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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    5.9 fingerprick, libre 5.1 seem back to usual a full week after steriod injection :>
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    8.4 :F cadual injection playing havok. bright side - slept longer!
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    Honeymoon period

    Apprently honeymoon period can be x amount of time no way of telling how long/short. There is also slower onset lada. You'd need to speak with HCP. I note you've said hypo at night, presume verified via fingerprick, if conistant lows, would be worth while speaking to DSN/Endo/HCP to adjust your...
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    Ideas

    the one I got for daughter was Yamaha V3 brand new would of been about 285 which is mid-low range charity shops worth a wee browse sometimes can be some really good bargains to be had. Worth some research. Would totally agree some of the extremely cheap versions (eg cheap from likes of...
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    Yet another spiral into depression

    unsure if of use, or even is perhaps a possibility in area you live at. I've been on waiting list for help with anxiety. very long waiting list in my area, the psychology dept in my area has now refered me outwith the local area due to the wait, in hope that can perhaps speed up appt. you could...
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    Ideas

    would recrememnd checking out some charity shops :) managed to pickup a fairly cheap reasonable violin for daughter £30 that was 2 years ago. she has a ton of instruments. violin was restrung for that price and included the bow. regarding panic attack sorry to hear: Here is a wee workbook...
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    Hi I’m julieclarke I’ve joined to find out more about T2 diabetes

    have you tried holland and barrets keto version of pasta? :) little bit expensive however bg levels pretty decent. <3 bolognese. often when cba or dont have something lower carb will just eat it with a little fresh grated cheese.
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    Bleeding after injecting

    had a little bit of bleeding injecting into stomach as well. guessing must of hit very small blood vessel or something. never have injected in arm, althou libre sensor , several times been bleeding it rarer to bleed than not to bleed was back upper arm used for sense.
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    Heatwave advice

    what are you having some fast carbs to bring you up then slower? my mum found if low harder to get back up if didnt have something slower acting ontop of faster acting. treat til ok, then slower to stablize.
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    Newly diagnosed child diabetic - thinking treats are now not at thing for snacking and desserts - ideas welcome

    10cal jelly is pretty decent imo theres something like 0.2g carbs in a pot. 55p from aldi/lidl's or the hartleys one usually on offer somewhere at at 70p. i note you had mentioned more confident at counting carbs i2c ratio for me changed a lot over time.. would suggest ask for dafne course (if...
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    Hi I’m julieclarke I’ve joined to find out more about T2 diabetes

    ever make your own cheesecake? :) i make a quick nobake cheesecake mix sometimes sets in fridge few hours. sugarfree lemon (or other flavour) jelly, cream, phillydelphia (or other softcheese) couple of berries on top, occassionly grate a tiny bit of 80% dark chocolate ontop yum. one of my fave...
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    Exercise and lows

    i used lift tablets when went swimming. those at 15 cals with 3.7g fast carbs in each tablet.
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    Fibre glass like feeling on left leg

    https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html its 52mmol/l
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    Constant signal loss with my Libre 2 plus sensor in the LibreLink app

    curious was there recent update to your phones os that would fall within that time period? had simular issues when phone upgraded until app updated. i now have auto-updates turned off to hopefully prevent future problems. sometimes updates contain: breaking changes, api or whatever else can...
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    mostly really good morning numbers. 5.4-5.7, exception days pre-op appts 10+ had two due to missing 'bloods' :F wonder why the heck they didn't believe that my last hba1c was october? :O did show them medical record via mydiabetesmyway and queried if was needed. left crease of elbow from last...
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