Recent Content by Rosie9876

Some years ago, Boots offered instant A1c from finger prick blood for £19.99 at selected branches. As I was urgently reducing my A1c to get surgery, I needed more frequent results than my GP offered, I used Boots. The results were quite accurate against my GP's. They stopped the service, for...

WEllie don Well done you! Your improvement is amazing. So trust yourself. There might be bumps on the road ahead. If so, be kind to yourself. Your DN sounds like she might benefit from a career away from caring, but hats off to your GP practice for testing for diabetes.

I have Libre on prescription although T2 not on Insulin. I assumed it was because I had to get my BG down for life saving surgery and I can't get the knack of finger pricking. Also I have comorbidities. I hope the price goes down as it becomes more popular, because it is a great tool. But...

8.9 on Libre

Thank you, but with respect, it doesn't explain the recent spiralling up of my BP. The numbers are unconnected with food, exercise, sleep, time of day, or anything I can discern.

Thank you KennyA. Assuming it is stress, and you say you know from experience it's not so straightforward to deal with it, any suggestions? I'm trying slow breathing, early bed - not hard because I'm tired all the time, herbal tea. Today, restarted tai chi. I’m at 39% above range and 1% above...

I'm on a CGM. For no reason i can discern, my BG has shot up over the past few weeks. From being at a pre-diabetes range, with occasional spikes caused by my own carelessness, it is now regularly over 10mmol/l, even when I've just woken up or haven't had anything to eat. After being T2 for a...

I went out for a pizza lunch. Told myself I deserve normalcy once in a while, I'd eat 2 slices and take the rest home and freeze it for the occasional treat. I ended up eating half a huge pizza and had the other half cold for supper. Why oh why do I do this to myself? Not often, but too often...

Thanks, Antje77. After the screenshot, it went off - stuck at 17.9. I thought it must be a sensor glitch. The one thing that bothered me is it coincided with waking from an awful nightmare, as if my BS "broke" it. I've replaced the sensor. I haven't been well, and my BS, which had been well...

I woke up from a nightmare last night, to find this reading on my Libre sensor, up to 28, then plummeting down and stuck at 17.9. Initially alarming, to say the least, especially as I felt unwell I still can't manage fingerprick, so rely on the sensor, accepting give or take 15% usually. But...

4.6 on Libre this morning

I am wanting to pass out from the heat, but my problem regulating my BG began before the heatwave and hasn't got worse with it. Also consider: Are you getting dehydrated? Are you sleeping poorly, exercising less, more stressed? All connected with the heatwave and could play havoc with BG control.

There are different magnesium compounds for different conditions. I was taking magnesium glycinate to help me sleep. I stopped to see if it was causing my night time BG to go too low. Then my BG shot up, so I went back on it again. Now my BS is 2.9 (on Libre, which has been pretty accurate...

How closely did your CGM predicted HbA1c match your actual test result? My prediction on Libre 2+ was 50 mmol/mol. My actual test result was 52 mmol/mol. I'd say that's remarkably accurate, better than it used to be in my experience.

Thank you for this link. So it's possible that the magnesium did contribute to the lows, though why so extreme, I still can't fathom. If it's not this, the coincidence seems extraordinary, unless there is something I am forgetting. I'm putting my toe in again, taking one about every other...