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Your post said you were getting symptoms of HYPOglycaemia which is the opposite of a spike. Do you actually measure your BS with either a CGM or finger prick to see what is actually happening? Without that all this advice is speculation.

Possibly a bladder infection?

7.8

Does the Abbott reader still give alarms for high and low and out of contact?it is ages since I used mine instead of the phone as I kept losing it and unlike the phone could not track it. Also could not make notes on it to refer back to but it was in many ways handier than the phone as less bulky.

I like that idea. I presume though that you still get the 1 hour gap between the first one stopping and the new one starting?

Yes you will get. The occasional gap if you are out of range too long and forget to do the occasional scan. But not usually a big problem

The log book is needed if you want to add a note. But no great hassle to do the reading

I use medicheck for home testing. You need to send it back for analysis. They send a full report very quickly

With the new Libre v2 even if you lose signal the sensor stores the levels and fills them in next time you do an actual reading. I used to use the Libre reader but now use the app on my mobile phone and don't lose many readings. I self fund as gp Has never offered to fund it and I didn't want to...

8.5 very rarely under 7 despite gliclaside morning and evening

8.6. it's rarely less than 7 whatever it does the rest of the day

Brilliant well done

I always use the skintak wipes with my libre. Abbott advise it should not be covered. I have never had it come off with swimming or showering unless I towel too vigorously!

Good for you. I agree with the advice to check your blood glucose. I went for a year after diagnosis with nothing and things got worse and had to start meds. I'm sure if I had been advised to keep a check this would have been less likely. Now have Abbott freestyle Libre and check where...

At a hotel today so breakfast was 2 rashers back bacon tomoate mouthful black pudding spoonful scrambled egg. Muffin at midmorning because yesterday bs went low. Lunch half a cheese and pice sandwich. Not surprisingly bs then went really high because I am an idiot but yesterday's low...