Worried Newbie

[Homer]

Welcome to the forum @junik53

Sorry to hear about the scary symptoms you have been experiencing. Sometimes the body (which has become used to running at high levels) hits the big red panic button when levels get back down to a healthy range, just because it is so much lower than it is used to. And people’s BG levels often dip a little in the early hours as that’s when cortisol levels tend to be at their lowest.

Hopefully you’ll get some reassuring results from your glucose meter, which will put your mind at rest. For most new members it doesn’t take long for their ‘glucose thermostat’ to reset itself to a more natural range.

Hi Mike
I must congratulate you on keeping your HbA1c to a great level, does the insulin pump help a lot, Im 51mol /6.8% and I was steady at 6.6%. I’ve been type 1for three years now, finding it real challenging, I’ve got a diabetic appointment with doc this Thursday and I’m going to ask about a insulin pump but I know from the last appointment I was refused.
I must admit I didn’t think it would be as bad as this but there’s always someone worse off, I’m not on this forum too often as I would like but I have a wife who is disabled and that takes up a lot of time.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Ah thanks @Homer that’s very kind of you, but perhaps a little over-generous. I think my results are part luck (diagnosed in early 20s, and possibly a tiny amount of my own insulin still being made? My brain seems to be suited to pattern-spotting, and I’m happy to experiment *over and over again* to improve things).

Mostly I was lucky to engage with others living with diabetes almost 15 years ago via Twitter, blogs and forums including the predecessor to the current DUK one, and I was able to completely overhaul and relearn how to manage my diabetes with their help, support and encouragement.

Sounds like you’ve done amazingly well and your HbA1c on MDI is excellent.

My problem was always hypos (though I thought I feared long term complications more, so I ‘preferred to run on the low side’ because mild hypos were quick to fix). So over the years my warning signs took a battering, and it has been a major effort to repair them.

Unpredictable hypos that I worried about almost constantly was my route to an insulin pump, and an accurate basal profile did wonders for reducing my low level dips. Probably halved them. But it was sensor augmented pump therapy that really helped. Cutting out 90% of my remaining sub-4 readings.