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libre 4.6 breakfast and some housework. yesterdays heavy rain couple more roads been closed flooding and risk of landslide. thankfully just raining at the moment and supposed to clear up for a while later on this afternoon, going to go a nice forest waterfall walk, burns and rivers in spate...

fingerprick 6.2 libre 5.4 Breakfast then off a walk currently dry, supposed to be heavy rain shortly all day. still working on box room decluttering getting there slowly but surely.

libre 4.4 been given gaviscon for stomach and dr has refered me for sigmoidoscopy :( i've asked to for late appt to allow travel to get done before would require enema or keep me in the night prior. travelling with enema - no way! no loo's 2.5 hours travel ... not possible.

might have to mess around with frequency and power setting to get good effect hope works out well for you gl

last screening i had done, was photograph everything was bright for a while sent img away, got results a few weeks later. sometimes if pupil isnt expanding enough, they would require to use eyedrops. if they do that bring sunglasses :) here is what they do for the eye screening nhs highland...

5.4 libre. drs appt today for qfit results followup for tummy issues. Weather yesterday pretty brutal with amount of rain been some landslides a few roads currently impassable, ferries off too :/ yellow wind warning at the moment thankfully the heavy rain has stopped and just light drizzle at...

doubtful :) toujeo couple hours either side shouldnt make much difference difference, due to its insulin profile/active time. trupai is fast acting usually with meals. just think clock changes what you do. wouldnt worry either way. i used to inject both toujeo and novarapid/fiasp one after...

5.4 new libre. fingerprick 5.7 supermarket later buying some alternative milk products and stuff. last nights evening meal stayed down :) wondering if possible stomach issues perhaps down to body sudddenly saying NOPE to something which been fine for years prior. bolongnese by itself, no...

Libre was 4.8 earlier over on mainland about to go for swim grabbing a pastry before go in currently 4.4. Still issue running to loo within after foods ketones 1.4. roll on Monday appt at drs forgot to put Starbucks large latte alongside 2 digestive biscuits which was second spike lost that...

Have you checked ketones according to your sickday guidance? careful of potential crash, stacking... might be wise setting alarm a little higher than normal due to several correctional doses in relatively quick sucession. 45min to hour before fiasp can reach its peak be careful for next 3-5...

libre 5.2 sleety snow showers currently. undecided what doing today.

Run fingers under some warm water 20-30s or so alternatively hold a hot mug for a few minutes, ensure fingers dry. gentle massage finger towards where pricked to try squeeze out a larger droplet. If that doesn't work, could be worth getting a new lancing device where have the ability to select...

if consistantly reading lower you could lower your alarm rather than turning it off totally? i set mine lower, however check several times that it is showing at least by somewhat consistant amount and do check via finger pricks after applying new sensors. lowest setting allows is 3.3mmol/L for...

5.4 libre 6.1 fingerprick taking it easy today :) had enough of sorting out the boxroom for timebeing. going a walk when rain stops

Blood glucose levels took several weeks to stablise for me, when was inititally diagnosed (t1 / later as t1/lada). Regards CGM ensure to let whichever manufacturer know if stopped working altogether, sometimes with libre2plus sensor it say 'running continuous quality checks' and very...