I have been using the system for 7 weeks, just on my 4th sensor, helping me manage my diet, reduced carbs and dropped from 87mm/mol to 71 with some diet and device for 2 weeks. I am now down to 55 in 7 weeks. I have also been looking at the Blood Sugar Diet, worth reading, so last week is down to 40mmol/mol. the issue I had was the advice I was given on NHS, as well as Metformin I a on Glimepiride, so the advice was to make sure I had carbs and keep doing my pre breakfast finger prick, paranoid about lows I stuck to the advice. Libre has allowed me to monitor things closely, I can tweak my food intake and watch the effect, it is also a great motivator when you have good information. I am steadily losing weight, dropping my medication doses, but carefully monitoring, which is the beauty of the thing. I have paid for several additional HbA1c tests, the results seem to be on trend.
NHS are missing a trick here, yes it is expensive, but at the moment it is low volume item for Abbott, I would like to think that as their sales increase they might reduce prices, plus there will be other competition. I have written to my doctor, this could have a +ve impact for NHS.
NHS are missing a trick here, yes it is expensive, but at the moment it is low volume item for Abbott, I would like to think that as their sales increase they might reduce prices, plus there will be other competition. I have written to my doctor, this could have a +ve impact for NHS.