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Type 2 for 30+ years. Apart from a 3 year remission 13 years ago. Metformin 500mg 1 a day, glimepiride 1mg x 1 day was twice but was having night hypos. I have a libre sensor, and since starting with it, i have felt much more in control. I'm normally quite sedentary. Don't do a lot of...

I am having a bad day with blood glucose high warnings from my libre reading 16.2. Did a finger prick and it's showing 18.5. I'm t2. Had my glimepiride and not had anything unusual to eat. Don't have a team as such. My gp and one of the nurses at the surgery when i can get through.. Question...

As some of you may know my gp accepted that, due to new meds that can cause hypo, I can have the sensors on repeat. This was about a month or so ago. Ive Had 3 with no prob last was on 18th november. I was ordering my meds on 29th so popped a tick in my sensor. Imag8ne my horror when I logged in...

My team started me on glimepiride couple months back and want me to monitor and get my a1c done in January. There's a definite pattern to my glucose levels. Levelling most of the night then spiking like heck during the day regardless of what I eat. Maximum carbs with any meal is around 20 grams...

Just had a shower and my sensor fell off. Not got a spare as gp only give me one at a time. So frustrating. Now sensorless for about a week till new prescription. Advice and suggestions how to avoid this happening again.

Having a colonoscopy today and as part of that had no food since lunch, about 1, yesterday. Not had my meds either, type 2. My sugars have been in range , around 7 all that time, now my reading has gone up to 10.8 and is rising. How on earth can that be when 3verything has been evacuated from my...

I messaged my gp on Friday asking about the possibility of getting the libre on prescription. I take glimepiride and it can cause hypos. I explained I had been using a libre I got free and it warned me of hypos 3 times. The low sugars happened within an hour of being quite high so if I had been...

I am currently on a free trial of libre. My readings are way lower than I get with using my contour next. Example just 10 mins ago I scanned at 6 and finger pricked at 12.5. Is this normal? Anyone else trying out the libre and finding that readings are very different.

Sods law i got my free trial and put it in place. Set it up and got it started. 2 hours later did my first scan and it's flipping faulty I've contacted them and now will wait on response and hopefully replacement. Just wondered if it's just me. Also how long it takes for replacement. Oh ouchy...

The last few nights my hands have felt on fire. I am desperately tired but keep getting what I can only cause spasms which are keeping me awake I've ran cold water on them, tried holding an ice block and even stood with my hands in the freezer. I'm in tears because I am frustratingly tired but...

Hiya. New here but diagnosed t2 in 1999 lost weight and went in remission in 2009 back on meds in 2013. Currently having a bad time of things with high hbaic. Only just been noted as wasn't having any monitoring through the pandemic. With hindsight I reckon it's been bad for a while. Lots of UTI...