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    Full Fat Greek Yogurt

    For me , I have Sainsbury/ Tesco Greek Style Natural Yoghurt to have with cereal,fruit, soup, cooking 4.2 carbs per 100g I,too, am underweight and need the full fat !
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    Disposal of Libre 2

    I have wondered, since starting Libre 2, if all the packaging is necessary , is there a way to reduce it
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    NEARLY OUT OF INSULIN NEEDLES!!! WHAT SHALL I DO??

    I believe you are entitled to request as many needles as you need (I had the need to up my repeats prescription. Did so by contacting the gp surgery)
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    NEARLY OUT OF INSULIN NEEDLES!!! WHAT SHALL I DO??

    I was going to suggest maybe the hospital could provide supplies in an emergency.
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    Libre2 results logbook

    When y Do you get a signal loss ALARM every time, I don't, which can cause problems. There again, sometimes I get woken during the night with the signal loss alarm (probably because I've been lying on it ) - is anyone else experiencing same ?
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    Libre2 results logbook

    I ha I have the same problem (i.e. takes forever to load log book results) (13/04/24) I can find no fix for this issue I have a samsung A12 phone as well I,again, same as you, have a reader Is there any help out there ? Why hasn't Abbott done an upgrade by now and are we powerless to achieve a...
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    Full Fat Greek Yogurt

    I enjoy Greek Yogurt (full fat as needed for weight gain) with my morning Weetabix (or Bite Size Shreddies) with mixed seeds, Walnuts, Blueberries, Raspberries plus 150ml of full fat milk ! I buy mine from my local Sainsbury or Tesco (any supermarket sells it here in London area- prices vary...
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    Bananas

    Banana bananas - love em - when low 'bg' allows ! Under ripe (green ones) are lower gi - a better choice for me
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    Type 1 Libre 3

    WOW !
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    Type 1 Libre 3

    Libre 2 ALARMS stopped working around end January time on my Samsung A12 -(posted on here) humongous problem for me as I had only just got into the 'tech' age of scanning instead of finger pricking . I believe I can get the alarms on phone again - been using Libre reader for the alarm
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    Type 1 Libre 3

    Android phones needs to have ios 13 plus I believe (for libre 2 anyway)
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    Healthier Sugar Snacks for Hypos

    True , but a useful 'standby' I keep in my car/bag
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    Healthier Sugar Snacks for Hypos

    .. fruit pastilles or jelly babies are my go to for low sugars
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    LibreLink on Android, and uploading data to Libreview.

    I realise this post is from 2019. I was looking to see if anyone would know how often one needs to upload data to Libreview website from Libreview Reader ?- I used the Libreview app (and probably will do again now the alarm problems have been fixed for those of use using operating system 13 ).I...
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    Best Libre 2 Sensor Cover??

    Good suggestions (never thought of looking at aftercare for tattoo) Thank you all
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