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<blockquote data-quote="4onthefloor" data-source="post: 1082261" data-attributes="member: 276467"><p>Dear all, I'm new to the site and would welcome any advice on the following:</p><p>I have been a type 1 diabetic for 30 years taking insulin injections and recently I've been experiencing a lack of hypo awareness. I used to get early warning signs such a tingling lips or speaking very quickly but I've not been noticing these lately and have been having a few hypos, even going as low as 1.8 and 2.3. I've been doing some research and like the idea of some of the continuous glucose monitors that give warning alerts if your levels start to drop below a set level, unfortunately, it appears such monitors are not available on the NHS and would need to be self funded.</p><p>Is there anyone out there who has either self funded or managed to get one on the NHS? If so, have they improved your control?</p><p>My existing regime consists of finger pricking and an optium xceed monitor, however, this only provides a snapshot of what level you are at the time of the test and only works if you actually take a test rather than CGM which constantly monitors your levels and identifies if your levels are going up or down and issues you with alerts.</p><p>Any advice welcomed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4onthefloor, post: 1082261, member: 276467"] Dear all, I'm new to the site and would welcome any advice on the following: I have been a type 1 diabetic for 30 years taking insulin injections and recently I've been experiencing a lack of hypo awareness. I used to get early warning signs such a tingling lips or speaking very quickly but I've not been noticing these lately and have been having a few hypos, even going as low as 1.8 and 2.3. I've been doing some research and like the idea of some of the continuous glucose monitors that give warning alerts if your levels start to drop below a set level, unfortunately, it appears such monitors are not available on the NHS and would need to be self funded. Is there anyone out there who has either self funded or managed to get one on the NHS? If so, have they improved your control? My existing regime consists of finger pricking and an optium xceed monitor, however, this only provides a snapshot of what level you are at the time of the test and only works if you actually take a test rather than CGM which constantly monitors your levels and identifies if your levels are going up or down and issues you with alerts. Any advice welcomed. [/QUOTE]
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