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    How long have you been diagnosed type2

    So I was diagnosed in August 2021, just as a precaution my neurologist from the myasthenia gravis clinic sent me to the diabetic clinic soon after I had my sternotomy to have my thymus removed. I guess she though my steroid treatment might give me high BG, but diabetes was never on my real to...
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    7 months on from 103mmol/mol

    So, I do not really know if it is good or not but 7 months ago I was surprised to find myself with an HBA1c of 103mmol/mol. I started on insulin, and here on this forum discovered that lots of diabetics have a carb low diet. Kenny and Jo pointed me in that direction. It took 5.5 months to get...
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    5 days with the Libre 2

    Hello @grantg So, diabetic nurse put the sensor on and said, see what it does. I will see the doctor in another week. I have been 'ill' for 5 years now and diabetes is just something I picked up on the way through the hospital. My feeling is that 4.8mmol/l - 7.2mmol/l is a good range and...
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    5 days with the Libre 2

    So the reason for the CGM is that just few weeks ago I was at 40 units a day of fiasp and 18 units of Tresiba. Something happened overnight, dont know what, but my insulin dose needed changing to 15 fiasp and 12 Tresiba. Today it is a total of 12 fiasp and 8 Tresiba and the finger prick tests...
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    5 days with the Libre 2

    Hello @grantg , @saucequery ,@Rokaab Thanks for the advice. So the CGM reads .6 lower than finger prick test on the meter when I sit or sleep, but when I walk to the other room they read the same. 3.1 = 3.8 and 4.9 = 4.9. by taking action I have eliminated the red warnings. I understand that...
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    5 days with the Libre 2

    So, it is 5 day of CGM and what have I found? First I needed to get rid of the red warnings of low events, for the first couple of days I had 4 warnings with a total of 10 hours below 3.8mmol/l. I know that these were not blood glucose but they are interstitial fluid readings, and I have no way...
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    First day with a Libra 2

    So, my doctor recomended that I wear a CGM so that he can see whats going on with my type 2 diabetes. I did not feel the thing as it was fitted, and then I was told wait for an hour and it will come live. I paired it with my phone, and went off for coffee. So what did I see in the first 24...
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    blood sugar level before treat hypo

    Thanks @KennyA , I did not realise the difference. So @grantg this honeymoon period is like Improved Glycymic Control for type 2's. and I can see from the diet that T1 and T2 are clearly not the same. I had been interested to see that you had weened yourself off medication, but can see now...
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    blood sugar level before treat hypo

    So, are you on a very low strict no carb diet, to keep our BS low, and eliminate the need for medication. And I had not heard of this honeymoon period in the context of diabetes, does it just go away sometimes? Royjk
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    blood sugar level before treat hypo

    So, Grantg why did you come off of insulin? Did your system fix itself? Royjk
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    CGM or random testing?

    Hello @BrenDorset , So as I said I will CGM for the first two weeks of July, due to a problem where my insulin needs changed just last week. I have been on insulin now for 6 months, but I was fortunate in regard to driving as other things had already put a stop to my driving. The doctor hopes...
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    CGM or random testing?

    Hello @jaywak So going below 4 was what started this last week when I was suddenly ill. Before I adjusted my Fiasp I had 6 times tested below 4 mmol/l. By if I see that again, I now know what to do. Royjk
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    CGM or random testing?

    Hello @grantg, @saucequery, @Tony337, @JoKalsbeek Thank you all for your advice on BG targets. Whan I look at what I have been doing over the past months I can see that the low carb diet puts me into a good position to start with. The control I have is with my Fiasp insulin, and with that I...
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    CGM or random testing?

    Hello @Melgar So at the moment without CGM, I am aiming for 5 - 7 mmol/l, and I want an average of 5.5 mmol/l. I do not know what other people aim for as I don't actually know any diabetics. So my plan would be to start from what I know. I would want 100% in range. Royjk
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    CGM or random testing?

    Hello @Melgar, Oh I am sure I will do the same, I just don't want to get too obsessed with tight control. This week without a CGM I have reduced my Fiasp by 60% due to a step change in my BG that caused hypos every day. I think it is sorted now but the doctor wants to see what is happening. Royik
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