HbA1c over the years and what my treatment plan was!

Decided to look back to see if I could find some of my old HbA1c's. I'm missing a few years between some of these (Notably missing 2016/2017/2019/2020) although the data I do have probably gives a generally good indication of what the results may possibly have been during that time. Thanks to my many posts here I was able to find all of these. You can see where I fell off the wagon a bit I'll also list the exact numbers below and what my treatment/age was during that time;

Pretty interesting to look back on, I think when I hit November 2021 I just was fed up with everything diabetes by that point, I'd been diagnosed by then for 23 years and burnout was finally coming for me.

Multiple Daily Injections (Lantus/Levemir & Novorapid) - Ages 17-18

September 2014 - 53

December 2014 - 52

March 2015 - 52

June 2015 - 52

These numbers are thanks to constant overnight hypos, mixed in with dawn phenomenon hence getting a pump

Insulin Pump from July 2015 on Novorapid and Freestyle Libre 1/2 in 2017 - Ages 21-24

August 2018 - 47

November 2021 - 78

Hybrid-closed loop started in December 2021 - Ages 25-26

April 2022 - 43

Jan 2023 - 49

April 2023 - 40

August 2023 - 38

Zinadane said:

Incredible!
Me a 50+ yr t1d mdi.
Since cgm (3years now), my hba1c is around 45-47.
Previously I was 48-52ish.
Should I consider a pump?
I like a lot of flexiblity (eating, exercise etc)

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Personally, I love having an insulin pump and it is really good for things like exercise and is just overall more flexible than when using MDI. Although it does seem like MDI is working for you and based on the information above probably wouldn't qualify for a pump on the NHS. Qualifying criteria are said to be that you either have repeated unpredictable hypos that have a significant impact on your life or your HbA1c is above 69mmol/8.5% despite trying to carefully manage your diabetes. Although at the time of getting mine (this was in 2015 though) they said I qualified due to having dawn phenomenon which couldn't be resolved with injecting a split basal as any that I injected at night gave me hypos the entire night.

Your best bet if it is something you want is to enquire about it with your nurse/doctor to see what they say.