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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1736124" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>1988, a looong time ago, coming up for my 30th anniversary soon. It is terrifying in the first few years - hypos/hypers which make no sense - and there's still a lot of unpredictability involved in later years, but as time goes by, you learn little tips and tricks to manage it better.</p><p></p><p>You're less than a year into this, so you've still got stacks to learn. You'll learn it. </p><p></p><p>You'll likely have a few bat-sh*t crazy hypos in the middle of the night where you wake up dripping with sweat not knowing who, what or where you are. I'm not saying that to scare you, just to make you aware that these things will probably happen - I wish my team had told me about those at the start so I had some forewarning. </p><p></p><p>Night hypos like that won't kill you, even though it might seem like it at the time. Your body has lots of defence mechanisms to pull you out of it, and you can help it a lot by keeping sweets bedside.</p><p></p><p>Cgm is becoming more and more available - strips tell you where you are now, but what you need to know is a continuous graph showing where you've been and where you might be going. Cgm does that. It's a postcode lottery at the moment, so ask your doc what your area's approach is.</p><p></p><p>You'll deal with this, mate. It's not always easy, but it's not stopped me having a professional career, travelling through 20 countries, going ski-ing in blizzards and a whole stack of other stuff. It's do-able.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1736124, member: 374531"] 1988, a looong time ago, coming up for my 30th anniversary soon. It is terrifying in the first few years - hypos/hypers which make no sense - and there's still a lot of unpredictability involved in later years, but as time goes by, you learn little tips and tricks to manage it better. You're less than a year into this, so you've still got stacks to learn. You'll learn it. You'll likely have a few bat-sh*t crazy hypos in the middle of the night where you wake up dripping with sweat not knowing who, what or where you are. I'm not saying that to scare you, just to make you aware that these things will probably happen - I wish my team had told me about those at the start so I had some forewarning. Night hypos like that won't kill you, even though it might seem like it at the time. Your body has lots of defence mechanisms to pull you out of it, and you can help it a lot by keeping sweets bedside. Cgm is becoming more and more available - strips tell you where you are now, but what you need to know is a continuous graph showing where you've been and where you might be going. Cgm does that. It's a postcode lottery at the moment, so ask your doc what your area's approach is. You'll deal with this, mate. It's not always easy, but it's not stopped me having a professional career, travelling through 20 countries, going ski-ing in blizzards and a whole stack of other stuff. It's do-able. [/QUOTE]
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