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Type 2 for 30+ years. Apart from a 3 year remission 13 years ago. Metformin 500mg 1 a day, glimepiride 1mg x 1 day was twice but was having night hypos. I have a libre sensor, and since starting with it, i have felt much more in control. I'm normally quite sedentary. Don't do a lot of...

Type 2 my graphs for last few days

I know the op posted over a year ago but I just wanted to say thank you for posting. I'm t2 and having a hellush time trying to get under control. I've got yet another telephone appointment with my GP to discuss my mood swings and they are exactly as you describe. It's been going on a wee while...

Thani you for your input. Different days different foods. For example today, scrambled egg and bacon with a cup of tea. Max carbs in a day are around 80g. I avoid refined carbs and try to stick to low gi. I eat 3 meals a day which avg 20g carbs and sometimes couple of snacks. I'm not perfect, I...

Just finger pricked again and the readings match each other. Very odd.

Same as I often have, one slice buttered wholegrain toast,mug of coffee at around 10.30. Meds taken at usual time diabetes meds only my glimepiride before breakfast. Other meds after but all for heart and other stuff. Eye appointment at hospital but nothing I was worried about. Been having...

It's dropped to 6.3. Just in time for lunch mug of home made soup, which is just Turkey stock and meat with carrots and parsnips.

I am having a bad day with blood glucose high warnings from my libre reading 16.2. Did a finger prick and it's showing 18.5. I'm t2. Had my glimepiride and not had anything unusual to eat. Don't have a team as such. My gp and one of the nurses at the surgery when i can get through.. Question...

And is increasing further.

Not this year. The rules changed. You have to be on certain means tested benefits, and your home has to meet certain criteria. Only people getting it automatically are group one which are those in receipt of the guarantee pension credit so not even all pensioners are entitled this year.

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng28/chapter/Recommendations#blood-glucose-management 1.6.17 states

I was waking during the night in a panic and thought it was my heart as I do have occassional af problems.

If 3 isn't hypo I'd like to know what it is as I was just below that, couldn't stand up sweating, confused and slurred speech.

I only got it because the meds I'm on can and have caused hypos. I sent in a request explaining that I had trialed one and that it had warned me of impending lows that I wouldn't have picked up with normal testing. There are exceptions as I found on NICE guidelines.

Well still no explanation as to why originally declined but message must have made a difference. Just had the pharmacy at door with a libre 2. Thankfully.