Recent Content by Margie@home

I have used Libre self funding for 3 years and then getting it since on the NHS for which I am so thankful. I am using a reader to scan the Libre 3 and find I often have to wait 15 mins and rescan. I. Have turned all Alarms off except the low blood sugar one as battery needs charging daily. I...

I think you are trying too hard to get your blood tests low. Hypos are dangerous. As a Diabetic for 64 years I find l am trying too hard to keep mine low. My specialist is lovely but is counting every time the Libre goes below 4 and he is concerned of the danger to me. Be kind to yourself.

I have problems with Libre 2 not being very accurate also they need to be charged up every day. The alarms keep going off as well.

I am interested in Libre 2 is it better? I know they have a delay but blood results are crazy at times. I self funded for 3 years but now NHS kindly supplies them and suggested a change. I am unaware of Hypos and Libre 2 has an alarm. Thank you for posting

I am so sorry that your blood sugars are all over the place. I am type1 for 63 years and I have a similar problem to you. Same breakfast each day. Some days good results another readings so high as if I had eaten 3 times as much. Thank you for bringing this up as I have always had trouble...

Thinking of you as it must have been a shock to you and your family to discover that your daughter had Diabetes. She is an amazing child to accept it. I have been Type 1 for 63 years and I have 3 children and 7 grand children neither have Diabetes I am the only person who has got it. I am very...

I have been Type 1 for 62 years. I have never injected in public. Possibly because when I was first on Insulin the syringes were made of glass and the insulin came in small bottles. A nightmare ! Thank goodness things are so easy now. At my age I feel lucky I use a Libra which saves all the...

I have clocked up 62 years as type1. At first I thought my life was over. Diabetics died young and suffered amputations. I was scared of needles. I was on tablets for a bit with a starvation diet to avoid injections. This didn’t work and I lost even more weight and had no energy. I was caring at...

I purchased this band several years ago as I was having night hypos. It kept going off when my blood was in the 7 range. I have still got it but it is no good as it goes off when Hypos are not happening. It lives in the junk drawer.

I have just returned from a trip to Malta I wore a Libra and the sensor I wore worked perfectly. I think the reader and sensors have to be compatible.

Thank you for the prompt reply. I think I will wear my Libra sensor to fly. I will switch the reader off while the plane is in the air. I saw my specialist two weeks ago and he is going to recommend I get a supply of Libre sensors. Have you endured about them yet? It saves a fortune in testing...

I was on Lantus for years and eventually I was advised to take it in the morning as I was getting low blood sugar during sleep. I am now on degludec which suites me better. I’ve had type 1 for 60 years now, my specialist said I could have a medal for 60 I don’t see the point as I didn’t bother...

I have a question about Libre. I rely on mine a lot and once I dropped the reader down the toilet It always happens at weekends and Can’t get in touch till Monday to order more. Has anyone worn one on a flight to Europe? I need to find out the best way. I asked the airline but one said it’s...

Margie at home I never have a flue jab now. Twenty four years ago I had one and was ill for over a month. So far I have been fine. I worked with adults and children and never refused work with infectious people. I think it built up my immune system. I've been type 1 for 60 years.