Regular checks I do for my Type 1 Diabetes.

There are, I guess, two types. One of them is what is done by medical professionals, the other one is what I do myself. So as a person with type 1 diabetic, obviously I test my own blood sugar all the time. Yes, I have a CGM, but I'll use fingerprint test to calibrate the cgm but also if i'm if i don't feel confident the cgm is showing what it should i'll always check i also measure my weight i do check my blood pressure i'm i'm just past my 50th birthday it's a good thing to to check one's blood pressure now and then um and check check my weight check my blood pressure check my blood sugar these are the kind of things that i do at home um the the things that happen with the medical team obviously is the standard that happens with NHS and should be happening everywhere. So I get my eyes checked regularly, very very important. As a type 1 diabetic we can get retinopathy. You asked me earlier if there is something that scares me, probably losing sight will be one of the things I have on the list. I have blood tests very regularly that check my I check my glycosylated hemoglobin, so the integral, the time of my blood control, as well as kidney function, et cetera. They check my feet, the standard thing. They also check my weight and other things. So all of these things, I believe, are extremely important. Yes, we have a feeling of how we're doing, but unfortunately, we don't have any way of feeling how well our kidneys are working. So having that test by the medical team is extremely important. Same with taking the pictures of the eye, looking for changes in the retina, looking for beginnings of retinopathy, because over time, all type 1 diabetics will have some complications. And the question is getting to them as quickly as possible and doing something to stop them becoming and having an impact, I guess, on the quality of life.