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Happy Friday My alarm went off at 3am so i ate 4 jelly babies then my stomach woke me at 4.30 am and libre said 11.5! Up at 5.30am in the 13s........compression low at 3? who knows...anyhoo took 1.5 units and trotted off to work and that 5 minute stroll would start pulling it down normally but...

Hi I use the care sense pro which reads keytones as well as glucose. It is paid for by our NHS and are £20 off amazon and £18.99 for 50 strips the tee2 strips are alot lot cheaper. Good luck Tony

I seem to be luckier than most as my insulin behaves predictably most of the time as long as i do my 18000 ish steps monday to friday. I have just recalled last saturday where i normally have a lie in and play online scrabble in bed and for this i take 1 to 2 units of novorapid to keep me level...

Hi all I'm managing my levels rather well just grazing on back ground insulin. I'm dropping alot and assume its my body working overtime trying to keep me cool. I had a choc ice yesterday and i stayed in the 5s. Good management or good luck? Bit of both with the libre keeping me on the right...

Galaxy a32 here which works fine and talks to my smart watch too. Tony

Hi I wasn't being critical just saying what i do and i don't get it right all the time. I would not recommend my way of doing things to anyone as it only works for me. My cgm is integral to my wellbeing without it i would be lost. I wish you well Tony

Hi It was pointed out to me some years ago that i have an analytical mind..... I laughed it off but the friend of mine who pointed it out was also a type 1. We both have a libre and 100 years experience between us and we both work everything out for ourselves. I do not want to appear smug as i...

Hi I was diagnosed in 1975 aged just 7 years old. What little we had would be primitive today so i am grateful for what we do have. I go to bed and the alarm could go off if my levels are too low too high or a lost connection and it is up to me to make a decision how i use the information to...

You have my sympathy @xambernx I'm just using up the last of my Levemir and my plan is to change to Tresiba. My neighbour takes lantus once a day at 6pm too. Get this he only needs 7 units per day and we both have over 100 years of experience between us. Tresiba lasts around 36 hours which i'm...

Hi People go on and on about insulin resistance on this site but there is not as much discussed about insulin sensitivity... I'm like @jaywak where every so often i can have a day where i'm stuck in the 5s and no matter what i do i stay stuck and think i'm cured! The following day slaps me in...

If You prefer to pm me feel free. Its that bit where you have to plan a day out ensuring toilets are available "just in case" that people don't follow amongst other things! Tony

Hi @lovinglife LOL if you know you know is fitting. I couldn't take the powders before bed so have just managed with Loperamide but that was not ideal. I was advised by an old doctor last year to add a small dose of Amatriptoline which helped...get this ...i take antidepressants too and...

Hi and welcome. I was diagnosed 51 years ago and can only remember being diabetic. For you it must be a shock and you have alot of learning to do in a short space of time. Loads of helpful people on here happy to share our experiences and you have much better tech than we ever did. I wish you...

Hi all, I hope everyone is well.. I had a telephone conversation with a very nice Doctor last week relating to bile acid malabsorption. Basically certain foods don't go down very well and i take tablets to try to combat the need for the toilet. I will not go in to detail as its not a pleasant...

Hi I use a care sense pro and got it via the NHS and whats good about this is it also reads keytones. I get both sets of strips on prescription. Thinking about it when i got my libre, i had to jump through some hoops to get it, it was the nurse i had to see to run through how a libre works and...