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I just bought a FreeStyle Libre app. When I try to read the sensor with the app on my Samsung Android Phone, I get a message that it is incompatible. Has anyone faced this problem?

I often eat Kiwi as it is small and easy to cut and eat. There are two varieties. They not only have Carbo they also have free sugar. I am skeptical of eating either. I hope to read some of your views.

I have been trying to regulate glucose in the blood for many years. 99% of the time the tests to determine glucose were pin-pricks and the strip or on blood that was drawn in a doctor's office and later analyzed in the laboratory. Recently I have tried CGM. During lunch, I tried to: 1. start...

If you manage blood sugar, can you reduce foot neuropathy no matter what type it is?

It is a work in progress. What I have so far is this. The second column is carbs. 100 gms apple has 14 gms carbs and 52 calories 14 100 gms of unsweetened Soya 38 cals 4 100 gms cooked Quacker Old fashioned oats 63.4 cals 10.8 100 gms of Walnuts 654 cals 13.7 100 gms...

For realistic carbohydrate calculations, one needs to know what they are. South India is famous for its lentil-based super delicious vegetable preparations. This is consumed two times a day in most homes. The carbohydrate and calorie values for these are non-existent or absent. Even those that...

I am a vegetarian. I eat cooked oats for breakfast with walnuts and soy milk). For lunch, I eat cooked Fos-Tail with Indian Rasam or Sambhar (not sure how much card is contributed), dry vegetable curry, 1 tbsp of yogurt, and sometimes roasted Okinawan sweet potato, Dinner is like lunch, and I...

How about using AI to come up with a game plan to average carbohydrate intake on any day by knowing the carbohydrate intake (not necessarily carbohydrate values per se) represented by the actual items rice, fish, etc.

There is a Magnesium Sulfate based product available over the counter. It does seem to reduce the pain. I have used it on my fingers and palms. There is another product 'Magnesium oil (it is not oil in the strict sense of the word but the oily-looking solution of Magnesium Chloride in water). I...

For example, I have used a CGM which should expire after 14 days of measurement. The question is, is the performance uniform and constant during this 14-day period? I am towards the end of this period, and I am seeing lower and lower values but not alarmingly low. I have not made a detailed...

I have been feeling especially in the foot. Is this normal? The bones in the foot seem to bunch up, especially the toes minus the big one.

The patient is diabetic with HbA1C >6.7%. Otherwise, he is healthy with cholesterol within US standards. Why would the doctor not recommend some diabetic medication to control his blood sugar?

Most South Indian families eat Rasam, or Sambhar with rice or chapati. Both Rasam and Sambhar have carbohydrates from the cereals and vegetables in them. It is not easy to count the carbs as these are not standardized items with each family having its own recipe. These are not minor components...

Recently, I started using CGM just for testing. I have used pinpricks, off and on for 20 years. The daily variation cannot be represented by a single-point measurement. The cost of single-point measurements is not trivial. What is the use of this? Is it even relevant and to whom? Especially, in...

Alcohol is not the best route to lower blood glucose. The question arose out of personal experience. Is there a specific relationship?

Which is more stable in its instantaneous value? Isn't CGM by far the more useful measurement? Is there a good correlation between the two measurements? How does the needle in the CGM sample the fluid? Does it not clog or get blocked with time?

I have not been able to ascertain and am trying to find some answers. In 1997 I was diagnosed as a pre-diabetic with borderline Cholesterol issues. I was given some medication (they were Lipitor and Januvia as far as I can remember). I only took one dose and decided to try to make lifestyle...