Absolutely @LucySW. What I have found is that the registrars don't seem to know while the consultants do have some idea.Also Tim, isn't it about time that HCPs started to talk about T 1s not only recovering from post-meal spikes, but avoiding them, and that that is desirable ?!!
Those who want to try could knock at least 2 mmol off their A1c. The health improvement that would represent!
Sure, some people won't want to make the effort. But most T 1s don't even know they can try. Talk about pessimism, and complacency, on the part of HCPs ...
This is the tricky point that some of the senior diabetologists to which I have spoken allude.I didn't even think about timing - never been told any of this - just to have QA before every carby meal - my meter works out how many units i need from pre set time blocks issued by my nurse - I feel that there is too much info and knowledge out there to digest (let alone the carbs i eat lol) for one person especially when new to all this - [T1 one year on]
Started this topic as a result of this conversation Lucy! http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/thr...diagnosed-type-1s-receive.91505/#post-1043633What they could do though, is give the very basic picture for the first year, then say at Point X (to be defined - one year, two years?): Now you've got the hang of this, there's a lot better that you can do, are you interested?
I have been diabetic for 39years. I have been reading different messages lately and honestly can say I am totally confused by all of the comment
I am going to stop reading altogether. A little information can be a dangerous thing.
What Is 85 - 100 or 95% ?
I though blood sugars range from 1.8 to 44.
1.8 extremely low and 44 extremely high.
With around 5.7 being Ideal.
Is the other scale new, American or used on pumps?
I was managing very well as far as numbers but this has tweaked it even more so. I am still at 10 min prior and seem to be getting things closer and closer. it has helped hugely with BF. I always popped up right away. Now I stay within 5 points for 3 hours. Then for some odd reason I go up 10-15 but I am accepting this as another bolus would take me to low. It corrects at lunch as well. With this I am staying between 85-100 95% of the time but I feel so much better. I am very sensitive to the effects of insulin and moving even a little.
I found the CGM info very useful
Thanks for the converter Azure.Those were American units so read higher than the UK ones we use here.
There's a converter here:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-sugar-converter.html
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