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3.9 isn't actually that low and wouldn't be counted as a hypo in the US (they use mg/dL and their hypo limit is 70mg/dL which is 3.9 instead of 4 mmol/L) Non diabetics can go a bit lower than that before meals and just feel hungry. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7296129/ However...

Oh dear, there is a known bug in the forum that means some people get their numbers mangled. Could you write it in words? eg three point 8 would be 3.8

Looks quite pretty to me, though only available in the Netherlands and Germany at the moment. I'd certainly be interested in hearing a review of you do decide to go this route.

My apologies if this has been posted before on your threads @bogwort47 , but you might be interested on this study on non diabetics when they wore a cgm for ten days. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7296129/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7296129/

Welcome to the forums @SandyA I'm not T2 so shouldn't really comment on how much you test (your profile says you are taking januvia?) but I can say that it sounds as though what you are doing works for you and different people like to manage their diabetes in different ways. Once more, welcome.

Toujeo is a concentrated (3x) long acting insulin, a version of lantus. (Edited to add, 3 times stronger than lantus, but the active ingredient is the same glargine.) https://www.toujeo.com/ The trouble with moving onto insulin is that you have no idea what initial dose you need so the dose has...

Hi @Gavlaaa91 and welcome to the DCUK forums. I agree with @hopful34 that you should ask your trainers about this? The obvious potential issue to me is what happens if you are climbing a turbine and go hypo??? Some jobs (eg heavy goods vehicle driving in the UK) do have quite hard...

If they put you on insulin then they are required to give you test strips on prescription. Have they told you about hypoglycemia? (low blood sugar).

Abasaglar is a long acting insulin similar to lantus (which I know a bit about because I was on it for more than a decade). Presumably you now have a blood testing meter? Or have they given you a sensor to stick on your arm? Lots of T2s on here reduce their blood sugars significantly by...

Hi @woody52 and welcome to the forums. Can I just clarify a couple of things? Are you know Type 1 (T1) diabetic on insulin, or are you a T2 diabetic who has moved to insulin ? (It's pretty unusual for a long term T2 to be rediagnosed T1 but not unheard of.) There are a lot of medications...

I appreciate that @tigger has used "carefully" in their wording and their post breaks no rules but just a reminder that chatGPT can be very unreliable and for this reason current forum rules on AI use don't allow direct quotes from AI (see rule B10 in the forum rules, found in the Greetings and...

I've been using a tslim with steel canulas for 15 months. Not sure my hba1c is any better but I get massively fewer hypos and the hypers are greatly reduced too. It does depend on the person, but I love my pump and wouldn't be without it. (Disclaimer, I'm in New Zealand where hypos were a...

Hi @Malty123 and welcome to the forums. Forum rules don't let us diagnose so I have to be careful what I say here, but I can give you some information. Firstly, it is normal for the blood sugar of non diabetics to go up after meals. This study here is quite interesting...

That seems a little strange to me too. If it only lasts 16 hours are you supposed to take it twice a day? (Or maybe you are still producing some of your own insulin so you don't need 24 hour coverage???) I can see an argument that a shorter acting insulin will allow for more variation in...

The technical team were aware of this on Friday but we don't know what is happening over the weekend.