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No you can’t with carbs& Cals - sounds interesting! You can scan barcodes with carbs & Cals & input (& edit) your own recipes which I find useful as we try & cook from scratch as much as poss.

Poor man - yes I couldn’t drive either & at night have to have different prescription glasses - it also gave me constant headaches. I hope they settle down soon. The cheap glasses from Amazon & the supermarket got me through the worst bit in the first few months.

Any side effects Nik? I’ve worked really hard the past 5 months, lowish carb - HBA1c from 114 to 44 lost 6% body weight (target 5%) & blood pressure right down & reduced meds & now my non hdl cholesterol has shot up. Meeting with DN next week & I guess she’ll put me on Statins. I had a tough...

6.9 this morning- still a bit high from last night. I had one of the kids drum stick lollys left over from Halloween figuring it was only 9 carbs & I needed a boost before bed (or I get a hypo alarm) - I spiked immediately up to 10.6! The highest I’ve been for months. So definitely no chewy...

According to my optometrist it’s because of osmotic pressures in your eyes. I went from a very high blood glucose (HBA1 114) which dramatically dropped (44 now) in 3 months on a low carb diet. Your eyes get used to the high sugar solution in your body & when this drops it causes them to change...

Thank you all the good advice- it was chicken veg & potatoes (which I left) & just went straight for a coffee instead of pudding -I told the waitress I was too full so it was fine. Everyone was too busy talking to notice I think. Anyway confident to go out again. Now I just need to discrete to...

5.4 this morning but quickly rose to 6.6 by the time I’d got downstairs-fed the beasts(cats not children [emoji23]) & boiled the kettle. How come it rises so quickly just with liver release -I didn’t eat anything got another hour [emoji849]

Hi C, I’m not on insulin but also have nighttime hypos - especially around 2-3am. I’ve found eating longer lasting carbs & protein later in the evening. I was eating a low sugar biscuit or snack before bed to get my BG above 7 but they just made me crash again later. I’ve found cheese & a couple...

Hi Justcantfindaname (like it!) Just to add to the other messages here. I was 114 in June & got down to 44 by September & have lost nearly a stone. This was with a low(ish) carb diet - 140g a day & keeping calories well under 2000. I have actually increased my fats, protein & fibre of course...

I had my flu & Covid jabs on Saturday & some really high readings on Sunday & Monday then it started to settle back to normal by Wednesday - I assumed it was my bodies reaction, creating antibodies etc. Hope you settle back down quickly.

Mine also said I need to continue to self fund as I was T2 & they only funded T1 in our area even though he agreed I was controlling it so well because of my Libre2 monitoring & could drastically cut my medication (which was funded), I am prone to hypos & would need to take BG readings 11x a day...

I have paired my Apple Watch with my Libre 2 sensor using the Shuggah app though, which is really useful as I can glance at my BG level discretely at any time - eg during meetings etc.

Hi Westley, I’m running Xdrip through Shuggah so it appears on my Apple Watch. I close the blue tooth on Libre2 so have to scan if Ii want to see the readings on that & do every few hours. The big advantage is you can calibrate Shuggah & the algorithm seems more accurate. I find I have delete...

Help - I’m going to a charity lunch today which I’m very nervous about. Diagnosed with T2 in June & have managed to get under control with lowish carbs, a Libre2 & medication. I’ve been to restaurants & pubs with family & a close friend but this will be the first time with lots of people I don’t...

Was 5.6 on Libre 2 but by the time I got up, fed the cats it was 6.2 on my blood glucose monitor. I’m not sure OH would appreciate me doing blood tests in bed first thing but it’s obviously the way [emoji23] For the first time ever BG, Libre app & Shuggah all registered 6.2! [emoji322]

104 now down to 44. Glic cut [emoji322][emoji323] but still on Sitagliptin which I hate. Hope I can ditch that too in 6 months. Was losing weight slowly but steadily (carbs 140ish) but now plateauing which is frustrating. Evil diabetic nurse has called me for checks & blood tests & I only had...

Surely better than Covid though? It’s everywhere currently. I’ve got mine next week oh dear! Hope you start feeling better quickly & the antibiotics arrive.

Yes that’s correct

No I’m not on insulin or ever have been - will check bio!

Thank you - that’s very useful. I’ll try the biotin.