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<blockquote data-quote="JoeT1" data-source="post: 1650913" data-attributes="member: 445711"><p>Hey [USER=431604]@tiredoftrying2017[/USER] - How are you? </p><p></p><p>I agree, it's really interesting for me, as I am newly diagnosed, well, it feels a lifetime ago now at about 10-11weeks. I have had the benefit of only spending about 2-3weeks of just finger pricking at each meal, before bed, rising etc. I am self funding the Libre and now have got the BluCon working with xDrip, as I am the type of person who drastically needs to grasp everything quickly.</p><p></p><p>I can only imagine really spending years not knowing what was going on in between meals. I take your example of eating porridge and thinking it was perfectly fine, because you were back in range by the next meal. I have seen spikes like this also. I can now see that in between meals, my insulin only really kicks in once I have been a little active and had a ~1km walk. I see the evenings, I am more resistant to insulin, and therefore require more, before teaching a gym class I get a massive rise, so need to bolus for that now. </p><p></p><p>As for achieving targets, I think i'll come close if I can keep going at the rate I am. I'm avoiding hypos a lot as well, so if I can reach 7% or lower and keeping hypos to a minimum, that's something I would be delighted with. I guess, I am feeling a lot better lately in myself, more content, less irritable and therefore it would seem, since diagnosis, although having some rough days, all in all things are better now. Hoping this can open me up to more good times. </p><p></p><p>I guess I have babbled on a bit there. I certainly feel like it's achievable now. My next step really is to start adding in a bit more variety to my food. I have been quite low carb in order to try and figure out ratios etc. Will be adding in a bit more hopefully and pre bolusing for the likes of another bowl of porridge, just to see if I can actually get somewhere....even if it means bolusing nearly an hour before hand....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeT1, post: 1650913, member: 445711"] Hey [USER=431604]@tiredoftrying2017[/USER] - How are you? I agree, it's really interesting for me, as I am newly diagnosed, well, it feels a lifetime ago now at about 10-11weeks. I have had the benefit of only spending about 2-3weeks of just finger pricking at each meal, before bed, rising etc. I am self funding the Libre and now have got the BluCon working with xDrip, as I am the type of person who drastically needs to grasp everything quickly. I can only imagine really spending years not knowing what was going on in between meals. I take your example of eating porridge and thinking it was perfectly fine, because you were back in range by the next meal. I have seen spikes like this also. I can now see that in between meals, my insulin only really kicks in once I have been a little active and had a ~1km walk. I see the evenings, I am more resistant to insulin, and therefore require more, before teaching a gym class I get a massive rise, so need to bolus for that now. As for achieving targets, I think i'll come close if I can keep going at the rate I am. I'm avoiding hypos a lot as well, so if I can reach 7% or lower and keeping hypos to a minimum, that's something I would be delighted with. I guess, I am feeling a lot better lately in myself, more content, less irritable and therefore it would seem, since diagnosis, although having some rough days, all in all things are better now. Hoping this can open me up to more good times. I guess I have babbled on a bit there. I certainly feel like it's achievable now. My next step really is to start adding in a bit more variety to my food. I have been quite low carb in order to try and figure out ratios etc. Will be adding in a bit more hopefully and pre bolusing for the likes of another bowl of porridge, just to see if I can actually get somewhere....even if it means bolusing nearly an hour before hand.... [/QUOTE]
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