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Is it just me or has the debacle over the Libre 2 upgrade highlighted peoples inability to manage this condition by blood glucose testing alone. Also, why have people not got access to these items. I have 2 different monitors that use different strips. Which my Gp prescribes monthly for one and...

The tide is turning. http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1392/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/1392/pub/1392/page/4/article/NaN

Less than 2 weeks from filling in on line to it dropping through the door. Looks like they have their delay problems sorted.

The carb heavy homemade lasagne and garlic bread may eventually have other ideas.

Following a hospital trial I did for Abbott in May, I finally have a one off Libre 3 freebie setup and running. As it runs on a separate app, I decided to overlap the previous Libre 2 sensor which has another 24 hours to run. Positives of the 3 it’s continuous as opposed to having to scan, it...

Article about technology access. https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o949

Anyone else having problems with the site and forum? I use the app and nothing is loading. Also the site when I log in is hard to navigate and seems very random.

Have I done anything differently? Have I ecky thumb

After 5 years of Libre readers, finally using a phone. Just bought up to date compatible I Phone 12 mini. Was very nervous activating this morning but am loving it. Whoop!

Just came across this, could be useful to those newly diagnosed https://mytype1diabetes.nhs.uk/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults

Thought this was well laid out and very useful. Hope link works. https://trend-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/A5_T1Illness_TREND_FINAL.pdf

A new Twitter site has just gone up that is specifically for diabetics and run by HCPs. If you are on Twitter give it a follow - Diabetes 101 @diabetes101

Anyone seen this? Caught up tonight (saw 1st series and thoroughly enjoyed it). Anyway one of the contestants is a type 1. She wears a pump. Any new type 1s out there should watch this to see that life goes on.

Activated a new sensor today. Always test with a blood test 15 minutes before it is on line and then compare. Bang on 6.9. (An hour after breakfast) Have noticed over the past few sensors I have trusted it more and more, so decided to look at my blood glucose monitor for the last 2 weeks...

I, like many I am sure, use the forum App. I like the way it is set out and is easy to dip in and out of. However, following my frustration at not being able to see details that everyone else was saying I should see. Press this, press that, err no I couldn’t! And no I am not an idiot, which I...

Is it just me or is anyone else fed up of the constant tagging in of the information sheet for new members. Twice within a few posts in the last thread I was reading. Surely every new person signing up could receive this as they sign up. We live in the 21st century with great technology. Surely...

Having succumbed to the dreaded Libre allergy, I let my hospital team know. Interestingly they said it wasn’t necessarily the glue but the chemical covering the sensor. Either way it’s still an allergy. I also phoned Abbott, they do apparently record it but there are no questions asked, or...

So, just put a new sensor on. When it was pulled back, the needle was still showing. Anyone else had that? Had planned to start it in 24 hrs as per usual but need to know it is working so have activated it. The needle was very long[emoji15]

Decided to start a new thread so I don’t hijack the Bernstein thread which has courted so much controversy. The conundrum with this very subject, is I feel rooted in the difference between type 1 and type 2. As I’ve stated many times I am pretty low carb most of the time. However, if I wanted...