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    Hiking the West Highland way

    Thanks, great advice. Will try to keep my blood sugar a little higher than usual when setting off as exercise always me low in the later part of the day. I will do all I can to get the Libre now! We will be going through the Glencoe area but I think that was the night we managed to book a decent...
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    Hiking the West Highland way

    Sorry your name got spellchecked Jaylee! [emoji23]
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    Hiking the West Highland way

    Thanks Jaycee. Will definitely be trying to get a Libre one way or another now. I kind of gave up hope on getting one when my referral got postponed but I now feel motivated to speak up to the doctors and actually ask for what I need now or buy a small amount for the trip [emoji106]
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    Hiking the West Highland way

    Thanks Nicole, will definitely call my GP to push through my referral now as everyone seems to be saying the same thing about the Libre. If I can’t get a Libre in time will look into to getting a free sample or short term one, which I didn’t know existed! Excellent suggestions [emoji4]
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    Hiking the West Highland way

    Thanks, I think it’s worth me pushing to get an ‘emergency referral’ it’s so I can get to speak to someone about the Libre. I was reluctant to in the Summer time as was made to feel as if it’s not urgent but it’s dragging on a bit now and I feel us diabetics still need the support BEFORE it...
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    Hiking the West Highland way

    Thanks, I would love the Freestyle Libre but from what I hear it’s quite expensive which we can’t really afford at the moment but will look into it further :)
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    Hiking the West Highland way

    Hi all, im 32 and I have booked to do the west highland way in April over 6 days with my boyfriend and a bunch of our friends. My hba1c is 7.3 and I’ve had diabetes since I was 7. My control isn’t bad but it definitely could be better. I find it hard to predict the affects of exercise on my...
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