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I found a shaving a small patch on my arm helps as well.

Hi Meg you have my sympathy. I experienced the same thing. I had a great diabetes specialist team in Manchester and then moved house and as a result had to go to my GP and their diabetes specialist nurse (who was not a specialist) The thing you can do is complain to your GP practice manager and...

I believe Levemir has a span of effective use of 12 hours it's half life is 5-7 hours, so what you may need to do is not split it, but do the normal morning dose and top it up for the night. I was wrongly advised to split Lantus for many years and that lasts 24 hours, but since switching to...

I've used it since getting the meter, it didn't work at all (read fail) on the first sensor for few days, but no problems since. I work in technology and I do not believe the sensors can be damaged by the scanner. It is essentially dumb and only reads and transmits, they can't be modified by...

Glimp on Android can replace the libre meter completely if the phone has NFC reader, so it scans the sensors, add notes and food info, exercise, etc. I wouldn't recommend the complete replacement of the meter but in theory you can and it does what you ask in the the requirements...

The easiest way to find out is to fast before bed, at least 4 hours since you last ate, go to bed, then wake up in the middle of the night and test. You could actually be having a hypo in your sleep which means your liver does a sugar dump, you could also be on an incorrect dose of...

Hi Cumberland I can't answer from a type 2 view, but the basis of the course is dose adjustment for normal eating, so you have mentioned you are on fixed dose and then insulin with meals which sounds an ideal fit. It may have a result for you, but not sure if you already adjusting, it may...

This sounds like discrimination. I know a type 1 who works in a&e at a children's hospital, they have no such concerns of a hypo whilst on shift. Speak to a solicitor or ask your employer for evidence of why you were dismissed.

I think as a non NHS item it is very fairly priced for the sensors and in the next few years might be available on the NHS. I would argue the meter isn't needed if you have a smart phone with NFC reader which would save the cost of that purchase but if you can afford the cost of approx 100 a...

Australia and New Zealand extend the services of the NHS to Brit's and allow you a 6 month prescription in a single go, so they would just replicate what you get in the UK

Thank you and can understand your situation. I'm glad to hear people are confident enough to try different locations, as the vendor specified location of back of arm is limited. I was unsure if that was as a result of their tests proving more accurately from that location. Enjoy the good weather

I've been injecting for close to 25 years and my favorite site was back of my arm. I have scar tissue there now due to over use of the same location but not as you describe, but I rarely inject in my stomach. I believe you can get paper templates to show locations, lay those over a location...

Interesting you mentioned on your chest. I read people have tried their thigh, hadn't heard of chest. Have you noticed any variation in readings depending on location?

Sounds promising. Thanks for the reply.

In that case serves you right for being a hipster [emoji2]

Hi Robert, thanks for the advice. I'm guessing you had the pat-down though, as the sensor set the machine off and sometimes the scanners do random stops, so my thought is more do you declare it before walking through or try to explain after it sets it off. Also in the X-ray scanners which are...

I want to really like it, it feels like I get some freedom back, test in public easily, don't carry all the extra gear with me but I can't quite trust it. The meter is poor in terms of input and user experience. There are Apps on Android and iOS which means the meter isn't needed at all...

Great, glad to hear it. My course covered what to take before in terms of glucose like Lucazade, then what insulin to reduce and by how much and specifically when. E.G you might need to drop your background insulin in the AM even if playing at night or knock the quick acting ration down as that...

Berty not stalking you but after seeing another post thought this might be relevant. We are a similar age and I have had type 1 for 25 years. I was used to carb counting, was on fixed dose, then multi dose injections, play sport etc. The best thing that happened to me in recent years, was...

Hi Berty Wondering how you are getting on with the accuracy? I have had the libre for 2 weeks and switched to my second sensor on Monday. I too had noticed some discrepancy, but yesterday, I was getting reports of LO all day on the libre (whilst feeling fine and well) and on my VarioIQ blood...