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You can lose weight by just going low carb and eating more fat. The body does take a while to get “fat adapted“. See … Once your body adapts to burning fat you will have a lot more energy.

This is the Dexcom official placement of sensors for the Dexcom One … https://www.dexcom.com/en-GB/faqs/where-do-i-insert-my-dexcom-one-sensor Age 2-17 you can place on upper buttock. Ages 2+ you can use abdomen or back of upper arm.

I would use “My CGM values appear to be inaccurate”. You may be sleeping on your sensor which is causing all the issues you have with Dexcom and Libre CGMs. See …

You can put in a support request online to Dexcom. You don’t need to phone them up. Looks like you need to replace the sensor. You might want to find which locations work best for other T1 users of the Dexcom One or G6.

So, what is your CGM saying now? Has it started to behave as you expect?

Unfortunately the medical profession is not clued up about reversing type 2 diabetes. They often give people metformin and let them get on with it with little extra help and then give stronger and stronger medication as things get worse, resulting in insulin. I found the following video useful...

See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/is-this-placement-ok.204747/

This site has some low carb guidance … https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diet/low-carb-diabetes-diet.html There is also a lot of low carb advice on https://www.dietdoctor.com/home

I had some issues with a new Dexcom One+ sensor …https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/new-dexcom-one-sensor-issue.204742/ I had the “Brief sensor issue” alert with no readings for about 10 minutes followed by a lot of random lower readings afterwards. Overnight I had some LOW readings, but...

Here is a link to some low cost glucose meters … https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/newly-diagnosed-any-help-and-advice-would-be-very-appreciated-please.204345/#post-2705107

Welcome to the forum. I found this video to be very useful in understanding which foods raise blood sugars and which don’t. If you start on a Low Carb High Fat - LCHF diet you should loose a lot of weight. I found it relatively easy to loose a lot of weight on this diet as well as...

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High blood sugars cause the lenses in your eyes to swell. I had the same problem when I was diagnosed as diabetic with a HBA1C of 99. The solution is to reduce your high blood sugars. The best way to do this if you are type 2 diabetic is to change your diet to eat less carbs and more fat Instead.

HBA1C is a blood test that measures glucose in red blood cells. Red blood cells typically live for 3 months and are being replaced all the time. So the HBA1C test indicates the average blood sugar levels over the last three months. The value 42 and below is normal. 43 to 47 is classified as...

When I had some tingling in my fingers I started taking Vitamin B12 and Alpha Lipoic Acid supplements. B12 deficiency can cause neuropathy symptoms. Check with your GP. See also Benfotiamine … https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/benfotiamine-fat-soluble-vitamin-b1.204860/

Benfotiamine is a fat soluble form of vitamin B1. I watched an interesting video on the benefits of using benfotiamine for diabetics. It may also help lower A1C. Searching the forum here it looks like it is mostly used for neuropathy, but the video also mentions that it is beneficial to...

I saw an interesting video on HBA1C today … This suggests the rate of production of new red blood cell reticulocytes impacts the average age of red blood cells in the body which skews the HBA1C if the red blood cells are living longer than average.

The estimated A1C is called the GMI. The GMI and time in range values from a CGM are perhaps more useful in managing diabetes than just the A1C numbers because it is the variability in glucose that causes the damage. I too have the Dexcom One+. This has only been available in the UK for a few...

Hi Vivien My HBa1C was 99 when I was diagnosed. Like you I was put on metformin. I was given a blood glucose monitor by my diabetes nurse. I found that was very useful. Over time my morning glucose readings dropped from about 10 to 7. There are many glucose meters you can buy e.g...

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