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  1. Dragonflye

    Hello and some pregnancy/HBA1C advice please!!

    Hi, Wow 5? I have 6 months ago had my 2nd baby with type 1 diabetes since i was 4 and was never told i had to get it that low... my first pregnancy i was around 7 but got it down to 6.5 throughout my pregnancy and was told that was god... my 2nd pregnancy again i was around 7 and again got it...
  2. Dragonflye

    I'm so sorry but i have a really dumb question...

    Thank you!!!! :) Now have sooooo many other questions ineed to ask when i go and get it connected lol - id got my head into 1the 522/722 (i think there the right numbers) so now im going to have to try figure out what on earth i do with this 1 :) seen some of the accessories i can get but will...
  3. Dragonflye

    I'm so sorry but i have a really dumb question...

    hmmm mmt-754 :) looked on the back in hopes it would give me more info :oops:
  4. Dragonflye

    I'm so sorry but i have a really dumb question...

    OK i know i am being stupid but im trying to figire out exactly The box which pump i have got!!!! when i saw my nurse i was told the pump i would be getting would be 1 of the older ones for medtronic... i have got a pump today but it's not either i was told to do the medtronic online school...
  5. Dragonflye

    Hi and opinions required :)

    Wel my docs are getting the funding for me =) my nurse said she had never had anyone been turned down so im praying i wont be :) on the plus side I HAVE THE PUMP AT HOME WITH ME lol im now in the process of readin the 267 page manual :D i will be going on the pump on 20th June as long as the...
  6. Dragonflye

    Hi and opinions required :)

    Wow thank you that response!!!! I cant believe id never figured or even looked into what it would be like with children!! Luckily for me I do have great control on the MDI, the only reason the pump has been recommended (and why i have fought for it) is due to my hypo unawareness and...
  7. Dragonflye

    Hi and opinions required :)

    Thanks for that!!! :) i was a litte suprised when yu said potentially how much you will need to store :o but im rekoning i should be ok with that :) i wont have an issue with carrying things around with me... my handbag is HUGE... 2 young kids, kinda got used to the idea of needing LOTS of...
  8. Dragonflye

    Hi and opinions required :)

    nope i fit the criteria :) my consultant wanted me on it before i return to work in august and have had a few appointments recently with another on thursday (had to proove in form of a diary i can carb count even though my specialist had told consultant and dietician i was brilliant at it -...
  9. Dragonflye

    Newbie on the forum

    Hi!!!!!! I've already put on 2 posts giving off my life story with diabetes before i found this section of the forum... i am soooooo technophobe... I just wanted to introduce myself as for some weird reason I don't think i know any other type 1 diabetics to talk about things with... I am 26...
  10. Dragonflye

    Hi and opinions required :)

    Thank you :) well i apparently DO meet the criteria :) i have been carb counting since i was 4 (well not personally i have been doing it myself since i was 8) - i remember about 10 years ago the doctor questioned why i was still doing it - at the time it wasnt the "done" thing... however it...
  11. Dragonflye

    Nocturnal hypos... anyone else...?

    Hey guys, since i found this forum I figured id ask about this, im hoping i put this in the right area (complete technophobe and unfortunately put my previous post in the wrong area) I'll try keep my life story brief... :D i was diagnosed in 1988 when i was the grand old age of 4 with type 1...
  12. Dragonflye

    Hi and opinions required :)

    Thank you :) apologies for posting this here, unfortunately im a bit of a technophobe...
  13. Dragonflye

    Low blood sugar in pregnancy

    Oooooh good luck with your pregnancy!!!! I have type 1 diabetes and had my first child 3 years ago and my 2nd 6 months ago, during each pregnancy my diabetes completely changed... 1st i had excellent control then all of a sudden i had such a serious nocturnal hypo which required an ambulance...
  14. Dragonflye

    Hi and opinions required :)

    Hi everyone!!! I have only just registered on this forum... not sure how i didnt know about it after being diabetic for 23 years since i was a little girl!!! I was hoping to get some practical information and opinions on the insulin pump (i've read all the websites). I find this bizare and weird...
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