Recent Content by grant32

Got an email from Abbott today. Exciting news for those in Australia. I have recently moved here from the UK and am looking forward to being able to purchase locally (instead of shipping to a friend in the UK and then paying for postage here). This was from the email: Abbott is pleased to...

It's giving me great insights too. My ultimate aim is to have a chart looking like yours. Mine looks more like a mountain range.

Wow you have amazing control! Are you on a low carb diet?

For those of you who have used tegarderm or similar do you cover the whole sensor? Mine is starting to peel away from the edges on day 1!!

Another disappointing consultation today. HbA1c 7.0% down from 7.1. I said my target was 6.5 and was strongly advised against it. I was told that the lower the HbA1c I achieve, the more likelihood that my hypo-awareness would diminish. I challenged this for a while but in the end I just accepted...

I so asked about cgm (I would self fund). She said only useful if you have poor control. Sigh. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Only that it would result in too many hypos. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

12 months ago HbA1c was 9.1, today it was 7.1. I saw the diabetologist at hospital today who recommended not aiming for anything below that due to risk of too many hypos. I'm still determined to get it lower through more intensive monitoring, slowly reducing my carb intake, and increasing my...

I received this email from Abbott today regarding the next version of the Navigator. I am considering going down the CGM route, but it would be self funded so need to decide carefully. I wonder if they would offer a trial.

I used to inject novorapid just prior to eating but was consistently high 2 hours after, usually mid teens. At 4 hours I was back to 6 or so and didn't go lower. So I believe I have carb counted correctly. I have experimented with injecting a greater amount of time before eating and have found...

Thanks Brett. So in theory, during the tests if bgl rises, then the basal has stopped working? No doubt many other factors to consider as well. I did notice this morning after waking at 7.8, omelette with cheese and ham for breakfast and 2 units novorapid despite no carbs, 2 hours later I was...

Hello all. Im not new to type 1 (diagnosed 10 yrs ago) but have recently been motivated to get myself under better control. Of course the more reading I do the more questions I have and in the last couple of days the more I have scared myself about it all (particularly after reading the...