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everain

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Hey there folks, new to this forum and just thought I should say hello!

I'm a relatively new diabetic as well, only been diagnosed for one year and four months, so thats not long at all!

I'm type one and i 'm currently on Novorapid after meals and Lantus once every 24 hours. I've had good results at my hospital visits my last one was 7.1 which I'm really proud of since i'm so new to this "game" of treating my diabetes what I do seems to work!

A little about me now; I'm only 21 so that would make me 20 when I was diagnosed (one week after my birthday in fact!). I'm a Web Design and Development student at the University of Abertay Dundee, and I've just went into my 4th and final year of study of my undergraduate honours degree. I also work part time for Tesco mainly on the checkouts but I have been known to do other things, I love my job and I'm going to be staying on after university to train to become a Teamleader and Manager and then hopefully higher, given the opportunity.

Anyways I've wrote enough considering it's nearly 2am and I have a 9am lecture so I really need to get to sleep! If you want to know more about me or just what I'm up to follow me on Twitter; http://twitter.com/everain

Night,

Everain
 
Hi everain.
Welcome to the forum. When you get the time have a good look around, especially the T1 area and the success stories on here. When you are ready if you have any questions just 'fire' away. We always try to give answers.

Glad to hear you are getting to grips with your Diabetes. Your HbA1c reading of 7.1 whilst you are happy with it at the moment, with help you will get on here I am sure your next one will be much better ? Read the extract below.

Extract.
Due to the fact that red blood cells survive for 8-12 weeks before renewal, by measuring HbA1c an average blood glucose reading can be returned. For non-diabetics, the usual reading is 3.5-5.5%. For people with diabetes, an HbA1c level of 6.5% is considered good control, although some prefer numbers closer to non-diabetic.
 
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