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I have been told ‘hopefully within 10 years’. I am 74 now so might just as well give up now!

I think you only get them if you are a child or trying for a pregnancy , otherwise there isn’t any funding [emoji45]

Thank you

Thank you. I am desperate to have a pump but seems little hope as I’m too old and not in the age category [emoji45]

I have been changed to a Dexcom One plus but find they keep failing. Is the Libre 2 plus continuous or do you still have to actively wave your phone over the sensor every time you want to see your reading please?

I’m the same. Diagnosed at 72 with type 1 and I’m low carb eating so very low insulin doses but still can’t lose any weight. Am getting very fed up and wonder what the point is

You will get used to it. Give yourself some space, there are a lot of emotions you will go through but if you come on this forum everyone is so supportive and will answer any questions you have . Good luck

It’s really easy and totally painless, I don’t get stressed at all about inserting it and have to look to make sure it’s attached, it’s that simple!

I have been changed to twice daily basal insulin. Can I take it at the same time as bolus injection or how long apart do they have to be please?

Has anyone any experience of using these for delivering their injections please?

Any suggestions how I can get my Novodisk Echo plus to link to my iPhone 13 please? I have tried delete the Libre 2 app and reinstalling but no luck

Libre 2 update I am not very competent with tech, and having updated my Libre 2 by uninstalling the app then reinstalling it, I have lost all my previous data. Please can anyone tell me how to get it back?

I put a new Libre Sensor on yesterday and it took a few attempts to accept. This morning it is telling me that my sensor has ended and to put another one on! Has anybody had this happen please and any suggestions as if I replace it I won’t have enough for a month and they are super strict about...

I was really interested to read your post even though it was from a while ago. I was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic just after Christmas this year but within a month and with BG readings of 33 +, my antibody tests came back as type 1 - all at the age of 72, and am on insulin 4 times a day with BG...