Recent Content by Greymalkin

Thanks so much, that's hugely reassuring. I believe I won't worry too much (I'll probably forget all about it). :D

I'm sorry to wake up an old thread with a question only partly related. For reasons that needn't be analysed here (to save me embarrassment) my kitchen fridge went without power from late yesterday till after dark today, let's say 20 clear hours. Unfortunately the door was opened several times...

Wow...that puts my occasional post-exercise discomfort in perspective. Thanks for your insight and advice, and I wish you good health.

Thanks so much for responding, and so quickly! I shall get in to the Libre settings this afternoon. I admit I'm daunted by over 8,000 words of LibreView terms and conditions. I tend to worry that somewhere in there, they slip in (for our unthinking consent) their right to share users' records...

Not sure if this is the place to discuss cramps? I'll tag on to a different thread if that's better. I've always experienced infrequent and wholly unpredictable cramps in my calves. Just lately they've been a lot more frequent, typically attacking while I'm asleep. I set up a vertical...

I must set the record straight - my NHS record definitely shows my HbA1c in mmol/mol, not percentage. I tend to think in percentage because that's what the Libre displays. Perhaps the Libre can convert to show mmols? I haven't delved into the settings. On a separate theme, has anybody worked...

Thank you, all, for your replies and suggestions. I suspect that aside from uninterrupted supplies of insulin, test strips and (for the last two years) Libre sensors, my NHS care has been a bit superficial. I'm certain it was never, ever suggested to me that my HbA1c could or should be taken...

I've little to complain about, but I found my record for this year on the NHS app, is 42 (6%), up from 35 (5.4%) last year. The doc was wary of congratulating me last year with a reading as low as 35, but at the time and since, I believed I was maintaining the stable and steady low range by...

Interesting stuff. After 18 months with the Libre 2 continuous glucose monitor, I believe I've thoroughly tested what I can get away with in terms of conventional carb-consumption. I'm now persuaded that all foods which are based on processed starches are effectively laden with nearly-instant...

Glad I'm not alone in having tried fasting and found it helpful. I've lately adopted what I'm calling a 44:4 diet, semi-permanently. I'm never hungry early in the day...I only need coffee. On an eating day I start at 11a.m. with a lot of mostly raw vegetables, and in the four hours before 3pm I...

I'm relieved to find I wasn't alone feeling dissatisfied with the Libre's alarm functionality. I had already set up 'custom' alarm sounds from my phone's menu - a rising two-note tone called 'Meteor' when my BG climbs past 7.5, and the dropping two-note tone called 'Orion' when it falls past...

These are great answers, many thanks for those. I'll investigate. ;)

I've had the Libre 2 for close to a year, now. I value the high and low blood glucose (BG) alarms, particularly as a monitor to levels during sleep. But there is still a problem which could easily be sorted by a little reprogramming by the manufacturers. Lately I was comfortably in range when...

In the end I ordered one of those green kilo-bags of dextrose powder. I hadn't felt very encouraged by my use of it, till today, when I used it liberally in hot water, as if it were plain caster sugar. It's quick and easy, and very effective. After so many years using widely available soft...

After years (decades) with type-1, I shouldn't have to ask, but here goes. For at least ten years, I went about my daily life with my testing kit and insulin pens in a reused sunglasses bag (very tough and long-lasting), with the tightening cord wrapped around the neck of a 500ml bottle of...