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I've had the Libre 2 for close to a year, now. I value the high and low blood glucose (BG) alarms, particularly as a monitor to levels during sleep. But there is still a problem which could easily be sorted by a little reprogramming by the manufacturers. Lately I was comfortably in range when...

After years (decades) with type-1, I shouldn't have to ask, but here goes. For at least ten years, I went about my daily life with my testing kit and insulin pens in a reused sunglasses bag (very tough and long-lasting), with the tightening cord wrapped around the neck of a 500ml bottle of...

I've been on Humalog and Lantus for over twenty years now. Just in the last couple of years, I've had half a dozen pens (both insulins) where the twist-and-pump function failed. In at least three cases they didn't work, fresh out of the new box. Today I found the Humalog pen I've been using...

I had an auto-generated SMS text message from my GP when I turned 50, asking if I'd like to start a course of statins. I had barely heard of statins so I don't know why it was left to me, to decide. That was some years ago and I still don't know. GPs here are woefully hard to be seen by. I...

My first post, apologies if the answer has been amply covered before. I started using the FreeStyle Libre 2 in October 2023. It's not perfect but I value the high and low glucose alarms at night. After several mostly satisfactory months, my current sensor (since six nights ago) initially gave...