Kirbster
Active Member
Hi all,
I'm Erin and after joining today and taking a look at the forums I thought I'd post and say hi.
I'm a type 1 diabetic and have had the condition for 31 years now - yikes! I was born and raised in New Zealand but moved to the UK when I was 21 and have been here now for 20 years. Again, yikes!
My overall diabetic control isn't too bad, my last HbA1C was 7.3 and I was told by the doctor I saw that I shouldn't aim to get it much lower than that otherwise I run the risk of having too many hypos. I did a carb counting course at my local hospital about 18 months ago and have been carb counting ever since, which has helped me to understand things much clearer.
One of the things that bemuses me at the moment is the recent onslaught of vivid dreams whenever I have a bad hypo during the night. Does anyone else suffer from this? I wake up very disorientated and feel like I'm still living the dream, and it takes some time for me to realise I need some glucose and I'm not part of some weird fantasy world!
Anyway, good to meet you all and look forward to posting more in future.
Erin :thumbup:
I'm Erin and after joining today and taking a look at the forums I thought I'd post and say hi.
I'm a type 1 diabetic and have had the condition for 31 years now - yikes! I was born and raised in New Zealand but moved to the UK when I was 21 and have been here now for 20 years. Again, yikes!
My overall diabetic control isn't too bad, my last HbA1C was 7.3 and I was told by the doctor I saw that I shouldn't aim to get it much lower than that otherwise I run the risk of having too many hypos. I did a carb counting course at my local hospital about 18 months ago and have been carb counting ever since, which has helped me to understand things much clearer.
One of the things that bemuses me at the moment is the recent onslaught of vivid dreams whenever I have a bad hypo during the night. Does anyone else suffer from this? I wake up very disorientated and feel like I'm still living the dream, and it takes some time for me to realise I need some glucose and I'm not part of some weird fantasy world!
Anyway, good to meet you all and look forward to posting more in future.
Erin :thumbup: