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Re: TYPE1 (only please) HBA1C frustration ... help appreciat Hi mojo, I'm diabetic since 1980 (practically all my life) and I'm using an insulin pump since October 2012, so a year now. I also carb count. My hba1c has gone from 8.4 to 7.8 to 7.1 Next week I will get the result of the new hba1c...

Congratulations! I use a Medtronic with CGM and it is really great. CGM makes your life so much easier especially if you tend to have lots of ups & downs.

Hi sorry to hear about that. I know it can be very frustrating. I am also having lots of hypos these week without any reason. I am changing again my basal setting in my insulin pump. Last week i was in a shopping centre and my blood sugar dropped so quickly that I had to ask for a coke in a shop...

What happens to you is disgraceful as you didn't have any warning. I really hope you will write a formal complain to the surgery manager. Only this way things will improve. The problem is that usually no one complains. Shouldn't you have insulin with you they will be responsible for your risk of...

Hi I had the same problem. I also use Medtronic. I had to increase my basal in the night. No idea why my basal rate in the night is now almost the double than in the day (I would not consider this dawn effect as I had to increase between midnight and 4am). I managed to correct easily my basal...

I agree it's a personal choice. I personally never had any problem on telling people I'm diabetic. But I guess it is because I became diabetic when I was a child and developed self confidence. I never met anyone who didn't react normally after being told. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

They are both dangerous. Severe Hypos can cause death or brain damages especially in long term diabetics. Constant High bg cause the severe health issues we are all aware of. I still feel that severe effect of hypos are still not discussed as those of constant high blood sugar. Sent from the...

I think it's disgraceful what happened. You can't be discharged only because you missed an appointment. GPs usually have not the right knowledge to follow a T1 diabetic...so please contact your consultant or diabetes nurse. They will fix a new appointment. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi I am at present trying the free style navigator 2 CGM from Abbott . It is really very accurate I have to admit. Downside is that I already use a Medtronic insulin pump and the 2 devices don't interact. I have already tried the Medtronic CGM. It is a bit less accurate in my opinion but it...

My friends say that looking at me they think diabetics live a normal life. I am going to be 34 years diabetic soon (almost all my life) and I always answer that is normal as far as you consider normal inject yourself 5 times a day, test your blood 6-7 times a day and check carbs in everything...

Hi, last time I fainted, due to hypo, I had a fit. I guess it's a sign of your brain suffering due to lacking of sugar. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Noblehead thanks for your explanation. That makes so much sense to me and explain why just carbscounting sometimes is not enough. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Completely agree with you Dodo. I'm not giving up drinking coffee :-) Anyway I have to admit doctors have not suggested me to avoid drinking it. Only suggestion they gave me to be aware of the effect it can have. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi Daver, I had this discussion with doctors at the imperial college- charing cross hospital as I love espresso and drink a lot of them daily. Their opinion is that caffeine increases blood sugar level. Too difficult for me to explain why. At present I am using a CGM (continuous glucose...

Unfortunately test strips are not so reliable and this is a big problem if you want to keep a tight control and avoid risk of hypo. In 33 years of diabetes I have seen so many mistakes in blood sugar readings. If you test 5 times in the same moment you will get 5 different results and...

I'm 2 weeks using a medtronic CGM and I'm absolutely loving it. The reading almost always match my blood glucose readings. Only time when there's a slight difference from my blood testing is when my bg is rapidly falling or rising. In that case I can see the 10 minutes difference.....but I'm...

It depends on the food you eat, on your blood sugar level, on how fast insulin works in your body and how slow or fast your body digest food. When I was using insulin pens I used to inject soon after or sometimes I used to split the dose half before eating and half soon after. Now I have an...

Hi I agree if you're not sea/ water lover, like I am, splash/ water proof is not an issue. Have you seen the T-slim insulin pump? I don't know if its available in Europe now but it's worth checking if you still have a choice. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi I have got the Medtronic paradigm veo. I had to choose between 2 different pumps and I chose the Medtronic and chose the colour: blue! One thing I didn't consider (and sometimes I think it's been a mistake) was if the pump was water resistant or just splash resistant. The Medtronic is just...

X-ray showed nothing in my case. MRI showed only some point with scars but again almost nothing. Pain wise, as said before, it is mostly at night and if I try to move my arm up or on my back. Pain is now mostly on my shoulder blade. Orthopaedics have their method to try to understand if it is...