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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2181467" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>For everyone who wonders, this thread has been approved by DCUK!</p><p></p><p>1. Helps: </p><p>Fiasp. No more pre bolusing, much power post-meal spikes, and I see if I dosed right at least an hour earlier than with NovoRapid, preventing me from correcting too soon after insulin.</p><p></p><p>Closely monitoring bg through Libre and fingerpricks and reacting to what they tell me: </p><p>- Short term by correcting with insulin or carbs. </p><p>- Over the days by remembering the doses I used yesterday and the day before and what effect they had, as my insulin need seems to have a wave-like pattern over the weeks so my doses over the last days tell me a lot about my insulin need (or ratio, if you like, although I don't use ratio's) for today.</p><p>- Long term by mostly avoiding foods that have proven to be a nightmare to correctly dose for. Foods that spike fast and high make me itch to rage bolus too soon to correct the high, avoiding them makes life easier. I do sometimes choose to eat such foods, accepting a messy diabetes day once in a while.</p><p></p><p>1. Difficult:</p><p>- Constant awareness of having to think about what my bg is doing. Forget for a moment and diabetes takes the opportunity to pull nasty tricks.</p><p>- Constant decision making.</p><p>- No more crisps before bed (or in bed, really). After the initial spike, which I can dose for, the stupid things tend to spike me 4 or 5 hours later when I'm sound asleep.</p><p>- Swimming in lakes or canals, except for close to shore or ship where my stuff is. I'd love to tell my friends: "Hey, let's swim to the other ship/that buoy/the bend in the canal!", but I'm afraid to.</p><p>- I really dislike diabetes reviews, even when I know that all is well.</p><p>- People thinking I don't feel well when I check my bg often during social gatherings with food involved. Having scanned my Libre 10 minutes before makes me self-conscious to do it again but the second scan gives me information that's useful; take a piece of toast with garlic butter or that devilled egg?</p><p></p><p>2. </p><p>Various glucose meters</p><p>Novopen 5, which remembers your last dose (and other insulin pens)</p><p>Fancy new insulins</p><p>Various lab tests before my reviews</p><p>FreeStyle Libre, both with LibreLink and with Glimp, never used MiaoMiao</p><p></p><p>3.</p><p>Depends on what the technology is and if I think it may benefit me. Not interested in pumps, for instance, but very interested in Eversense and Dexcom (way too expensive though).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2181467, member: 372207"] For everyone who wonders, this thread has been approved by DCUK! 1. Helps: Fiasp. No more pre bolusing, much power post-meal spikes, and I see if I dosed right at least an hour earlier than with NovoRapid, preventing me from correcting too soon after insulin. Closely monitoring bg through Libre and fingerpricks and reacting to what they tell me: - Short term by correcting with insulin or carbs. - Over the days by remembering the doses I used yesterday and the day before and what effect they had, as my insulin need seems to have a wave-like pattern over the weeks so my doses over the last days tell me a lot about my insulin need (or ratio, if you like, although I don't use ratio's) for today. - Long term by mostly avoiding foods that have proven to be a nightmare to correctly dose for. Foods that spike fast and high make me itch to rage bolus too soon to correct the high, avoiding them makes life easier. I do sometimes choose to eat such foods, accepting a messy diabetes day once in a while. 1. Difficult: - Constant awareness of having to think about what my bg is doing. Forget for a moment and diabetes takes the opportunity to pull nasty tricks. - Constant decision making. - No more crisps before bed (or in bed, really). After the initial spike, which I can dose for, the stupid things tend to spike me 4 or 5 hours later when I'm sound asleep. - Swimming in lakes or canals, except for close to shore or ship where my stuff is. I'd love to tell my friends: "Hey, let's swim to the other ship/that buoy/the bend in the canal!", but I'm afraid to. - I really dislike diabetes reviews, even when I know that all is well. - People thinking I don't feel well when I check my bg often during social gatherings with food involved. Having scanned my Libre 10 minutes before makes me self-conscious to do it again but the second scan gives me information that's useful; take a piece of toast with garlic butter or that devilled egg? 2. Various glucose meters Novopen 5, which remembers your last dose (and other insulin pens) Fancy new insulins Various lab tests before my reviews FreeStyle Libre, both with LibreLink and with Glimp, never used MiaoMiao 3. Depends on what the technology is and if I think it may benefit me. Not interested in pumps, for instance, but very interested in Eversense and Dexcom (way too expensive though). [/QUOTE]
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