Thank youYour GP should have received a copy of the result so you can ask them. You may be able to find your local screening programme (usually based by county) by using this postcode/town search:- http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/Diabetic eye screening/LocationSearch/1911
It's worth checking that they have recorded your address correctly on their database otherwise you won't receive a screening invitation next year.
I have spent these past two weeks working really hard to figure things out better, especially now that I'm approaching the end of my first year of uni and my first year of diabetes! I've pulled my average reading (across 100 tests including post meal readings) down from 11 to about 6.8 so I'm really happy right now! I just need to keep it up I guess as my honeymoon slowly comes to an end.Hi there, sorry I'm a little late to the game, I don't come on here an awful lot anymore, partly on account of my horrendous final year of uni! I'm 22 and have also just had my first diaversary (I like that term!). Here if you need any questions. Working nights can reek havoc for blood sugar so I'm not surprised that you're struggling. Putting in the work is definitely worth it though, I feel so much better both physically and emotionally when I've got things under good control. I think it's important to find a balance, there's a lot of people on here who would be horrified to know how much **** I eat! But if you've done the work to get your ratios right, and your weight/hba1cs etc. are all good then that's what matters.
I'm doing a Games Technology degreeWhat degree are you doing?
That's really good, a significant change!! It's hard work but it does feel so much better doesn't it. I was told to expect my HBA1C to creep up whilst I'm coming out of the honeymoon period, it's natural so I think we need to try and not beat ourselves up about it. I'm in exactly the same position though, using ratios of 1:10-13 through the day but only 5 units Lantus (basal) so I think there's definitely still an element of honeymooning there.
Which app is it? I'd love to take a lookI use an Accu-Chek expert monitor which helps so much with that sort of thing. It sucks having diabetes but I try to remind myself how lucky I am to have been diagnosed at a time where technology is so advanced, it's a massive help.
Chemistry is awesome. I wish I understood more of it. The closest I get to any kind of chemistry is prop making and prototyping which as fun as it is, is like, not even Secondary School levels of chemistry.Wow that's cool I bet, computers are a mystery to me. I'm just finishing an MChem chemistry degreeAh ok, sounds like we both are probably still honeymooning a little.
Ok, yeah I've not heard great things about it but I think it gets prescribed because the strips are cheap. I've just been lucky to have got a really good monitor that my GP is happy to prescribe strips for. I'll have to check it outBeing a fellow scientist I'm a sucker for some data collection haha
I think you're right. Now that I've dialed things in a bit more closely I've dropped back to only testing around 5 or so times a day. I figure once my pancreas finishes it's melodrama and finally gives out completely I'll start testing much more rigourously again. Hopefully I can afford a CGM by then too.Haha so do I!!
Yeah I've been pretty lucky really. I've heard that if you write to a manufacturer some will even send you a monitor for free, because it's the strips they make their money on long term. I would definitely make sure you can get them prescribed first though.
Haha I'm glad I'm not alone! I go a bit spreadsheets crazy sometimes. I've tried to stop fixating too much because I think that being early days it's not always hugely helpful for fine-tuning, though I'm sure in the long run it's good practise.
Hi everyone!
I'm Chloe. I'm 24 and I was diagnosed with Type 1 in July of last year (So I'm coming up on my first diaversery!).
Anyway, I signed up because I've been finding myself feeling a little more alone internally due to not knowing any other type 1s. I guess I'm mostly here to try and make a few friends! I think getting to talk to more people who also have type 1 might encourage me to improve my control.
Anyway, nice to meet you all!
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