All starting to get to me.

[Inka]

my meter is gulco men areo sensor im dyspaxicso that doesnt help

i do take the insulin just after my meals

If you have dyspraxia then maybe a different meter would help? I’ve had various meters over the years but one of the simplest is the Freestyle Lite. I like that one because you can touch your finger to either side of the strip and the strip ‘sucks up’ the blood easily. I’ve never not been able to do a test with it.

My other meter is an AccuChek one which is a better meter but with that one I do occasionally get failed tests where I haven’t quite positioned my finger right.

 

[rayray119]

If you have dyspraxia then maybe a different meter would help? I’ve had various meters over the years but one of the simplest is the Freestyle Lite. I like that one because you can touch your finger to either side of the strip and the strip ‘sucks up’ the blood easily. I’ve never not been able to do a test with it.

My other meter is an AccuChek one which is a better meter but with that one I do occasionally get failed tests where I haven’t quite positioned my finger right.

it was just theone hostipal gave me

 

[Inka]

it was just theone hostipal gave me

Ok, well you could ask your DSN or GP about trying another. Myself, I just bought the Freestyle Lite and then got my GP to prescribe the strips. My AccuChek came from AccuChek (Roche) themselves as a free upgrade.

Sometimes the glucose meter companies will send out meters for free to Type 1s.

 

[helli]

The Libre reader uses the same strips as the Freestyle Lite so if you can get Libre you may get the reader to use for finger pricks and then have the strips on prescription. I believe they are amongst the more strips so some GPS do not like to prescribe them.
The other advantage of the Freestyle Lite is that is can also read ketones so you don’t need two different meters.

 

[rayray119]

My machine do

The Libre reader uses the same strips as the Freestyle Lite so if you can get Libre you may get the reader to use for finger pricks and then have the strips on prescription. I believe they are amongst the more strips so some GPS do not like to prescribe them.
The other advantage of the Freestyle Lite is that is can also read ketones so you don’t need two different meters.

My machine does read keytones

 

[rayray119]

Yes, carb counting and adjusting your own bolus/meal insulin should make you feel better and probably help your control too. It’s also good because it means you can live a more normal life food-wise.

Lows are an annoying feature of the honeymoon period. Often your own insulin will kick in erratically. Test lots and keep hypo treatments near. You might also find you need a small top-up of carbs between meals. I found my own insulin could send me low about 3hrs or so after eating, so I simply had a small snack to tide me over.

It is hard - I remember only too well. Be kind to yourself and give yourself time.

i might need to try the snack idea. athough i was told if you have type 1 you body stops producing insulin

 

[Inka]

i might need to try the snack idea. athough i was told if you have type 1 you body stops producing insulin

It stops producing insulin but not completely in the early days/months/years. This is the honeymoon period. The insulin you’re injecting takes pressure off your own islet cells (the insulin-producing cells) and they can recover temporarily. The fact the injected insulin controls your blood sugar, also helps your own islets too. My own honeymoon lasted some years.

You don’t necessarily need a big snack. Just enough carbs to stop you dropping.

Type 1 is an auto-immune condition. The reason why your insulin production has decreased so much that you can’t reliably control your own blood sugar, is because your immune system has attacked and damaged/killed off your islet cells. You won’t have been aware of that happening in the early stages. I remember my consultant told me that it’s only when your own islets have reduced down to around 20% or so of the number you should have, that they’re no longer able to control your blood sugar. That’s when things go wrong - high blood sugar, ketones - and Type 1 is diagnosed.