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Hei Jaylee, Thanks for the heads up about getting a phone cheaper on line, but I am a bit old and therefore a bit old school, so like to go into an actual shop to buy most things. Also need a person, a techy person , to swap things over from old phone to new phone Yep everything just carries on...

Am not familiar with the dexcom CGM, but could the lows be ‘false’ lows. I use freestyle Libre, 2 now 3 , and they give compression lows, ie when you lay on them during sleep it makes the reading low and sets off the alarm. Are you checking them with finger sticks? And if actual lows treating...

If you search you tube you should find some videos to show you how to insert the cartridge into your pen. Just be warned that not all cartridges fit all pens, so I hope yours match! The first batch of cartridges dispensed to me by my pharmacy were the wrong ones but luckily I had taken the brand...

Hei Jaylee, yep I downloaded the Libre 3 app and my current Libre freestyle 3 is happily connected to my poor old Huawei phone, and giving readings. And telling me my GMI, glucose Managment indicator has slipped a bit. Am blaming lack of activity due to being snowed in and too many Christmas...

There is a dedicated reader for the Libre freestyle 2 , contact Abbott?

Just had another thought. Whenever I have a hospital appointment , it is a minimum 2 hour journey each way.. I always try and do something nice before or better still afterwards. Even if it’s just taking myself for a nice cup of coffee somewhere, not the hospital canteen if I can help it! It...

Sorry to read you had such a bad experience. If you were expecting to see a specific consultant the hospital should explain why you are seeing someone else. I find it helps if I write down a list of things I want to ask or want to check the doctor is aware of. I know it won’t help with today‘s...

Just a thought, are you drinking enough liquids? maybe replace some of the carbs you have cut out with salad stuff or leafy greens. beware the carbs in drinks, especially fruit juices. good luck

Hei Footymum, hope you are doing OK and have got some advise and an actual diagnosis and some support this week. Hopefully when you see the diabetic nurse she will be able to give you advise on meals. Things will get better as you get used to things. best of luck and good wishes, Marion

Hei Simon, thanks for your response. I realised the phone did bong, so it’s NFC reader was working. Ironically it picked up the Sibionics CGM I was wearing, but when I tried to get it to read the Libre 3 it gave me an error message saying it had found a device, but it was incompatible! At that...

Veteran of 2 colonoscopies and supported OH through 2. The prep is quite critical, if your bowel is not empty and clear then they will not do the procedure. We both had to take some tablets and then make up and drink a liquid laxative. We have a 2 hour journey to the clinic, so being near a...

So the health authority have switched from supplying Libre Freestyle 2 to 3. Been happily using the Libre freestyle 2 on a much maligned (by senior daughter) Hauwei , now 5 years old, but takes very nice photos! Decided it would be good to get new phone, before old one died. OH agreed to stump...

Hei, am trawling for ideas for how to link my Libre Freestyle 3 to my Novopen Echo plus smart pens. I live in Norway and the health authority supply CGMs and just switched from Libre Freestyle 2 to 3. Was using the Novopens since February with the Libre Freestyle 2. when I installed the Libre...

«I expect my luggage to be in the overhead compartment but I'm not sure what the regulations are regarding that. What if every passenger aimed to have their luggage there?» you need to check the luggage restrictions of whichever airline(s) you are travelling with. There will be a weight and size...

Let your travel insurance company know. Sounds like you use a pump, you need check how the altered cabin pressure affects it. Make sure you have plenty of snacks about your person, in case of delays. Don’t order the diabetic meal, if offered! Just pick your way through whatever is offered, or...

I was advised to make sure my bedtime blood sugar level was at a certain level at bedtime, a bit higher after any alcohol consumption. So an hour or so before bedtime I always check my level and have a small snack if necessary, half a slice of bread or a digestive biscuit seems to work. depends...

As someone diagnosed as a granny I’m afraid I can’t offer much practical advise. I found the finger pricks to take a Blood glucose level worse than the insulin injections, but with your daughter both these should be taken care of with a CGM, continuous glucose monitor and an insulin pump. She...

Hei Nabilla, hopefully if you have a few weeks until your colonoscopy you will be recovered from the pneumonia by then and can just concentrate on the prep for the colonoscopy. I thought I had to stop eating fibre foods a week before the procedure, and then I assume you have been given or will...

Hei Kirsty, this must all be very scary for you. I’m a British granny living in Norway, diagnosed T1 2 years ago and I can empathize with some of what you are going through, language barrier etc. I don't know of any parents of young children on here who can offer better advise, hoping there are...

I travel with Wasa sandwich biscuits and baby food yoghurt pouches. Have actually got the yoghurt pouches safely through security these days. As long as they are under 100 ml. You need to be mindful of the fact that your flight might be delayed and take you over your next scheduled mealtime...