A quick hello

[Gpad]

Hi all,

Thought I'd post a quick hello, been a long time reader but have never registered, so thought I'd bite the bullet and start participating

Been a type 1 since I was 7 years old, 21 years ago, seen lots of changes (for the better) in that time, I'm waiting to see if I'll get funding for an insulin pump as I'm getting some insulin resistance these days and struggling a bit with my control which has always been pretty darn good, fingers crossed.

Going on DAFNE up here in ( Hospital name removed) next week, will report back with how it went, looking forward to meeting up with some fellow type 1's as I don't know any other diabetics at all!

One thing I did want to ask though, does anybody else with type 1 suffer from the complete disappearance of hypo warnings? Started happening to me a few years back and I now get no warnings at all, the first sign I'm having a hypo is usually when I'm losing my balance and struggling to walk! Docs said I should run my levels a tad higher for a few months in the hope the warnings would "re-set" themsevles but that never worked.

Anyway, enough of my rambling, look forward to many interesting discussions, arguments and love-ins in the future :mrgreen:

 

[sugarless sue]

Welcome to the forum.

That advice about running your levels higher is what I have heard on the forum. For some it works.

Have a good read round and hope you will find a lot of info on here.

 

[noblehead]

Hi Gpad,

Good luck with the DAFNE course as I am sure you will learn a great deal and improve your diabetes control as a result. Losing hypo awareness symptoms does happen to some type 1's, the cause is often associated with those who have frequent hypo's or those that try and keep their control too tight. As Sue says the usual advice is to run your blood glucose a little higher than normal for a few weeks and try and avoid hypo's in this time, hopefully then your hypo awareness may return. Speak with your diabetes nurse if you need further clarification.

Nigel

 

[the_exile]

Few months have passed since I last posted so thought I'd give an update, hypo warnings are very patchy, sometimes I'll feel hypo, other times I'll lose my legs from under me with no prior warning, so still working on that, pump funding got withdrawn and all new pumps in my nhs region have been stopped, so gutted at that, fell off the bandwagon a bit with regards to DAFNE, it's a brilliant course but old habits die hard when the going gets tough!