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Libre 3: How many hours of data is stored on the sensor?

Now the sensor can store data up to 14 days. So no data gaps means your patients can always retrieve their data even when their smartphone has not...

Post by: sgm14, Jun 20, 2022 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Friday 17th June 2022 GUARDIAN Diabetes supplement

At least four based in England according to https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysugarwatch

Post by: sgm14, Jun 19, 2022 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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How to check insulin delivery from pen

I was told 2 units but into the air rather than into the needle cap. That seems to agree with...

Post by: sgm14, May 30, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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HbA1c 106mmol/mol

What does your endo say? Metformin isn't some miracle drug that can fix all problems. It worked for me for a couple of years but I'm quite sure...

Post by: sgm14, May 30, 2022 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Type 1 Libre sensor

I once went down the rabbit hole of trying to determine what exactly the definition of a hypo is. This site says Wikipedia says...

Post by: sgm14, May 22, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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Freestyle Libre 2 - changing sensor - need help

Re the alarms. This is strange and does not appear consistent, so there may be more than one issue. If you are seeing some alarms on librelinkup...

Post by: sgm14, Apr 11, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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Freestyle Libre 2 - changing sensor - need help

Re 1 and 2 I scan the old sensor right up until it says 'Sensor as ended' which is on the 14th day at which point it can be removed. Then I scan...

Post by: sgm14, Apr 9, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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Anyone else get an email from Abbot about this new Glucose Pattern Insights feature

Not sure if I understand you correctly, but GMI is not the same as HbA1c. An average of 4.6 mmol/l would have a GMI of approximately 5.3% or 34...

Post by: sgm14, Apr 2, 2022 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Libre sensor reader

Not sure if I understand you, but the Free Style libre is not accurate for very low figures and so it does not even try to show you figures below...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 22, 2022 in forum: Diabetes Soapbox - Have Your Say
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Why might we get stuck?

Yeah, I fully realise that I am lucky that way, but I mostly understand what you are saying. I didn't really mean to generalise the question, but...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 12, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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Why might we get stuck?

Probably didn't explain myself very well. I didn't mean that you weren't diagnosed as a diabetic, but what if you were diagnosed as Type 1/Lada...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 12, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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Why might we get stuck?

It sounds to me that low-carb was working for you in that it was keeping your diabetes under control, but you were expecting a complete cure and...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 11, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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Should I be concerned ?

I don't think you can really come to any conclusions yet. That sounds like a low blood sugar issues, but most undiagnosed diabetics don't have...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 5, 2022 in forum: Prediabetes
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Drinking wine with meal reduces risk of developing T2 by 14%

The message from this study is that drinking moderate amounts of wine with meals may prevent type 2 diabetes .... Strange conclusions, or am I...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 4, 2022 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Type 1 Can Hb1Ac Results be Incorrect?

I never heard that. Most sources say 90 days, but some say 2-3 months. Your red blood cells normally live 120 days on average, which would make...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 2, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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Type 1 Can Hb1Ac Results be Incorrect?

HbA1C is the average of your blood glucose levels over 90 days, so if you have Type 1 and it has only started in the last few weeks, then it would...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 2, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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Freestyle Libre 3

I don't have any insight into the internal decisions made by the NHS, but one possibility may simply be, that this is temporary and is related to...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 2, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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only high or low, no middle

Talk to your endo/doctor. When I first went on insulin, I had a lot of highs and lows and my endo told me that I should stop worrying so much...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 2, 2022 in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Freestyle Libre 3

My understanding is that Libre3 on the NHS was only going to be for those who were thought to require a true CGM solution, eg those on an insulin...

Post by: sgm14, Mar 1, 2022 in forum: Ask A Question
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Freestyle Libre on prescription

Just to clarify that this is criteria in England and is different here in Northern Ireland . So I got it even through I am type 2, insulin...

Post by: sgm14, Feb 14, 2022 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes

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