Hi Everyone

[Nathan3434]

Hi everyone my names Nathan and have been a type one from one year old so over 27 years. Never really joined a group for diabetics but interested to hear other peoples experience with it.

 

[mashedupmatt]

Hi @Nathan3434 and welcome to the forum - there are decades of experience of living with Diabetes (all types) here so anything you are interested to hear about, ask away - we're a friendly bunch - glad you have found us 🙂

 

[rebrascora]

Hello Nathan and welcome. It can be really helpful comparing notes with others who face the same challenges with Managing BG levels so I hope you find it supportive and enlightening being part of the forum.

Would you like to give us a bit of info about how you manage your diabetes. ie. Which insulin(s)? MDI or pump
and if so a pump, which one and are you looping and again if so, which sensors do you use?

 

[goodybags]

Welcome to the forum @Nathan3434, we’re a friendly lot on here, and you will find loads of advice help and support from people’s shared experiences I’m sure

One thing I’ve previously told other new members is, one of the golden rules is
remember there’s such thing as a silly question, so anything you wanna know offload et cetera pop along and post

 

[Nathan3434]

Hello Nathan and welcome. It can be really helpful comparing notes with others who face the same challenges with Managing BG levels so I hope you find it supportive and enlightening being part of the forum.

Would you like to give us a bit of info about how you manage your diabetes. ie. Which insulin(s)? MDI or pump
and if so a pump, which one and are you looping and again if so, which sensors do you use?

Great thanks. Use novorapid and Tresiba Degludec and no sensor or pump. Since have been type one for so long have a good understanding of how much insulin to take for each meal etc. Realise thats not the norm but it works for me 🙂 At 50 mmol /mol for hbA1c.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Nathan3434

Great to hear you have a system that works for you.

It can be really helpful to have others facing the same frustrations and diabetes annoyances around you when you need to offload, or have a question - or would simply just like to compare notes.

Glad to have you here 🙂

 

[PhoebeC]

Welcome @Nathan3434, great community here where we can support each other.

 

[rebrascora]

Hi. Interesting that you don't use a sensor. Did you try it and decide it wasn't for you or just not fancied even trying it?
Most of us here found Constant Glucose Monitors (CGMs) were a game changer. For me certainly it lifted a lot of the mental load and changed my mental approach to my diabetes management. Thanks to Libre, I now view my diabetes management as a long running computer game rather than managing a health condition. It has taken a lot of the strain out of it, especially when my diabetes isn't playing by the rules as happens from time to time. Libre gives me very clear visibility of how it is misbehaving and what I can do to counter it. I have pretty good hypo awareness so I don't need the alarms but I think one of the big benefits was reducing meal time spikes and enabling me to reduce my BG variability. I also love the Time in Range (TIR) function rather than the old premeal targets which I regularly failed to achieve whereas 70% TIR seems to be very easy for me to over achieve. Plus it makes adjusting your basal so much easier. I like to have a break from it every now and then but after a few days I am always very appreciative going back to using it. Plus of course it is so much more convenient to scan than finger prick.