TheClockworkDodo
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
On this day 10 years ago I was rushed to hospital with diabetes ketoacidosis, an HbA1c of 103, and positive GAD antibody test of >2000. I'm not sure whether or not I should be celebrating this, but it's my decadiaversary!
I worked out that in 10 years I must have given myself around 15,000 injections - not bad for a card-carrying needle-phobe (I still couldn't do it if I had to see a needle going in, so thank goodness for covered needles!)! I suspect this means I've done something in the region of 30,000 blood sugar tests with my meter - something my GP thought I'd never be able to do at all, but with which I never had a problem (you don't see the lancet going into your finger, do you?!).
Overall I'm not doing too badly. Every HbA1c since the first one has been between 42-55, and my Libre consistently shows my time in target around 75-85%:
I've had hypos most days since day 1, but I've never woken up in the back of an ambulance or a hospital bed, so that's something else for which I'm thankful ... though some weeks are worse than others and this last week may be the worst ever:
But I've had great support from several lovely DSNs over the years, and also from the lovely helpful people on this forum (just wish I'd joined it sooner - my first DSN gave me the url but I didn't want to look in case I saw something which was a problem for me because of being so squeamish). So a big thank you to @Northerner and @everydayupsanddowns and everyone else who has contributed to making it such a friendly and supportive place over the years 🙂
And here's to the next 10 years ...
I worked out that in 10 years I must have given myself around 15,000 injections - not bad for a card-carrying needle-phobe (I still couldn't do it if I had to see a needle going in, so thank goodness for covered needles!)! I suspect this means I've done something in the region of 30,000 blood sugar tests with my meter - something my GP thought I'd never be able to do at all, but with which I never had a problem (you don't see the lancet going into your finger, do you?!).
Overall I'm not doing too badly. Every HbA1c since the first one has been between 42-55, and my Libre consistently shows my time in target around 75-85%:
I've had hypos most days since day 1, but I've never woken up in the back of an ambulance or a hospital bed, so that's something else for which I'm thankful ... though some weeks are worse than others and this last week may be the worst ever:
But I've had great support from several lovely DSNs over the years, and also from the lovely helpful people on this forum (just wish I'd joined it sooner - my first DSN gave me the url but I didn't want to look in case I saw something which was a problem for me because of being so squeamish). So a big thank you to @Northerner and @everydayupsanddowns and everyone else who has contributed to making it such a friendly and supportive place over the years 🙂
And here's to the next 10 years ...
