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My endo instructed me to move the timing of my Tresiba last year and told me to do it gradually by 2 hours a day until I got to the correct time. On a side issue, he says that even though the makers of Tresiba say it doesn’t matter what time of day it’s taken - it actually does. He told me...

Thank you both for your speedy replies. I really didn’t know I could opt for Tresiba in a cartridge form until today. I will definitely make the change by getting in touch with my gp. I’ve realised the added benefit to me is the half unit measure in the echo pen, as I’m so sensitive sometimes...

Good afternoon all, Has anyone had problems in having their usual Tresiba flexpen prescription fulfilled? My chemist today said it was out of stock for the foreseeable future so I’ve googled and Diabetes.org.uk are saying it’s not available from august 2023 until January 2024 but 3ml...

Hi all, Here’s what I do. I discovered Shuggah in may before all the libre app problems and haven’t looked back since but I have the best of both worlds…. 1) I activate every new sensor with the libre reader. 2) I then make sure blue tooth is “on” the libre app on my phone and start the...

I’ve got an iPhone and am using Shuggah. It works really well. The alarms are great. Better than libre. You just need to do the odd scan to keep your libre graphs joined up. It’s a total game changer for me. Feel like I’ve improved my control massively and it’s showing in my stats. I’ve also got...

Hi. I can’t comment on the tech aspect, but I put a new tegaderm on every sensor which lasts the full 2 weeks. It’s a small square, and very very thin and transparent medical dressing and even though I am allergic to plasters and the sticky coverings InResponse mentioned, the tegaderm dressing...

I also try to stop the hypo before it’s happening, but sometimes even a constant eye on the libre whilst having a gentle stroll can cause a bad drop for me. I’m not on a pump so once that injection is in, extra carbs is my only option. Lift definitely does the job. Even if I only have a small...

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For me it’s Lift glucose liquid. Straight in, and your body doesn’t have to digest or convert sugar to glucose because it’s already glucose. One bottle is 15g carb.

I should add that the reason it spooks me is that my ratios and background are often so changeable as I mentioned, so for example last week I was doing 1:12 all week for lunch (same lunch every day, same activity) but then suddenly it’s changed to 1:20. In terms of units of insulin that’s a lot...

Thanks for your reply In Response, and for your insight. To expand, What can happen is I go from a straight across arrow to straight down without a sideways downwards inbetween so there’s no warning and it stays doing that for ages and the number keeps dropping. That’s not so bad in some...

Hi all. Hoping someone with some experience of this tech can offer some thoughts. In the settings of the Shuggah app there’s an option to use the blue tooth raw data from the Libre 2 but apply it to the x-drip (who make Shuggah, I gather), algorithm. When you use this option you have to...

Good morning. I also installed Shuggah on my phone after reading this thread. And then I “borrowed “ my husband’s Apple Watch and added it on to the front screen. So now I have a cgm that I can just glance at easily. I’ve got to say not only has it been a game changer (thanks to this thread for...

Hi, Abbott will most definitely send out a reader to you free of charge if you phone them. I prefer using the reader, as the phone app is sometimes a bit too slow for me when a super- quick reading is required. When I moved over to the libre 2 I phoned to request a reader and they were very...

Hi, This question cropped up for me when I read the book “think like a pancreas”. After researching online I established that uk food labelling has already deducted the fibre, so the carbohydrate value on the packet is already nett of the fibre. But in America and other countries this is not...

Could I just ask you, C@roline ( and thank you for your lovely comments as well) ….. when you say you experienced “a kind of paralysis “ - do you mean literally? I think it’s rare and there have only been a couple of threads and they were going back a while on the forum, but at the same time I...

Hi C@ronline. Your new diagnosis must’ve been a shock and a relief all at the same time. I hope you are getting to grips with your new insulin regime. Treating the right type of diabetes with the right medication is a huge part of the battle. You must’ve been very frustrated not being able to...

Hi circuspony…. Thank you for liking my post and for sharing your experience. It’s good to hear others’ experiences with low carb. Interestingly, That happened to me as well when I was told to start upping my carbs. Very frustrating as I would end up having to do corrections doses every two...

Yes - that is the article. I’m not very good at doing links and highlighting! I was so absorbed by it when I read it, because in black and white that is really what happened to me. I sort of sleep walked into an eating disorder by doing an almost keto diet, which counter-intuitively mucked up...

I take them regularly. As the packet recommends- 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. I’m in the perimenopause, and I have general anxiety disorder, and health anxiety. They really do help and don’t interfere with blood sugars . For me, I don’t want to take antidepressants or hrt. So they are a better...