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I have a Libre and ordered online some large circular adhesive plasters after reading recommendations. They come with one protective cover, a hard plastic disc that is bigger than the sensor, that is stuck to the plaster and then over the sensor and when you use a new plaster you reuse the disk...

I have occasionally reused a needle but only one more time but usually when I know that something like Christmas is coming up I count all the needles I have and work out when I will run out so order them in plenty of time, athough the surgery does usually make me wait until a specific date...

Thank you for your replies. When my previous pen went blank after five months the diabetes nurse put a request in for a new one and I received it on 28th March and even then I didn't use it straight away but the pen only lasted two months before it went blank. I haven't tried getting in touch...

I wondered if anyone had been having trouble with their Novopen Echo Plus pens regarding the display? I had a pen replaced after five mnths use when the display stopped working and received a second pen on 28th March but noticed a few days ago that the display is blank, just like the previous...

I have been using Libre 2 for a few months and there are some niggling problems. One is that the logbook takes a LONG time to load, sometimes up to a minute but going back to Home comes up immediately. It sometimes loses the signal, even when I am holding my phone and it can wake me up with an...

This is from the Freestyle website - How you dispose the Sensor components after use? Used or unused Sensor packaging can go in general waste. Once the Sensor has been placed on the arm, the used applicator (which contains a needle) and the lid can be screwed back together and can be placed in a...

I used to be given two boxes of 100 needles but presumably by trying to save some money they have cut them down to one box but as someone else has said if you inject four times a day a box of 100 doesn't last a month and although I have frequently requested another box I never get it. What is...

Don't mention the word Tresiba! I've had so much trouble with the surgery and getting the cartridges instead of the pens. Back in June the manufacturer said there would be a shortage of pens until February 2024 but in October when I put in a repeat prescription with only three weeks of Tresiba...

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 29 years ago but it was later thought that I was a late onset Type 1. Anyway, all the eye checks have shown that over the last ten years or so I have been diagnosed with diabetic maculopathy and cataracts as well as small bleeds and floaters that come and...

Yes I know that Tresiba works differently, what I meant was that if Tresiba cartridges are available and I had always been prescribed cartridges for Lantus so already had the pen, why did they decide to use disposable pens that are now getting hard to get? Disposable pens are no more convenient...

When I was on Lantus I had the cartridges and still have the pen but in their wisdom the surgery changed me on to Tresiba disposable pens. The NHS Drug Tariff shows that the prices for the cartridges and disposable pens are exacty the same (£46.60 for 5) so it's not as if they would save money...

I have been on Tresiba for just over a year and the advice was to throw the pen away when it was empty. The trouble with throwing things away is that sometimes this can lead to a shortage, which is what has happened with Tresiba pens. I heard about a scheme called PenCycle by Novo Nordisk a...

I have been on Tresiba since August 2022 as well as Novorapid. I was on Lantus for years and one day a couple of minutes after my Lantus injection my sugar levels went very low as if I had injected too much Novorapid. Glucose and other things got it back up but it was frightening at the time...

Are you on the long acting insulin like Lantus or another long acting one and/or quick acting insulin as well? I am on the long acting Tresiba once a day and three injections of Novorapid at meals but I remember when I was first put on to insulin it was hard to find the right dose. I only...

While looking up whether the plastic covers of insulin pen needles can be put in the recycling box, I discovered something that appears to be just starting and think it is a very good idea. It's called PenCycle by Novo Nordisk and applies to their pre-filled pens which means you can put your...