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Thank you everyone for the suggestions!

Hi everyone, I truly love using my freestyle libre to monitor my sugars and I found that during the cooler weather they would stick on pretty well for 2 weeks. But with the warm and humid weather I am having a hard time with them staying on and find myself using some medical tape to help keep...

Thanks for your response! I was on 30 units which I gave all at once before bed and I'd always wake up with high sugars even if I went to bed with my sugars around 5-7. The Doctor asked why I didn't increase my Lantus and it was because I would get lows during the night if I gave myself more...

My diabetes Doctor has switched my long acting insulin from Lantus to Tresiba. I still have some of my Lantus left so I have not yet made the change. I am just wondering what the real difference would be and if anyone who has also made the switch how their experience was with the change.

I am a type 1 diabetic, I have now updated my profile. Thank you for the information and the welcome! My dietitian just suggested not having eggs before bed if I have to give insulin for them or to include a piece of toast so there is a reason for the insulin. I'm having a hard time finding a...

When seeing my dietitian they told me I would not have to give myself insulin when having eggs since they are protein. However I find that when I have eggs (I do not use ketchup just hot sauce) I do need to give myself insulin to keep my sugars from becoming high. Does anybody have a similar...