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megga

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The thought of loosing my driving licence would destroy my life, as i would loose everything. So there is a fear of getting hypo unawareness is a biggie.
If this was to happen, could one get this cgm monitor, as this would cure any risk?? thoughts please
 
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megga said:
The thought of loosing my driving licence would destroy my life, as i would loose everything. So there is a fear of getting hypo unawareness is a biggie.
If this was to happen, could one get this cgm monitor, as this would cure any risk?? thoughts please
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Hi, changed the heading for you 🙂

I don't think a CGM would get rid of any risks - they are useful, but not entirely dependable, from what I have heard, plus they are very expensive to use.
 
Why do you think you will lose hypo awareness?

You're unlikely to - if you get your D well controlled. If you start to lose it, you then have to run your BGs higher for a bit till you establish symptoms again. A few months probably. Which shouldn't actually be THAT hard to do, because you just adjust your insulin down a bit generally. It is a bit tedious though. Annoying when you've just got yourself tiddling along nicely. C'est la vie.

I don't step in my car in the first place at less than 6, or rather 5, but if I'm only 5 or 6 I'll have a few swigs of Lucozade or eat something if I haven't eaten recently. Or both. :D

I am that paranoid, been too closely acquainted with the M42 crash barriers in the past to be otherwise ....... if to drive means I have to run higher, then fine, I'll run higher.

End of story ....
 
Hiya,

the CGMs monitor the glucose levels in your interstitial fluid, rather than that in your Hb - therefore whilst they're using to get a picture of trends, they're not that accurate for actually indicating what your Bg level is (I think blood glucose runs slightly higher than interstitial fluid).

They're also ridiculously expensive and I don't think they're available on the NHS (although that may have changed in the last few years?)
 
As others have said, CGM wouldn't cure your risk - you still have to blood test before driving. The benefit I find from CGM is that is shows me the result in context. eg BG says I'm a 5. CGM lets me see that I've been a 5 for the last 3 hours and have no insulin on board so don't need to eat. Or that I'm a 5and rising so good to drive. Or I'm a 5 and falling, in which case I'd eat something. But you still need to test in the first place.
 
I only asked as it is something i do fear, and we all know diabetes like to just mess around sometimes. From what i have read about the CGM's it would have to be a very last resort, as stated, there expensive and i dont like the idea of yet another thing sticking in me.
 
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