Recent Content by gmmorris

I received my letter today. I have heart disease and diabetes. But the sole reasons I qualify (!) are 1. age, and 2. taking two autoimmunity pills (Prednisolone and Micophenolate Motefil). Was already shielding in anticipation.

Interesting experiences above. I inject Tresiba around 9am, and I find it has very little effect for the first 12 hours. But then at around 1am, it seems to wake up(!) so that at around 7am every morning, my reading is consistently around 7mml. Whilst on the subject, I also find that NovoRapid...

I have been taking Tresiba and NovoR for several years. Currently I take 19 units every morning around 9am. For me, it has minimal effect during the day, but seems to kick in after around 16 hours (around 1 am.) to the extent that I have to watch out for going hypo at around 8 am. In addition...

Too true, sadly. Many seem never even to have heard of DAFNE or similar NHS courses (an immediate life-saver for the patient and a cost-saver for the NHS in the long run). Crazy.

I have been diabetic (on insulin for the greater part) for 20-odd years, and started (inter alia) on 20 mg prednisolone bd several years ago also because of sarcoidosis. Initially, my blood sugar readings were completely and seemingly inexplicably out of control. I blamed the meter, the needles...

Trouble is - is one really willing to risk the apparent unreliability? I accept entirely that the Libre will work for much of the time for most of the people (including myself). But, and particularly given the sensor cost, is that really good enough? IMO, only some meaningful competition will...

I've rather lost confidence altogether in the Libre (and long ago in their so-called Customer Service). I bought a new sensor to use in hospital (pneumonia!) so as to avoid all the finger-pricking. During the first week or so, it began to dawn on me that the readings could be ridiculously...

Thanx all. That's one less problem to worry about, then. Not that Luton will ever be my fave airport ...

Has anybody had a problem wearing a Freestyle Libre through the airport security scanner (I'm thinking of the metal needle)?

Hi Scott-C For the first few censors. I was zapping 20/30 times a day. Even more! However, I'm really not at all sure that that was really so useful, as it is actually just the pre-meal readings that we act upon, and the journey up and down the scale meantime can lead to unnecessary insulin...

Jasmin - I'm exactly the same. If it helps - I have been on insulin for about ten years, and almost every single diabetic I have spoken with complains of tiredness. Maybe it's just par for the course?

That's curious. Metformin has never ever given me the runs. To the contrary, it makes me so constipated that, although I know that my GP urges me to continue to take it, I simply have to leave it out. I've tried several times but to no avail. Gliclazide, on the other hand, produced liver...