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Comment by Anngelia on January 18, 2010 at 5:28am

I have been a diabetic for about 39 years. I still have a few memories of when I was first dx'd but for the most part dont really ever remember not being diabetic. But with pumps and CGMs I dont think D is all that bad....not all that great, but not all that bad either.

Comment by Osob on January 13, 2010 at 3:43pm

What a great name for the group I was thinking how long do you have to have diabetes to become a Veteran and I am glad to be one of the Veterans now seeing as I`ve had it for 23 years now,oh how time goes so quick from age 2.

Comment by Ahmad ( Al ) on January 11, 2010 at 9:55pm

MelissaBL thanks for pointing that out. since am following this group and kept receiving e-mails on every reply. VetHost probably if you start a discussion you will have more echos and reply's.

Comment by MelissaBL on January 11, 2010 at 9:54pm

No problem. Not in the way at all, bud. I'm just saying that discussions tend to get more hits than the comment wall and from those with a particular interest in a given topic. Don't feel you have to apologize. :)

In a discussion, if Kelly and Richard and I wanted to continue to talk about cgms, if we moved it to a discussion, you wouldn't have to read about it.

Comment by VetHost on January 11, 2010 at 9:23pm

MelissaBL: I posted to this forum because it is called "Diabetes Veterans" with a target audience that has had diabetes for more than 20 years. Sorry if my particular issue got in the way.

Comment by MelissaBL on January 11, 2010 at 4:32pm

*puts on her admin hat*

Remember also, folks, that we are actually totally misusing the comments thread of this group in replying back and forth to one another anyway. *laughs* The CGM stuff should have been started as a separate discussion within the group.

VetHost, you can always ask that discussion on any topic be moved to a more appropriate forum. Just as you can post to either this group or to the discussion forums in general diabetes topics to see if anyone in the community has spherocytosis.

We have nearly 200 members in this particular sub-group, so our topics will cover a wide range.

Comment by VetHost on January 11, 2010 at 11:58am

Thanks Kelly. Just would like to know if anyone has spherocytosis, and if so, is there anything to watch out for? I have it (misshapen red blood cells) and know that the A1C reading is useless for me.

Comment by Kelly Rawlings on January 11, 2010 at 11:19am

Sorry, we got off on a tangent! There ARE lots of threads devoted to cgm elsewhere on the site.

So where do you want to range next (not talking bg levels, of course, no desire for wide ranges there)?

Comment by VetHost on January 11, 2010 at 11:12am

"CGM -- Which brand is the best?" might have been a more appropriate name for this forum. I do appreciate reading experiences about this technology, but I thought the discussion would be more wide ranging.

Comment by Kelly Rawlings on January 11, 2010 at 9:25am

I don't remember it being painful--just annoying to have the bag and tubes!

The second ipro I wore (maybe 2 years ago) was tidy. Just a sensor, same size as the Dex. The fact you can't see the trends is kinda helpful if you're trying to capture data on what you usually do with diabetes.

For this temporary wear of the Dex, because I can see the trend lines and arrows, I've had to psych myself out of treating because I'm really trying to look at basal and bolus info for the time being.

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