Thread: Maintaining Normal Glucose Levels

"Oh, and for 20 years before I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes!".....great response Kristin.

I must correct myself and line up behind Dave and Melissa: definitely less than 24 hours. I flipped through the last couple of months and this is the best day that I could dig up:

I demo'ed the Minimed and Dexcom before choosing the Navigator. In talking to people on TuD, I'd say that everyone who switches to Dex or Nav from MM has a better experience. I found the MM to be an evil harpoon. It was so inaccurate and painful (in my back right hip) that I left a tear-soaked voicemail on my CDE's phone, telling her there was no way I'd consider CGM. Then a few months later, I agreed to try the Dex for 7...

Show me a diabetic that can keep their bg's between 70 and 130 24/7 for 2 weeks and I'll submit they aren't a T1. They've got some other variation of the disease. My wife's diabetes is NOTHING like mine and she is what one would unofficially classify as a 1.5. Anytime she goes high, without taking a correction, she comes right back down. I'm a typical T1 and have to work hard to get 12 straight hours of bg's...

Thanks for the info. I think it's time I contact my endo and CDE and ask about doing a trial run with the Nav and Dex. I agree with your comments about the MM...my biggest gripe was the huge inaccuracy. I knew going into it that the numbers would never match my meter, but I expected it to be close!! Otherwise, what's the point? I'm a teacher, too!!!

Thanks Danny... I do find this forum motivating as well. I have been striving for control for many many years, but I keep getting better--with the semi occasional hiccup (ya...once or twice a day ;)

24 hours for this LADA. Depressing question..lol. If you changed it to 70-140 I would have several two day runs. I agree with Kelly it's pretty irrelevant what nondiabetics have! It's how often we meet our own target goals!

It's not much to brag about. I credit it to my formerly functioning pancreas.

18 hours :) And that did indeed include lots of food.

I think about 12 hours? With my MM CGMS. I don't think I could have done it without it.