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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2720170" data-attributes="member: 372717">Hi [USER=591366]@Callum Brown[/USER] and welcome to the forums. I feel your pain. Let me assure you that I for one am not one of those diabetics.  I think the people who are doing well tend to post about it (why wouldn't they, they are doing great)  but there are many more of us who struggle to some extent or other.The international standard that T1s are supposed to aim for (as in they are doing very well if they achieve it) is 70% in a range of 4 to 10.  And I personally  think that some people genuinely have bodies that are easier to keep in range than others, for lots of possible reasons.   I'm not saying that the people who achieve perfect control don't work very hard to get it, I'm sure they do, but other people may work hard too and it's not their fault that they can't get the same results. Diabetes is complicated, and all you can do is the best you can with the situation you are in. And mental health is important too, spending all day stressing about your levels is not a great way to live (in my opinion).And if it's any consolation, over my 54 years of T1 I've had many years with an hba1c higher than 8.3% , though it has been better than that since I got a cgm. But I still get days when my bg decides to go up and up for no apparent reason,, and once it's over 10 or 11 for any length of time  I become a lot more insulin resistant and it's much harder to get down. Just wondering, how confident are you that your basal is correct (you've done basal rate testing?) , how confident are you about your insulin ratios and have you experimented with different times for pre-bolussing?  And sorry about the endless questions, but which pump did you try?  (I've been on a pump for 4 months and though I'm not sure my TIR is that much better it is easier for me to manage highs and lows.)And remember, in the days before cgms people's bgs peaked after meals and we probably didn't know about it, because we just tested before meals.There are a lot of very experienced T1s here who may be able to make some helpful suggestions (or at least give some moral support). Once more, welcome.(edited to correct typo, 7 to 10 should be 4 to 10)</blockquote>

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