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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2422968" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Well, I've been T1 since 1970 and my consultant complains if my hba1c goes below 50, because they worry that I'm having too many hypos.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I've always been very happy when my hba1c has been in the 50s, and so has my team. Now that I've been lucky enough to be able to afford a cgm I sometimes go lower, but honestly that's a work in progress and something for me to aim for rather than necessarily achieve.</p><p></p><p>The NHS ideal for T1s is an hba1c of 48, but not many T1s get there, and I'd be very surprised/impressed/envious if you got there so soon after diagnosis. T1 is something that you spend a lifetime learning, because everyone's body reacts a bit differently to carbs, exercise, illness, the weather.... I still learn new things about it after 50 years, and that's OK, because you don't have to get it right all the time and you learn from your mistakes. I personally have found these forums enormously helpful, for moral support as well as information.</p><p></p><p>So my advice would be: try to be a bit kinder to yourself. You don't have to get on top of it all at once. </p><p></p><p>Lots of virtual hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2422968, member: 372717"] Well, I've been T1 since 1970 and my consultant complains if my hba1c goes below 50, because they worry that I'm having too many hypos.:) I've always been very happy when my hba1c has been in the 50s, and so has my team. Now that I've been lucky enough to be able to afford a cgm I sometimes go lower, but honestly that's a work in progress and something for me to aim for rather than necessarily achieve. The NHS ideal for T1s is an hba1c of 48, but not many T1s get there, and I'd be very surprised/impressed/envious if you got there so soon after diagnosis. T1 is something that you spend a lifetime learning, because everyone's body reacts a bit differently to carbs, exercise, illness, the weather.... I still learn new things about it after 50 years, and that's OK, because you don't have to get it right all the time and you learn from your mistakes. I personally have found these forums enormously helpful, for moral support as well as information. So my advice would be: try to be a bit kinder to yourself. You don't have to get on top of it all at once. Lots of virtual hugs. [/QUOTE]
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