Type 1 for 14 years just started useing libre

[Lesdow3]

Hey guys just a bit of an introduction im lesley im 30 and was diagnosed when i was 16 years of age.only now am i actually coming to terms with it, i rebelled alot and always had bad controle unless i was pregnant then id work hard tomake sure everything was perfect then go to rubbish again one babies were born. Ive been lucky enough to have 2 very healthy children obviously pregnancy was difficult but we got through it. Its only now im 30 ive realized i need to sort my act out for my kids as they need me and id like to be around to see them grow . Ive been learning carb counting over the last few years an have very recently been useing libre which i am a very big fan of so far so much easier than pricking your finger all the time and gives so much more information!!! I can finally say im getting better controleing my sugers an feel like im in controle again!! I think it was harder coz id exsperianced not being diabetic and doing what i want and obviously being 16 is a dificult age anyway seeing all my friends having are free lives an i had this landed on me id like to help as many people that maybe exsperiancing same dificulties that i have finally over come xx

 

[therower]

Hi @Lesdow3 . Welcome to the forum.
I'm sure you'll be a great asset to the forum.
Diabetes in your teens, pregnancy and 14 yrs experience. That's a lot to offer.
Re carb counting , have you had the opportunity to attend a course?
Courses can be a great source of information .

 

[Scott-C]

Hi, @Lesdow3 , good to see you're using libre. It makes this unpredictable game so much easier when you can actually see bg moving around and deal with stuff before it goes out of range.

Couple of good books on kindle, written by long term users of cgm, which might help get the most out of it:

Sugar Surfing by Stephen Ponder.

Beyond Fingersticks by William Lee Dubois.

After using libre in the first week for spotting obvious things like a dropping bg, I started looking at more subtle things which I would have missed with strips alone: bg rising with "foot on floor" as soon as I got up, so decided on a 2 or 3u pin to stop that; slow glides to sub-4, needing a small 5g to tail them off instead of stuffing my face with a mars bar and getting on a rollercoaster; 2u pin to stop a rise; looking at overnight traces to see if basal is ok.

So many things it can be used for. I'm fairly upbeat about my T1 now, that hasn't always been the case, but I am now, because getting that trace makes it easier. Make the most of it, les, it's the future!