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I am a Libre 2 user. When it was prescribed to me I had to "attend a video seminar" on just how the Libre worked, and how to apply it. It was stated that if at any time the patient didn't feel as well as the L2 reading was showing, always double check with a finger prick. I always double check...

First thing is to phone your GP surgery and demand a diabetes review. Tell them you went to A&E as result of diabetes. The whole idea of having diabetes nurses/doctors at your GP practice, is to give you the skills to prevent you becoming a hospital admission due to poor diabetes management...

My average glucose for the last 7 days, according to my Libre 2, is 11.7 mmol/L and for the last 90 days is 11.6 mmol/L. My diabetes specialist says I'm doing brilliantly, considering how much influence my non diabetes medication has on my BG. When we have tried to tighten up these results, I...

My average is around 3-4 times a night.

I am a type 2 insulin injecting diabetic. I was diagnosed back in 2006 and everything was fine, up until I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, which is a blood cancer. My medication at the time just could not cope with the huge spikes in BS from the chemotherapy drugs, and my fingers were...

I do, but then that's how I was told to do it. I don't know any different. :)

I have my low BG level set to 5.0. When it drops below and the alarm goes off, I check the Libre reading against a finger prick and take action if needed.

I don't understand the attitude of your doctor! How on earth can he/she know how well the Metformin is working unless you are testing regularly?

If you like your current phone and it works effectively with the Libre 2, why change it? I have read that as of the 15th July 2023, Abbott will be rolling out an update for the Libre 2 which will show your current BG on your phone screen without you needing to scan first.

Initially I only had my phone to start and scan with. At first this was great as I simply put my phone into Do Not Disturb overnight, but allowing notifications from the Libre app. Worked perfectly. That was until my phone did an update and the alarms no longer worked. Abbott sent me a reader...

They sent one to me recently, as the alarms stopped working on my phone, which lead to a night time hypo only being detected because I woke up. Fortunately we caught it in time and a hospital visit was avoided.

I was on high dose opioids for a very long time, but they caused chronic constipation. It got to the point where I'd sooner be in pain than constipated, so I stopped my pain medication altogether. I had my GP and my hospital consultant telling me I needed to be back on my pain killers. In the...

I order 2 sensors for the month, and do so about a week in advance. Did your diabetes team send you a link for your phone to be able send all the data recorded by the phone or the reader? If not I think once you are on prescription they will provide that link to monitor all your data. Did you...

Hope this post finds you all as well as you possibly can be. I've gone back to finger pricking at important times of the day. What started it was a reading of 16.4 in the night. I came downstairs with the intension of having a light snack and introducing some insulin. However, I though I'd...

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Phone Abbott and ask them to send you a reader.

If you start the sensor with your phone you will only receive alarms on your phone provided your phone isn't one that have had issues with alarms not working. My Samsung S20+ alarms do not work since the update to Android 13. The same is true if you start the sensor with the reader, the alarms...

I was initially treated by the diabetes nurse at my GP practice, in consultation with a consultant at the hospital. Sadly my diabetes nurse left the practice and care became a bit mishap and my care suffered as a result. I was undergoing chemotherapy and I wasn't getting the help I needed to...

I try to test 1 hour after and 2 hours after. I made myself an insulin chart in a word document. From left to right it reads Date - Time - Food - Carbs - Medication - Pre Meal BG - + 1 Hour - + 2 Hours. I enter the values each day and I include the direction my BG are moving according to the...

Just a thought @AnneRay, some type 2's are being prescribed the Libre 2 on prescription so it may well be worth while asking your GP if you qualify.