control etc. After a rough couple of years my hba1c is now 9.7, at one point was near 13. As a child, my control was bang on and would regularly see hba1c results at or around 7, not so much now...