Recent Content by Bill_St

The scanners will certainly survive the travel monitors. Libre have been medically tested even with MRI and CT scanners which are considerably higher dose than any airport scanner. No problem at all after a short recovery time for MRI. https://www.freestyle.abbott/us-en/safety-information.html

Read through Juggluco.nl and see the section describing how to calibrate Libre. Never needed it myself but it is there. Also section on Watches. AFAIK you do need your phone in Bluetooth range. Also see GlucoDataHandler in GooglePlay ;)

You can compare the variations of your own readings here : https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m149/rapid-responses

It is possible to calibrate Libre readings by using an excellent 3rd party app: Juggluco.nl The general difficulty with such calibrations for both Dexcom and Libre is that you are calibrating to single, or a few, fingerpicks that are themselves of questionable accuracy. Juggluco allows you to...

An example region for all weight loss drugs

There is a very useful publicly available resource that allows us to compare prescribing data. You can compare your region with others and even drill down to compare your GP practice with others. Two things stand out. Mounjaro prescriptions are Increasing across all regions and most GPs Massive...

The latest 2025 FITTER recommendations from John Hopkins and Mayo Clinic : https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(25)00030-8/fulltext

https://openprescribing.net/analyse/#org=practice&orgIds=00L,13T,99C&numIds=0601023AZBB,0601023AWBB,0601023AWBD,0601023ABBC&denom=total_list_size&selectedTab=summary Select Time Series option to see change over time.

It is very interesting to see how much individual practices vary within a region. Openprescribing does provide this analysis. As an example, I provide the results for my own region. Corrected for the different list sizes, it gives the amount of weight loss drugs prescribed per 1000 patients...

My short acting insulin has gone down from typical 25-30 units/day to 5-6, sometimes Zero! Still maintaining 20 units basal.

When applying, press firmly and hold for 15sec to allow the adhesive time to bond. Also hold hand up to head so the skin on the application site is stretched. Do not use any oil or oily product on application site, wash with Simple soap only, never moisturiser.

Very important to move the insertion location. Very easy to develop a hardened area of skin which will give lower blood flow thus lower readings. Perhaps this is one reason some see the plus as a downgrade. Longer use may same issue with the 2.

My experience with Mounjaro (currently 10mg/wk) is very large reduction in insulin needs. Even a single unit of fast acting can give noticeable effect. CGM is needed to carefully monitor to avoid Hypos. Also ensure you drink plenty of water ;) Interesting that the ADA (American Diabetes...

The studies linked above are quite conclusive for room temperatures and higher (up to 37C) Only minor (less than 10%) degradation even after several Months. The biggest issues are likely to be Cold and Sunlight. Domestic fridge temperature regulation is not consistent, particularly when...