Recent Content by Gracetype1

Hi! How are you getting on? I am also T1 and pregnant, currently 16+6 weeks pregnant with my second! I am also sitting at around 60% in range and finding it a lot harder this time to stay in range. My diabetes team said I need to be in target 90% and that terrifies me because I can't even...

Aw that's so helpful, thank you so much! I think I definitely misunderstood the consultant! The first conversation we had about a pump was last year and it was very brief. He said I'd have to do the dafne course first and it was a long waiting list for that, but if I see the dietician frequently...

Hi! Thank you for your reply. Yes! Sorry, my bad. I did mean carb counting. I've got the carbs and cals app and it's been helpful but still trying to work out ratios. At the moment I'm on a different ratio in the morning (3:1) and afternoon/evening (2:1) but finding I get some higher readings...

I second that! I brought mine down from 100 - 51 very quickly after receiving the Libre Sensor; my retinopathy and maculopathy advanced from stage 1 to stage 3. Was told it was likely the very quick drop in A1c. Slow and steady while you adjust to new lifestyle changes etc it's coming down...

Hi! I'm 26 years type 1 diabetic, 29 years old, Libre sensor user with a A1c at 49 (6.5 in old money). Diabetes was uncontrolled for a very long time, including childhood and I have many diabetes complications to show for it.. unfortunately. They have been well controlled since 2021 - when I was...