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Never had any bruising. They can be a bit sore for a couple of days after applying, and I've had one go a bit sore towards the last few days of wear. I've seen mention of infection, so I always clean very thoroughly with the supplied alcohol wipes, and sometimes even use my own bottle of IPA...

I don't believe it really affects your weight, as long as you continue to eat the same things. However, for the week I was taking it, I found it to be quite an effective appetite suppressant. I was still eating meals (including breakfast, which I'd often skip, but needed to have food to take the...

I'm on my 4th Libre (5th if you include the free replacement for the first faulty one.) I find you need to take the actual readings with a massive pinch of salt (although it predicted my HbA1c to be 39, and my actual result was 39.) The spikes are more interesting, including the longer term...

My utter layman's understanding: T2 is, fundamentally, insulin resistance. Your body no longer responds to it correctly, and it takes a lot more of the hormone to bring your blood sugar levels down. Your elevated sugar levels still trigger your pancreas to work flat out producing insulin to...

And today's random numbers (11:30am) are... 6.0 - GlucoRx-Q 7.7 - Tee2+ 6.7 - Libre Once again, the first two are from the same blood sample.

6.3 Libre, 7.1 GlucoRx-Q. 9.8 Tee2+. All at 9:30am, and the last 2 from the same blood sample. No food, but I'd had a cup of coffee with a dash of milk. I might as well just write numbers between 4 and 10 round a dartboard, and then chuck arrows at it. I did have a 5.0 out of Libre at around 4am.

9am. Take your pick from: GlucoRx-Q: 6.1 Tee2+: 7.8 Libre: 9.4 The first two taken from the same blood sample. Let's say I'm really a 7, then that's a 13% underread by the GlucoRx-Q and an 11.5% overread on the Tee2+. Both fairly close to the 15% error tolerance, and neither a sound basis for...

One possibility, particularly if you're sharing food with others, is to just have significantly smaller portions of the things you love. Sometimes a taste is all you need. If my other half is here, I'll sometimes have a bite of a Jaffa Cake or take a tiny bite off the end of her Mars Bar...

I've been funding my own Libre (impossible to get on the NHS as a T2 as I understand.) Currently on my 4th sensor (or 5th, if you count the first faulty one, that they replaced) so I'm in this to the tune of £200 so far. Flash Glucose Monitoring does teach you a lot, but (as I was cautioned by...

Your blood sugar meter is a random number generator that centres vaguely on your actual blood sugar level. Check the documentation, but it's not uncommon for a 15% overread or underread to be considered valid, so if you're actually at 6.0, that could legitimately read anywhere between 5.1 and...

You'll normally see a figure for "carbohydrate" and a lower figure below it for "of which sugars." Sugar is carbohydrate, but then so is starch. Short chain carbohydrate molecules taste sweet, and longer chain ones don't, but they both have the same effect on your body. That's why a decent...

Results are finally on Patient Access. I was expecting low 40s and hoping for mid to high 30s. Happy with this result. That's diet, moderate exercise and some weight loss only, apart from 1 week of 500mg metformin. So glad I found this site and the brilliant advice about low carb diet. 76...

Tee2+ arrived today. Working just fine except it won't Bluetooth pair to my phone. 2 parallel tests, and both times it's read significantly higher than my old GlucoRx-Q. HbA1c tested Monday night and results were supposed to come back yesterday, but no sign of them on Patient Access yet. These...

Just had one about an hour ago, and told the results should be through on Wednesday. On an unrelated telephone appointment last week, I mentioned to my GP that the diabetes nurse had said she'd book me one, but hadn't followed through with it. She sent me a link so I could book an appointment...

6.0 at 11am. HbA1c test booked for Monday afternoon, so I've come back off metformin until I see the result.

I've gone through this list a few times, with a view to replacing my GlucoRx-Q. I come out of it confused every time. Things I'm looking for: (in descending order of priority) 1) Accuracy (The Rx-Q is GOD technology. I believe this is somewhat outdated, and others are more accurate.) 2) Cheaper...

Standard release at the moment. Always taken in the morning, with at least some food (a block of cheese, today.) Diarrhoea for a couple of days, but that seems to have cleared up. The lingering problems are the funny taste in my mouth sometimes, the loss of appetite, and potentially effects on...

I've got a phone GP appointment today over a separate issue, so I'm going to ask about the A1c test. The diabetes nurse from the hospital said she'd schedule me one 'in a couple of months' and that was a couple of months ago. Obviously she didn't. If my GP refuses, then I'll probably go for a...

The side effects might settle. Some might be unrelated. I'm in a bad place, emotionally, right now, and looking for stuff to blame, and perhaps metformin is an easy target. It definitely gave me the runs, massacred my appetite and left an unpleasant taste in my mouth. Only the first of those...

A quick Google reveals several articles mentioning a link between metformin use and reduction in testosterone levels. They perhaps trace back to the same study. I haven't investigated in detail. It could be coincidence or an indirect consequence, but something has changed significantly for me...