Do you remember your first time?

[stephknits]

Returning from work today, an exciting little package was waiting for me - my BG testing kit! It felt like something of a momentous occasion, testing myself for the first time. Incidentally, I got a result of 8.4, 2 hrs after eating.

Do you remember your first time? How did you feel?

 

[Carmina]

I remember it well. We'd been out all day and when we got home, our neighbour came out with a little package the postie had left with her at lunchtime. So my first test was done at 11pm.

It was 14.9 and I was horrified. 😱 But that little machine gave me the power to take control and tonight - 6 weeks later - I just got a reading of 6.1 2 hours after eating.

 

[stephknits]

Thanks Camina, it's great to read such a positive story, am looking forward to attempting similar success 🙂

 

[DaisyDuke]

My first time was when I was pregnant with my second child, I had gestional diabetes. He is ten now , so can't really remember how I felt but probably a mixture of things.

 

[trophywench]

About 1979 ! - no I certainly don't remember my first test but do remember my first meter, Bought from an ad. in Balance. It cost ?32 about 2 weeks wages. We had to pay for the disposable syringes then (glass and metal ones that you boiled up were in use) ?1.25 exc Vat for 10 - and the meters but the strips were on prescription.

 

[novorapidboi26]

15 years ago for me, was only a before breakfast and dinner shot, so don't remember.......😱

 

[AlisonF]

I don't remember my first time as I was only 4, but I have so many memories of the days before meters when id do a blood test and then we'd pass the stick round me, mum and dad . We'd all check it againstthe colour chart and there'd be a lot of "looks like a 7 to me" "no, there's too much blue in it for that, its more like a 6", "personally id have said 8".

Strangely I have really fond memories of that.