Recent Content by Davidden

Mentioned earlier my sensor was due for replacement today, so popped a new one on this morning, after carefully cleaning the area, and even taking a shower. Waited the hour and received an error message, so scanned the sensor - and it started the "found a new sensor" check! An hour later, I got...

Ripe, but not overly so. I buy enough for 4 or 5 days at a time, and have one a day - usually without yoghurt. As far as I am aware bananas are on the recommended list of good for diabetics, as they have low sugar content, but the Potassium is beneficial, too.

Washed my hands at least twice since apple - Dapagliflozin makes me pee a lot!! Just checked now - CGM 6.5, slowly rising, Fingerprick 8.4, which is acceptable variance. Sensor change due on Sunday morning so will see how it goes.

I have been going along merrily since stopping insulin a couple weeks ago, with my blood sugars - per my CGM - almost all within range, no bad spikes, no lows, and my 7 day average of 7.8. All looking good, you might think! A few minutes ago my reading was 4.9 (it has, in fact, been hovering...

I like the convenience with CGM (Libre 2 Plus) of not having to stick my finger(s) every day, but do find the sensors to be "variable"! This month my DN got me started on Dapagliflozin and reduced my insulin to zero - the sensor I was using recorded falling blood glucose levels, and ended up...

I have always drunk a lot of water, other than coffee I do not drink anything else, and at my age the bladder is not so forgiving as it used to be anyway, but what I do find now is that if I stand up - I have to wee - and if I am sitting and feel the need, it is an urgent need. Generally an hour...

I am now completely insulin-free (so maybe I am in the wrong forum!), and my blood sugars are much lower and more stabilised, and I have been "in-range" 100% the past 7 days. Yes, I do drink more water, and have to pee more than usual, and it is usually an instant need rather than being able to...

Just back from my latest review, or follow-up. I have been on Dapagliflozin for 18 days now, and have reduced my daily insulin from 50 units to 10! My glucose levels have reduced considerably, and stabilised a good deal, with no big spikes after food (still low carb, though, for now) - been in...

I see you are in Eswatini, so can imagine healthcare costs can be high. I visited Manzini many years ago as my (then) father-in-law was head of Coca Cola. Lovely country. We are fortunate here in the UK as healthcare is free (for the most part) and especially diabetic treatment, otherwise many...

Thought an update was needed. I started taking the Dapagliflozin on September 1st and so far no side effects - I always drink a lot of water (only that, coffee and a glass of milk a day, no other liquids), so haven't really noticed much of a change in my peeing frequency yet. I started reducing...

Picked up my Dapagliflozin today, but am not going to take it till after my CT scan next week - don't fancy having to look for loos all the time if it works as well as a diuretic as they say! I also had a chat with the pharmacist as I was concerned about a few things, not least the reports of...

Thanks for the response - Dapagliflozin seems to be used a lot to prevent/combat heart failure and kidney disease, neither of which I have ever had problems with (I have a full body CT scan every 3 months - next one on September 2 - as they are monitoring me for cancer metastasis), and other...

Just back from my diabetic review and the diabetic nurse, one I haven't seen before, asked me why I was on insulin! She said I didn't appear to have the markers that would lead to prescription in the UK - I was put on it in 2020 in Peru to get my blood sugars down for surgery, and been on it...

Sensor woes continue. This new sensor - a week old - keeps recording lows, which fingerpricking disputes! Today when I got up the meter said 3.0, but fingerprick 9.6 (the 3.0 has now vanished from the record!), then 15 minutes ago 3.4, compared to 8.5! I can accept a couple of points different...

Not sure if the really hot weather we have been having plays havoc with the sensors - not the blood glucose levels as I lived in South America (Peru and Brazil) when I first went on insulin, but fingerpricking - maybe sweat causing it? After the one sensor that recorded incredibly low, then one...