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  1. Jordi77

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    My sugars this morning are high at 16.5 via my blood meter and on the Libre sensor as I had a Indian meal last night and it's still playing hell with my sugars as they were higher than that during the night
  2. Jordi77

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Morning all my sugars are 6.8 on the Libre sensor
  3. Jordi77

    Libre 2 - dumb questions

    I've been using the Libre 2 sensor for a while and I can tell you that you can use a Bluetooth headset as you use the Libre and you have to keep your phone connected to the Libre at all times because it is being read/getting your results every few seconds and that is the same when you use Libre...
  4. Jordi77

    Dexecom vs Libre question

    I'm waiting for the new Libre sensors to be on prescription in the next few weeks as they are supposed to be even better than the dexcom and more accurate than anything around but I will see when they are out and I get my hands on them as they will be out in June/July so Libre are saying
  5. Jordi77

    Ketoacidosis symptoms

    I've been in hospital for a server DKA a couple of weeks ago and had to stay in hospital for a week but that also included two CT scans and a x-ray and taking of blood and they also did my blood pressure and temperature and other observations and after I had the DKA I felt like I had been in a...
  6. Jordi77

    Medical Exemption - Prescriptions Charge

    if I was you I'd apply for it now that way you are still covered and you get the form and give it to the doctor and wait and then when your new one comes you can do whatever you like with the old one
  7. Jordi77

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Morning all my sugars this morning were 7.3 at 0730 on the Libre 2 sensor
  8. Jordi77

    Leg Pain in Knee?

    Actually the way that the NHS is doing it now anything below 11 is fine with them on the sensor and even before I had the sensor about 22 years ago I had to have a full knee replacement because I had damaged my knee a few times doing various things at work and that done my knee and when I had...
  9. Jordi77

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    morning all my sugars this morning were 5.7 at 0700 and I only had a couple of slices of toast for a snack last night
  10. Jordi77

    Freestyle Librelink logbook

    I use that as well as sweet dreams so that I get my results on my Apple watch every minute and it's registered in sweet dreams app but not in Libre Link but can't have everything you want as I only get them in Libre Link if I add notes to enteries and to store it with food and insulin doses and...
  11. Jordi77

    Medical Exemption - Prescriptions Charge

    I get mine a few months before it's due to go out of date that way I am always covered and I won't get a penalty notice or fined for anything that I am not able to have but I always check mine every month as most of the time I don't need to use it but it's always on me for when I get the odd...
  12. Jordi77

    Initially I used Glyburide, Glipizide, and Micronase....

    Well I can do one better I'm classed as Type 1/2 as I'm on the border line of both and in the middle and I'm on insulin and have been since I was diagnosed 34 years ago and I was classed as Type 1 then and then they turned around a year later and said I was Type 2 so now I don't care as long as...
  13. Jordi77

    Medical Exemption - Prescriptions Charge

    I've still got to apply for them and they are plastic and the same as a credit card just no strip like you get along the back but my first one was made of paper and that you were scared incase it ripped or you put a fold in it where you couldn't see what you needed to see but the credit card...
  14. Jordi77

    Recently diagnosed with type2 in December 2023 with a HBA1C of 98mmol/mol

    Mine was 100 percent a couple of weeks ago my HBA1C as I had a DKA but it's seems to be going down anyway and I kind of going by my last blood test the hospital took and when I was in hospital my sugars were high and within a day of being released my sugars started to crash into hypos so now I'm...
  15. Jordi77

    Libre sensor 2 signal loss

    You will have to do it by scanning the Libre manually until it's ready to be changed that's the only way as nothing can be done until the sensor is finished as I have had the same problem a few times and I found out why don't put the sensor inside your arms as it doesn't send out a signal to...
  16. Jordi77

    Medical Exemption - Prescriptions Charge

    They are all cards now the same size as a credit card so that you can place in with your bank cards
  17. Jordi77

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Morning all my sugars this morning are 7.3 on the Libre sensor as it’s been high all night until now [emoji23]
  18. Jordi77

    Type 2 Hypos….

    The lowest I have had for a hypo is 1.8 and I'm still here to tell you about it as I was on my way to work and driving and I called into McDonald's and orded the more highest carb drink you can get and it has everything in it I've cream and coffee and and milk shake and warm hot chocolate and...
  19. Jordi77

    Milk

    Welcome! I drink hot chocolate and tea with whole milk and sugar and nothing more than up to 2 tea spoons of sugar in either because I can't use sweetner as it tastes like something that was not supposed to be on earth and I have tried to look for a sugar that is free from the main stuff of...
  20. Jordi77

    Abasaglar

    I was in hospital a couple of weeks ago and I had a salad with all the trimmings with chicken breast and I still had a hypo because there was no carbs in the salad and I didn't even have any novo rapid as I don't with a salad but I still had the hypo and had to wait for a hour for my sugars to...
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