Type 1'stars R Us

[Alison54321]

My friends son and DIL, named their new baby boy.................yep.................Bernard

My brother was/is called Bernard. He was named after his grandfather, who died at a far too young age of polio, so it was quite a burden. He always hated it, and insisted/insists on being called Stephen. Which is why I used a "was".

I think it's a lovely name. It's a good grown up name, but at the time, was probably not a good name for a child.

 

[slip]

it's like wading through mud..

uuummmmm........don't you mean treacle? treacle-blood!

 

[Knikki]

What's your high alarm set at Knikki?

I have a number of alarms set to go off at different times I have High 8.5 and 9.5 during the day.

And now my LOW one has just gone off

 

[smc4761]

late to the party today. Looks like a few of us are having a few issues today.

had fairly lowish BG from about 8pm last night, but for a change did not panic, just kept testing every 20 mins or so. once it dropped to 3.7 decided to have a biccie and coffee about 10.30 last night. Reasonably steady overnight but rising from about 5 am to an eventual 8.2 at 7am

Yogurt and fruit for brekkie, 20g of carbs. At 12.30 and most of morning its been hovering between 10--11. GRRRRRRRRR

Just eating lunch with correction dose and almost certainly by 5pm tonight, will be around a BG of 6. This seems to be one of the few times that I seem to get right with great regularity

I defo need more insulin in mornings. I am on a ratio of 1:4 at moment, which I think is fairly high. Got hospital next week so will bring it up then.

frustrated.com

 

[Knikki]

@Knikki how is your BG now? Any improvement as yet. Looks like Tresiba will take a while to settle with you

Gives an idea of this mornings battle and yes I know it is say 3.7 but that is fine

As Dulac has a 42 hours window then I am prepared for a bit of a struggle and while for it to settle down, just was not expecting such a fight on the first day.

#ar5e

 

[porl69]

Gives an idea of this mornings battle and yes I know it is say 3.7 but that is fine

As Dulac has a 42 hours window then I am prepared for a bit of a struggle and while for it to settle down, just was not expecting such a fight on the first day.

#ar5e

Battlefield there sir.

Just going to scan my blood, I get my Accucheck meter out, cursing at it because it wont scan the Libre sensor....then realise I scan it with my phone! DOH!!! Anyway 6.2 on Libre 6.3 on Accucheck (with blood)

 

[Knikki]

@porl69 As you can probably guess that is Libre with a MiaoMiao and thats the kind of overload of data you can get. It is the same sort of stuff Mel gets from her Spike.

Makes you almost 'obsessive' about things

 

[porl69]

@Knikki that is next on my list to get. As soon as finances allow lol

May stay a crowd funding page....hehehehe

 

[Chris Bowsher]

@porl69 As you can probably guess that is Libre with a MiaoMiao and thats the kind of overload of data you can get. It is the same sort of stuff Mel gets from her Spike.

Makes you almost 'obsessive' about things

I've just come off a 30 day trial on the Dexcom and I certainly felt that my diabetes became a much bigger part of my life when i was using it, which i'm not sure is a good thing.

 

[porl69]

I've just come off a 30 day trial on the Dexcom and I certainly felt that my diabetes became a much bigger part of my life when i was using it, which i'm not sure is a good thing.

I have gone from not giving a flying flamingo in my early twenties (regretting that choice now!) To being a VERY good diabetic now (97%) of the time. 3% I think we all deserve to stick 2 fingers up to the 24 hours attention it takes to keep us in range

 

[LooperCat]

I've just come off a 30 day trial on the Dexcom and I certainly felt that my diabetes became a much bigger part of my life when i was using it, which i'm not sure is a good thing.

It’s definitely become a much larger part of my own life - but as I neglected it horribly for the last two decades, it’s probably about time in my case....

 

[Juicyj]

uuummmmm........don't you mean treacle? treacle-blood!

My favourite is a formula 1 car running on oil for fuel..

Rage bolusing has finally paid off the meter is going down and currently sat at 7.9, haven't eaten though so starving, dread eating when you know it's probably going to send you sailing north again..

 

[Knikki]

@Chris Bowsher In the past 6 weeks I have gone from injecting Nova Rapid in an almost set amounts plus Lantus again in a set amount using finger prick machines to having tech in my arm connected to several apps, changed insulins to something completly differnet and using less insulin in one go but much more corrective doses.

Oh! and using Jelly Babies to deal with hypo's, at least there is an upside to all of this

Before that all I was really concerned about was Hb1Ac results and the last time I had it checked was the highest it has been for the last 10 years at 43 I really want to be back down to 38.

So in the last 6 weeks diabetese has become a much more "in your face mate" than it has for the last 50 years.

Is it a good thing?

I suppose it is a Yes, No senario and to me it is still a game to try and keep things in that stupid, daft, ar5e green band on the Etch A Sketch

Update now running at 5.5 and level.........hopefully stay there for the rest of the day

 

[Chris Bowsher]

It’s definitely become a much larger part of my own life - but as I neglected it horribly for the last two decades, it’s probably about time in my case....

I think i have been going slow and steady for the last 20 years but there is no doubt i have regularly burnt the candle at both ends, but you've got to live a little right?

 

[Chris Bowsher]

@Chris Bowsher In the past 6 weeks I have gone from injecting Nova Rapid in an almost set amounts plus Lantus again in a set amount using finger prick machines to having tech in my arm connected to several apps, changed insulins to something completly differnet and using less insulin in one go but much more corrective doses.

Oh! and using Jelly Babies to deal with hypo's, at least there is an upside to all of this

Before that all I was really concerned about was Hb1Ac results and the last time I had it checked was the highest it has been for the last 10 years at 43 I really want to be back down to 38.

all i can say is i think those are incredibly good blood results before you even adopted the tech.

I don't have the data in front of me but i would say that My Hba1c has been on average 54 for the last 10 years. And i thought i was doing OK, but i guess its different for everyone.

 

[Alison54321]

Gives an idea of this mornings battle and yes I know it is say 3.7 but that is fine

As Dulac has a 42 hours window then I am prepared for a bit of a struggle and while for it to settle down, just was not expecting such a fight on the first day.

#ar5e

The first day of Tresiba is bound to be the worst though, because it's so long acting, that only part of it is going to be working overnight. Tonight should be better, because then you'll have part of yesterday's, and part of tonight's working for you, and then on the third night, it should be even better.

This is just a temporary state.

 

[LooperCat]

I think i have been going slow and steady for the last 20 years but there is no doubt i have regularly burnt the candle at both ends, but you've got to live a little right?

I was in burnout for many of those 20 years, in complete denial. I did the absolute barest minimum to not die - took Lantus at bedtime, and basically that was it. I’d go months without testing or taking my Novorapid and ate whatever (as long as it was the NHS approved low fat thing) I wanted. I went on holiday without taking supplies with me, other than my basal pen. Literally the bare minimum. I hate to think what damage I’ve got stored up for myself, so having the opportunity to start afresh with the tech I have has literally been a lifesaver. I’ve only got results back to 2010, but my HbA1c was usually in three figures... Playtime is very much over.

 

[porl69]

@Chris Bowsher In the past 6 weeks I have gone from injecting Nova Rapid in an almost set amounts plus Lantus again in a set amount using finger prick machines to having tech in my arm connected to several apps, changed insulins to something completly differnet and using less insulin in one go but much more corrective doses.

Oh! and using Jelly Babies to deal with hypo's, at least there is an upside to all of this

Before that all I was really concerned about was Hb1Ac results and the last time I had it checked was the highest it has been for the last 10 years at 43 I really want to be back down to 38.

So in the last 6 weeks diabetese has become a much more "in your face mate" than it has for the last 50 years.

Is it a good thing?

I suppose it is a Yes, No senario and to me it is still a game to try and keep things in that stupid, daft, ar5e green band on the Etch A Sketch

Update now running at 5.5 and level.........hopefully stay there for the rest of the day

I didn't know whether to "Like", "Winner" or "Hug" that post

 

[porl69]

I was in burnout for many of those 20 years, in complete denial. I did the absolute barest minimum to not die - took Lantus at bedtime, and basically that was it. I’d go months without testing or taking my Novorapid and ate whatever (as long as it was the NHS approved low fat thing) I wanted. I went on holiday without taking supplies with me, other than my basal pen. Literally the bare minimum. I hate to think what damage I’ve got stored up for myself, so having the opportunity to start afresh with the tech I have has literally been a lifesaver. I’ve only got results back to 2010, but my HbA1c was usually in three figures... Playtime is very much over.

Snap.....After 20 years (I was 26) I had had enough. I did exactly as I wanted, pretty much the same as you. Its just that mine went on for another 20 years (on and off being an OK type 1). Obviously totally regretting it now.......BUT too late to dwell over that now. Get up and on with it now

 

[Chris Bowsher]

I was in burnout for many of those 20 years, in complete denial. I did the absolute barest minimum to not die - took Lantus at bedtime, and basically that was it. I’d go months without testing or taking my Novorapid and ate whatever (as long as it was the NHS approved low fat thing) I wanted. I went on holiday without taking supplies with me, other than my basal pen. Literally the bare minimum. I hate to think what damage I’ve got stored up for myself, so having the opportunity to start afresh with the tech I have has literally been a lifesaver. I’ve only got results back to 2010, but my HbA1c was usually in three figures... Playtime is very much over.

Fair play, glad to hear you are on the straight and narrow now.