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free trials are available which if not tried before you can take advantage of 10day: https://www.dexcom.com/en-GB/dexcom-one-plus-sample libre: https://www.freestyle.abbott/uk-en/getting-started/sampling.html regards with switching over to insulin, that unfortantly doesnt always mean get a...

libre 5.9 been pretty decent last several days :) currently 12.3 according to libre straight up arrow around an hour and half since gave up getting back to sleep and had my breakfask 1x large scrambeld egg, single half size slice of wholemeal warbatons toast - 9.6g carbs (0.6g large egg 9g the...

this morning 5.6 blood glucose libre thinks 4.9. libre been fairly good <6 usually blood glucose always a little higher approx 0.5 out this time around. exception last weeks appt, fairly stressful woke up to 7.4. alarm went off for high several hours later during meeting despite zero food...

Swimming is awesome form of exercise enjoy helps a lot with resistance ☺️

There's another thing which they can perhaps do to delay things a little their is fairly strict criteria however may well be worth while asking about Teplizumab effects immune system which could help delay unsure exactly what current qualifying is.. I can tell if wish what the criteria was last...

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2026/feb/type-1-diabetes-hybrid-closed-loop-and-open-loop-systems-compared.html

everyone is different regarding how much sugar/carbs.. the only real way to tell is to test directly prior to food then a couple of hours later to see how well your body coped with that particular carb/sugar. What your looking for is 2-3mmol difference after a couple of hours.

Birthday today 25 years young for 25 years straight ... Actual age 50 I prefer seeing it as 25 for 25 years but hey ho.. here's libre as of right now 5.3 apparently was waking already had breakfast scrambled egg with cheese small wholemeal toast 9g carb (wholemeal half size loaf). Hour walk...

6.0 today last few weeks ranging from 5.4 to 6.5 birthday in a couple of days time . Appt next week not looking forward to (non medical) lumber fusion pre-op assessment 15th may with op scheduled for the following week. Trying to get out and about as much as possible before op little bit of...

brown rice will spike levels slightly less high than white (same weight) brown has more fibre, little longer to digest so shouldnt spike as high as white could. Only way to tell if its ok for you, is to measure blood glucose via fingerprick pre meal, alongside later on ~2 hours later and see if...

careful thats above the max dosage allowed. 600 is the max per day. the above quote is from this page: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/pregabalin/ that is why the dr can't prescribe more than 600mg per day. the 600mg can be splitt in various ways which you'll need to discuss with medical staff.

Many happy returns on your birthday hope you have a great day. 5.4 libre no finger prick today

chocolate, dark 85%+ generally has less carbs than milk chocolate. small piece on tongue let melt :) worth trying to switch over to lower carb variant. holland and barrets have a few keto chocolate bars some are nice! some are terrible .. really is personal taste worth a wee shot. Snack...

fingerprick 5.9. strange pancreas seems to work better some days than others after food regardless if same meals or not.

i'd be inclined to try for a referal for pain management clinic, which specielizes in pain relief, they can likely better than a regular gp type doctor possibly be able to prescribe something which could help with it. I take several pain meds for back pain... not neuropathy, cocktail pregabalin...