My year of diabetes

[emmasamduke]

I've just downloaded my meters and looked at my numbers over the past 12 months. This is interesting to me because it's 12 months since I had my diabetes education course, including carb-counting, and makes it 12 months where I have felt that I have been 'in charge' of my diabetes.

So, out of a total of 2080 tests (av. 5.7 tests per day), I have had:

• 427 Above 7 mmol/l (20.5%)
• 1368 in range 4-7 mmol/l (65.8%)
• 146 below target 3.5-3.9 mmol/l (7%)
• 139 Hypo .5 mmol/l (6.7%)

My control has improved more recently, as I have had only 5 hypos in the last month. Also, a lot of the above range readings were taken after eating when I would have hoped for something above 7 before going out for a run.

So, I am pretty happy with all that (just trying to find ways of cheering myself up after a miserable week!)🙂

Hi, Northerner dont understand the numbers thing yet but by all others who sent message sounds as though its great news keep up the good work .🙂

 

[katie]

For anyone who doesnt know about the numbers, you need to know!! Here are the guidlines:

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to...ng/Blood_glucose/Blood-glucose-target-ranges/

 

[Emmal31]

Well done on those impressive numbers it's good to see it written down etc that your doing well even when you don't feel like you are x

 

[Northerner]

Well done on those impressive numbers it's good to see it written down etc that your doing well even when you don't feel like you are x

It is - although the 139 hypos looks quite scary! A lot of those were in the early days though, when I was just getting used to carb-counting. I was very underweight and always hungry, so I would use too much insulin at each meal, go hypo, then eat more food! I thought back then that you could only give insulin at meal times, not for snacks!😱🙂

 

[Corrine]

Those are fab numbers Northerner - within range over 2/3 of the time? I'd certainly be celebrating with a glass or two of wine with those results too!