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I always use a Libre blood test strip if I'm in doubt about the Freestyle Libre meter reading. Happily Libre strips are prescribed FOC by my consultant as a backup and also as a verification. I live in France so the rules of the road are not the same but I understood that you had to take a blood...

Come on everyone come to France and all type 1’s and 2’s get a pump and Libre Capture, looking after the future of all diabetics, instead of standing there and shouting that people are diabetic because they are fat! Giving a health service attitude that it’s their fault, lose weight!! That is...

France, the USA and some other countries use mg/dl for blood sugar. Having used both I prefer the mg/dl system and think of it as showing the percentage of blood sugar; 50mg/dl or 50%, half; 200mg/dl or200%, twice as much; 100mg/dl or 100%, spot on.

Yes, I had exactly the same problem as Miss90 with continual LO readings last Saturday and just before going to bed too. Had changed the sensor at 6pm that evening but it had worked fine for the next four hours. Luckily had some blood test strips, as I didn't have a replacement sensor, so could...

Going on 80 years old and have been on insulin since1964. Pumping for nearly ten years and using Libre since January. No complications and feel fit and well. Only other medication is 75mg of aspirin daily. Pay reasonably good attention to my diabetes but don't make an issue out of it. Couldn't...

7 years for me to go to catch up with your 61 years on insulin Vic but I had to smile at your description of needles like shotgun barrels because I remember them well.... and occasionally boiling them on a stove when I thought they should be sterilized. From what you said it seems as if your...

Have recently been experiencing poor absorption rates so have been giving myself extra boluses to bring my blood sugar down. What happens to all that surplus insulin? Does it eventually get absorbed and if so, does it then work as normal and could this cause an unexpected hypo?

Well done Mel. Well controlled insulin dependent diabetics can suffer criticism for keeping their long term blood sugar low. This can even happen on this forum where you may be told that you must have become hypo unaware! From your various posts it seems to me that you have a much better...

Has anyone ever had any trouble with the police for using their Freestyle Libre whilst driving?

Like 'Scilla I have also been a T1 for over 50 years. I don't really understand carbs, only have a sketchy idea about counting calories and have never done much in the way of diets. However, although I eat just about anything, I always eat very slowly and as a result never want nor take very...

No I haven't. Nurse, GP, even my husband all advise against it. I myself is not keen as I fear needles and blood, although understand that perhaps I should have one. Is it your self stated fear of needles and blood that has caused everyone to advise you against getting a test meter? Otherwise...

Well over two thirds of the price of a packet of fags goes directly to the government in taxes. That was my main reason for giving up smoking many years ago. However, I did find that smoking would pick me up enough to go and eat or drink something sweet if my blood sugar was lower than 2.0. Has...

The NHS is really excelling them selves there. I live in France so the NHS weren't involved but misconceptions about diabetes seem to know no borders. Having said that, we live with our malady day in and day out so we naturally know a great deal about our own particular condition whilst...

Went for a cataract op recently. BS fine pre op but was down to 58 (which is about 3.0 in English!) post op. In the recovery room the hospital orderly arrived and asked if I wanted a coffee. "Yes please" I replied "with plenty of sugar, because I'm a bit low". "You're a diabetic, so I can't give...

Are you eating food that is slow to digest before you go to sleep? Are you very active when you are awake? Yes to either or both could contribute to an overnight high. I've been a pumper for ten years and find that physical activity affects my blood sugar more than it used to when I injected...

I live in France and I've had a Libre for three months, which my consultant gave me. It was approved as a fully refunded prescription device about six months ago. Don't think the take up has been very large at the moment because a number of health professionals have been very keen to look at my...

I've been using a Medtronic Paradigm 722 for the past nine years with one replacement about five years ago because of a slight crack in the casing. They have been wonderfully reliable machines. Presumably the Medtronic 640g that you've been offered is a later model but one would hope it's just...

I don't consider myself hypo unaware because I feel uneasy when below 4.0. But there are always times when our BSs inconveniently fall, like TBN when playing golf. My question is do we gradually get used to lows below 2.0 and can you train yourself to endure them whilst still remaining...

After taking insulin for many years is it possible to become more tolerant of low blood sugars? If my BS falls below 2.5 I'm aware of it but still remain relatively competent. Not until I fall below 2.0 do I become noticeably impaired and can still take corrective action as low as 1.5. Is...

with T1 and T2 being SO different from one another I do wonder why they have the same name. Went to a visiting mobile clinic here in Burgundy for all diabetics, where they were doing free eye tests and giving away various goodies, so an event not to be missed! On entering I was asked whether a...