LittleSue
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
Just got my HbA1c result prior to clinic appt on Monday.
Gutted to find its 7.2
(up from best of 6.7) Knew it wouldn't be good but annoyed at breaking the 7 barrier. Really fed up as last time was 6.9, daytime control has improved but A1c has risen. Anything interfering always seems to happen a few weeks before next test. So much for getting below 6.5, grrrr..
I now have my best control ever during the day - but worried the doctor won't believe my (100% genuine) daytime readings!
Some weeks prior to HbA1c I'd tested 4 times over one night which showed stable readings through the night, only rising just prior to breakfast. This lulled me into a false sense of security, I stupidly left overnight Levemir dose unchanged for several weeks. Tested during the night jsut prior to A1c being done and found it was high all night, probably had been for a few weeks - hence the raised HbA1c.
I know my overnight and pre-breakfast readings are my most variable, changing through the month. In order to really get a handle on when it changes and by how much, I need to test several timse a night, at least once a week, for a month or two. Which obviously I don't want to do when I have work the next day. This is the only thing preventing me reducing my HbA1c.
Since availability of the hospital monitor would be hit and miss depending on demand (I waited 15 months last time!), I wondered has anyone managed to get their own continuous monitor on the NHS for this purpose? Or an exended loan instead of 3 days? Or maybe by buying your own monitor and getting the supplies on prescription or vice versa? (if so how much did it cost?)
Thanks
Gutted to find its 7.2
(up from best of 6.7) Knew it wouldn't be good but annoyed at breaking the 7 barrier. Really fed up as last time was 6.9, daytime control has improved but A1c has risen. Anything interfering always seems to happen a few weeks before next test. So much for getting below 6.5, grrrr.. I now have my best control ever during the day - but worried the doctor won't believe my (100% genuine) daytime readings!
Some weeks prior to HbA1c I'd tested 4 times over one night which showed stable readings through the night, only rising just prior to breakfast. This lulled me into a false sense of security, I stupidly left overnight Levemir dose unchanged for several weeks. Tested during the night jsut prior to A1c being done and found it was high all night, probably had been for a few weeks - hence the raised HbA1c.
I know my overnight and pre-breakfast readings are my most variable, changing through the month. In order to really get a handle on when it changes and by how much, I need to test several timse a night, at least once a week, for a month or two. Which obviously I don't want to do when I have work the next day. This is the only thing preventing me reducing my HbA1c.
Since availability of the hospital monitor would be hit and miss depending on demand (I waited 15 months last time!), I wondered has anyone managed to get their own continuous monitor on the NHS for this purpose? Or an exended loan instead of 3 days? Or maybe by buying your own monitor and getting the supplies on prescription or vice versa? (if so how much did it cost?)
Thanks
