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<blockquote data-quote="Rach79" data-source="post: 45295" data-attributes="member: 12270"><p>Right so part of me feels a bit like a human guinea pig because I don't think they had used this monitor on anyone before but the main thing was that it showed I wasn't making stuff up and my blood glucose was everywhere. I had a hypo yesterday and the day before that and in between my blood sugars were above 20mmol sometimes. So my A1C showed 6.8mmol which looked great on paper (like I told them when I wrote to them) but in reality my blood sugars are everywhere and they got to see this. It was a very formal meeting with the consultant talking more to the other members of staff rather than to me but I still managed to say a few things although it was slightly intimidating with 5 people in a brightly lit room EEK!</p><p></p><p>I'm going for carb count next week and although it's not quite DAFNE it's a start. I'm still keen to change my insulin as I was told at the meeting "doesn't quite work like it's supposed to". When I asked about changing my insulin they kept stating my insulin was best in their opinion but I stated a little I wanted what was best for me. However they did offer the pump to me and now there is a waterproof pump (because I love swimming) so I was quite surprised but don't know if the pump is best or the older form of Mixtard insulin :roll: . Anyway the meeting was definitely one of the more positive ones than I've ever felt I had but how long this positivity lasts I'm not sure. After that I was too shy to say anything else but anyway there is the story so far and hopefully after an hours carb count next week things could improve but if not I'll definitely be changing my insulin. It's a case of waiting and seeing if improvement is made with my insulin for now though which hopefully with the carb count it will do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rach79, post: 45295, member: 12270"] Right so part of me feels a bit like a human guinea pig because I don't think they had used this monitor on anyone before but the main thing was that it showed I wasn't making stuff up and my blood glucose was everywhere. I had a hypo yesterday and the day before that and in between my blood sugars were above 20mmol sometimes. So my A1C showed 6.8mmol which looked great on paper (like I told them when I wrote to them) but in reality my blood sugars are everywhere and they got to see this. It was a very formal meeting with the consultant talking more to the other members of staff rather than to me but I still managed to say a few things although it was slightly intimidating with 5 people in a brightly lit room EEK! I'm going for carb count next week and although it's not quite DAFNE it's a start. I'm still keen to change my insulin as I was told at the meeting "doesn't quite work like it's supposed to". When I asked about changing my insulin they kept stating my insulin was best in their opinion but I stated a little I wanted what was best for me. However they did offer the pump to me and now there is a waterproof pump (because I love swimming) so I was quite surprised but don't know if the pump is best or the older form of Mixtard insulin :roll: . Anyway the meeting was definitely one of the more positive ones than I've ever felt I had but how long this positivity lasts I'm not sure. After that I was too shy to say anything else but anyway there is the story so far and hopefully after an hours carb count next week things could improve but if not I'll definitely be changing my insulin. It's a case of waiting and seeing if improvement is made with my insulin for now though which hopefully with the carb count it will do. [/QUOTE]
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