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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1621132" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Brilliant post, Cassie! Sums it up in a nutshell. </p><p></p><p>The docs are just busy looking at a1c, which is a rough tool, which has none of the extra information which libre's agp provides (actually, I take that back - I think a lot of docs are well aware of how much more an agp provides, and it's just a case of persuading the funders that it's worthwhile), but on top of that, there is, as you correctly say, the day to day aspect, for us as T1s, not the docs, of feeling safer, because we can <em>see </em>what's happening in more or less real time and deal with it before something nasty happens.</p><p></p><p>That improved quality of life aspect which it provides is so important to us, and it often doesn't come across strongly enough in technical reports.</p><p></p><p>Respect too for you having racked up 60 years of it. I'm a mere beginner with only 30 years of T1 so have a bit of catching up to do! Heck, you've been T1 for 10 years longer than I've been alive, respect.</p><p></p><p>I think posts like yours are very encouraging for newly dx'd - newbies often, understandably, think, oh, I'm T1, my life is over - , but just hearing from people like you who've been doing this for decades and are still saying, come on, bring it, I'll handle it, are very encouraging.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1621132, member: 374531"] Brilliant post, Cassie! Sums it up in a nutshell. The docs are just busy looking at a1c, which is a rough tool, which has none of the extra information which libre's agp provides (actually, I take that back - I think a lot of docs are well aware of how much more an agp provides, and it's just a case of persuading the funders that it's worthwhile), but on top of that, there is, as you correctly say, the day to day aspect, for us as T1s, not the docs, of feeling safer, because we can [I]see [/I]what's happening in more or less real time and deal with it before something nasty happens. That improved quality of life aspect which it provides is so important to us, and it often doesn't come across strongly enough in technical reports. Respect too for you having racked up 60 years of it. I'm a mere beginner with only 30 years of T1 so have a bit of catching up to do! Heck, you've been T1 for 10 years longer than I've been alive, respect. I think posts like yours are very encouraging for newly dx'd - newbies often, understandably, think, oh, I'm T1, my life is over - , but just hearing from people like you who've been doing this for decades and are still saying, come on, bring it, I'll handle it, are very encouraging. [/QUOTE]
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