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Best app for recording blood glucose results?

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Type 1.5 LADA
I was diagnosed diabetic a month ago and immediatly givev a blood glucose tester and insulin pen.
It looks as though I have type 1.5 diabetes (LADA).
Two weeks later I developed diabetic cataracts and can no longer see to work, I'm using a jewelers visor with magnifying lenses to type this.
I have been using the app diabetes tracker to record my glucose readings but it was updated and I can no longer export my data as a .pdf which is a shame as it was in a large format and easier to see.
Does anyone have a suggestion for an andriod app?
 
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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunatly mySugr is not compatible with my device (KitKat).
 
What device have you got as mySugr is well used app. I think i am on my 3 Rd phone and second tablet with it.
 
Samsung GalaxyTab running KitKat that works perfectly for my needs. I don't have a smart phone as there is no signal where I work.
 
I have both Samsung phones and tabs and it has worked on them.
 
How long do you have to wait for your first cataract to be removed? - presumably you're on the waiting list?
 
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How long do you have to wait for your first cataract to be removed? - presumably you're on the waiting list?
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I have been refered to the cataract team at Moorfields eye hospital and waiting to hear back.
The cataracts developed very quickly (in a week) and I can no longer work, I was told my eyes will change as I get my glucose under control and will have to stabalise before they can operate.
 
Good that it's Moorfields - but have they been told you have had to pack in working - and that it really is desperately urgent? Nobody can achieve really good BG in 5 minutes and whilst yes it does affect the body's healing capacity and were you having to have a general anaesthetic it would be a pre requisite, is it actually the case when you don't, or is it more to do with the shape of your eyes or something?
 
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Good that it's Moorfields - but have they been told you have had to pack in working - and that it really is desperately urgent? Nobody can achieve really good BG in 5 minutes and whilst yes it does affect the body's healing capacity and were you having to have a general anaesthetic it would be a pre requisite, is it actually the case when you don't, or is it more to do with the shape of your eyes or something?
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I'm a microbiologist by trade, I had to stop work as the blurred vision due to starting insulin was exacerbated by the cataracts. I was doing Covid testing and TB work. I couldn't read patient details on the computer screen or use a microsvope so had to stop work.
My endocrinologist has told me it could 8 weeks after getting my blood glucose down for my vision to stabilise.
 
What I said still stands @Kirth - it needs the opthalmologist who is going to put you on his waiting list to say what they want/need your BG to be not an endo. What if it isn't cataracts but something else? Has it actually been diagnosed properly by an opthalmology consultant?

Whereabouts is your BG at the moment ?

I'm also a bit confused about it being LADA - unless they are really saying you've been diabetic for some time without knowing so it had already morfed into 'more like Classic T1' by the time you were diagnosed by going into DKA - and also why the cataracts appeared to occur so quickly, because they'd been brewing for ages too.

Presumably anyway, you were given two insulin pens, one for the longer acting basal insulin and the other for the pre-food boluses - so which brands have they started you on? - as you'll know from your profession, they each have different characteristics with peak efficacy and 'lifespan' so when giving people tips about this or that, it's best for us to be aware of the makes.
 
I was not diabetic this time last year, I was having many bloods taken prior to surgery for prostate cancer. My Hba1c was raised in February but missed by hypertension consultant. It wasn't until the end of July when I had a routing urine dipstick that Iit was spotted. In hindsight I was drinking more and very fatiguef in the evenings but I'd put it down to working flat out doing Covid testing.
At the moment I am a long acting insulin (lantus) 25 units before sleep (increasing by 1 unit every 3 days to avoid gettin a hypo) and watching my carbs, my daily average is now 7.5mm ranging fron 5 to 11 so I am still producing some of my own insulin.
 
Hope you find a BG monitoring app that suits your needs and your technology @Kirth

I guess you would just have to look and see what was still available for your device/OS and choose the one that most appeals to you?

Hope your eye appointments come through soon.

Welcome to the forum 🙂
 
How's the PSA testing going post surgery? - you still at post op levels of 0. almost nowt?
 
PSA 0.008 which is undetectable, so it looks like the RALP was a sucess.
Thank you for enquiring and would strongly suggest that any men reading this get their PSA done.
I nwas only diagnosed because I asked the doctor at the hypertension clinic to add the test as they were taking bloods anyway.
There was a long story after that where I was mis-diagnosed and put on the wrong pathway.
Luckily being a health proffesional I pushed to have the right tests done.
Similarly with the diabeyies it wss presumed I was type 2 but was actually losing weight.
My GAD antibodies have come bavk negative which happens. I have asked fo a full autoantiboy panel and C-peptides to confirm LADA.
After 6 weeks of insulin my HbaiC has gone down from 127mm to 87mm on llong acting insulin.
 
Excellent PSA test results - you having it tested every 6 months still? Husband just signed off from oncology (cos his went up every 4 weeks post op (also RALP) so had to have radiotherapy) but not yet from Urology. There is now a Home Test kit if anyone's interested - not cheap but it is decently reliable - look up "Graham Fulford Charitable Trust" for details if you are interested.
 
Sorry to hear your husband's RALP wasn't a sucess. I was lucky I caught it early. My bone scan said I had secondaries in my spine but I had two ruptured discs and was suffering from sciatica at the time. So I asked for a PSA Pet scan which is more specific and ruled out secondaries and was able to switch to the surgery pathway.
 
Oh they were 100% truthful upfront and said they couldn't guarantee they'd get it all because of exactly where it was. At least the scars are negligible compared to a friend who wasn't offered a RALP so has the long scar and ongoing bladder probs as his hospital didn't even test to see if he was doing his pelvic floor exercises to a sufficient degree pre-op and it's cost them a small fortune since in private specialist physiotherapy fees. Ours (Uni of Coventry & Warwick) were VERY thorough with all that pre-op.
 
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