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Hooray! Just had my results and gone from 8% to 7.5%..... Just got myself a CGM and loving it! Quite an eye opener 🙂 Best thing I ever did!🙂
 
Well done, feels good when it comes down. 🙂
 
That's great news! 🙂 Are you funding the CGM yourself? If only they were cheaper!
 
Thanks all. So glad it went down a bit! Yes unfortunately funding it myself but I get so anxious at the possibility of a hypo I cant relax so for my own sanity it seemed like the wisest thing. I can handle having a reading of 5 ish now (not that they very comon lol) without getting anxious as it tells me if it it a 'stable 5' of dropping fast 5...... expensive but I have found that the first sensor actually lasted nearly 2 weeks. Very accurate too!🙂
 
astbury1 said:
Thanks all. So glad it went down a bit! Yes unfortunately funding it myself but I get so anxious at the possibility of a hypo I cant relax so for my own sanity it seemed like the wisest thing. I can handle having a reading of 5 ish now (not that they very comon lol) without getting anxious as it tells me if it it a 'stable 5' of dropping fast 5...... expensive but I have found that the first sensor actually lasted nearly 2 weeks. Very accurate too!🙂
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Glad to hear it's making such a difference to how you feel 🙂
 
Which CGM did you go for Astbury?
 
Dexcom G4. Read loads of reviews of them all and this one appeared to be the best. I really like that you can set alerts for when low and high. It has been very good so far. The benefit being that the sensors last over 7 days unlike other makes🙂





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Which CGM did you go for Astbury?
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