Never too late to learn.?

[Myrhan]

Hi I have been a Type 1 for 53 years and started out with no testing equipment and relied solely on 'instinct' for BG guides. Have just started Libre fast glucose monitor and although it's a game changer especially when out and active, I feel it should be used with some caution. Recently I overdosed on glucose thinking a hypo was still looming and not realising the 10 min interstitial lag time! Now I will do a finger prick test post hypo! I am not new to this condition but welcome the forum for its invaluable information and experience!

 

[Ljc]

Hi @Myrhan welcome to the forum. I too have found the Libre to be a game changer.
Youre right not to rely on it for hypo’s due to that time lag, yup I’ve done it too.

You’ve sure seen a lot of changes in equipment over the years

 

[Northerner]

Hi @Myrhan, welcome 🙂 I have found that the libre arrows help me head off a hypo, which is where I find the information most helpful, even if the number isn't. If the Libre tells me I'm hypo and I don't feel any symptoms I always fingerprick to find out what's really going on 🙂

We have quite a few members with 50 years+ of living with diabetes, I imagine it was quite a shock and difficult when you were diagnosed originally 😱 You're certainly right though, we are learning all the while because nothing seems to stand still with diabetes! 🙂

 

[HOBIE]

Welcome Myrhan. I like my Libre too. Its a bit of a holiday for your head 🙂

 

[Myrhan]

Hi @Myrhan, welcome 🙂 I have found that the libre arrows help me head off a hypo, which is where I find the information most helpful, even if the number isn't. If the Libre tells me I'm hypo and I don't feel any symptoms I always fingerprick to find out what's really going on 🙂

We have quite a few members with 50 years+ of living with diabetes, I imagine it was quite a shock and difficult when you were diagnosed originally 😱 You're certainly right though, we are learning all the while because nothing seems to stand still with diabetes! 🙂

Absolutely things have changed mainly for the better especially modern equipment and 4 mm needles! I remember having to sterilise my injection equipments in a pan of boiling water haha! However I cannot get funding for my first glucose monitor!

 

[Myrhan]

Hi @Myrhan welcome to the forum. I too have found the Libre to be a game changer.
Youre right not to rely on it for hypo’s due to that time lag, yup I’ve done it too.

You’ve sure seen a lot of changes in equipment over the years

Hb1ac

Hi @Myrhan welcome to the forum. I too have found the Libre to be a game changer.
Youre right not to rely on it for hypo’s due to that time lag, yup I’ve done it too.

You’ve sure seen a lot of changes in equipment over the years

Hi @Myrhan welcome to the forum. I too have found the Libre to be a game changer.
Youre right not to rely on it for hypo’s due to that time lag, yup I’ve done it too.

You’ve sure seen a lot of changes in equipment over the years

HbA1ac 48! Wow that's good Yes? Mine tends toward a 60. I'm hoping the Libre will help better those results. Yes equipment and the knowledge of diabetes has improved. It helps me a great deal to be a part of a forum where I can draw on fellow D's experiences. Never had that in the old days!

 

[Flower]

Hello and welcome @Myrhan , glad you've joined us 🙂

The interstitial lag is difficult to manage with hypos, cgm showing double arrows down whilst finger prick test showing panic over. I still misjudge it - but it's work in progress... 🙄

 

[Ljc]

Hb1ac


HbA1ac 48! Wow that's good Yes? Mine tends toward a 60. I'm hoping the Libre will help better those results. Yes equipment and the knowledge of diabetes has improved. It helps me a great deal to be a part of a forum where I can draw on fellow D's experiences. Never had that in the old days!

My 38 Hb1ac is really down to the Libre, it scares my practice nurse silly as she thinks I am having loads and loads of hypo’s, I am not. It’s all down to the graph , direction arrows and lots and lots of swiping, I would hate to bodge my fingers as many times as I swipe lol.

You should find the Libre helps you a lot.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

Hello Myrhan and welcome 🙂

I've just got a Libre too, am hoping it will help me with zig-zagging blood sugars!

 

[Myrhan]

Hello and welcome @Myrhan , glad you've joined us 🙂

The interstitial lag is difficult to manage with hypos, cgm showing double arrows down whilst finger prick test showing panic over. I still misjudge it - but it's work in progress... 🙄

Yes I'm having the same problem. I'm glad you mentioned PANIC, getting alot of those heart thumping moments. It is a work in progress!