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Aren’t they now labelled ‘Lift’ or is that something else?

Looking at your BG levels and your diet I feel you are dealing with your diabetes in a very competent manner and you should be proud of it, though I am also baffled about your HbA1c results.

Take double the amount of insulin you’ll need. Keep it in your cabin baggage - not in your suitcase where it might freeze. Keep glucose tablets with you to treat unexpected hypos. Test for your BG frequently. Stay hydrated. Try to enjoy!

Indeed, I was instructed to alternate arms so as to give each area a ‘rest’ for 2 weeks.

Looking at all the posts here it’s obvious we are being led to use private health services which has been the government’s agenda for a long time. You’d be lucky to find a dentist now willing to take on NHS patient. The diabetic eye screening used to include a detailed eye check including eye...

Waiting eagerly for further information….!

I thought all the baggages are routinely screened by x-ray machines in the airports. In that case all my spare Libre sensors would have been shot. But I never found any untoward effect on them. I always do finger prick test when the reading looks suspicious! Wonder what the general...

Am I right to presume that Libre2 uses the same technology? I have been through numerous airport baggage scanners with no ill effect on my sensors!

I remember all that gear in the picture. I have still kept some for nostalgia. I have been Type 1 for nearly 48 years. I think I have done pretty well with my diabetes so far with no complications except that I have been recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Stage A CLL which is way...

I agree. I think we are somewhat overanalysing things. I can’t see any difference between sticky plasters, test strips or sanitary products. They should obviously all go in the nonrecyclable domestic waste. The used sensors should go in sharps bin. And the other plastic bits in the...

I would agree with every word you have said. Thank you.

I have set my low alarm threshold on the lowest setting and still get woken up with false alarms. So I do a blood test and go to sleep. Libre 2 is a life changer but far from perfect!

As you can see from the above posts alarms can be an issue. I have the problem of repeated false low warnings despite setting the threshold low at 3.7. Blood test usually shows above 5.7. i guess we have to live with these anomalies. As for your last question, no you don’t need to have the...

Thank you for enlightening me. It’s general waste from now on.

I squirt out the remaining insulin in all pens and put them in the recycling bin. They are all plastic after all.

On my DSN’s suggestion I put the sensor on the inside rather than outside of the arm to prevent it from being knocked off against door frames etc. I have yet to try other sites. Thank you for your suggestions.

The only problem with Libre2 is that you do get frequent low alarms at night because you have been sleeping on the sensor side and the pressure seems to trigger low alarms. Also because of the time lapse with Libre, it keeps going after you have treated the hypo. This causes me to switch off...

Couldn’t agree more. What’s the point changing it if it’s worse than before? At least make the type bolder and easier to read.