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Good morning everyone. Now that my Libre trial is over, I need to go back to using my monitor. Can anyone recommend one which wouldn't cause as much pain please? I have problems with my hands and they are so sensitive despite using the correct parts of my fingers and selecting the lowest...

Thank you. I do enjoy eggs twice a week. I need to look at breakfast in general I think. The easiest thing for me would be to go without as I used to buy not sure if intermittent fasting is a good idea for diabetics as opinions seem to be divided. I shall read up more. Thanks again.

Thank you both. Yes I am keeping track of everything. I tested porridge this morning which gave readings of 6.2 9.7 6.9 on the Libre. One of my favourite breakfasts but need to decide whether the 1hr spike is too high. I am focusing on using that for the rest of the week as I only have it...

Ah thanks so much for explaining that. It's all very interesting. I'm even more intrigued now.

One thing I'm concerned about with the Libre is that readings don't tally with my Codefree. For instance my last reading at 2hrs was 4.2 on the cgm yet 5.7 on the Codefree

Thank you. I am currently trialling a cgm but won't be able to afford to fund it myself after the final week is up. I'm learning from using it and it's much easier as I have very painful fingers but I will certainly continue to test at an hour given the information you have given me.

Good morning! After 2 hrs my readings are well down with most of the meals I'm choosing so would it be ok to drop the testing at 1 hour or does the potentially very high spike matter a lot? One meal in particular jumped from 6.1 to 11.3 at 1 hour but then down to 5.9 after two.

Thanks so much!

Yes I did read about that but have left the levels as they were set. I would set it up differently if I were able to continue using it. You obviously know a lot about these gadgets, thank you.

Thanks for the info Steve. I use the app and my phone needs to be with me at all times for various reasons - 9 days of use left so hoping to make the best of it! Thanks again, Jay

Hello. According to my graphs the alarm wouldn't need to have sounded one the past 36 hours or so as my readings have been within range but I will hold off contacting them about the lost signal warning. I am T2 and this trial is one I was offered by email. It is only for 14 days so I'm trying...

I'm sorry to hear you've had such a tough time with it all. Thanks for the advice, I will contact them tomorrow. Since an earlier poster advised me to check sensor readings against a finger prick test I've found them to tally with each other. I'm worried about having hypos at night and not...

Thank you for that. I shall read up on it this afternoon. I've just had an alert to say that signal has been lost and alarms are not available! My levels haven't been at all today but I'd still like to have the alarm if they dip again at any point. I'll try to find out more about loss of signal.

Ah right, so I should test with my freestyle monitor after an alarm then! I cannot afford to find the Libre though it has really focused me over the past few days. I take Metformin 500mg. Thanks so much for posting.

I was invited to trial a Libre 2 sensor for 2 weeks and have had four alarms for low blood sugar readings in the past 2 days, 3.4 being the lowest reading. Once after a high carb meal at lunchtime, one at 10pm having eaten at 6pm and the others during the night. Is this likely to be anything to...

Yes I will do that later today as I aim to test each of my regular meals two or three times. I have a record of some from my last effort. Thanks for posting. I checked my levels overnight as I'm interested in this liver dump theory and they were 5.9 (2am) 6.4 (4am) and 5.8 on rising at 7. I had...

Thanks to you both for the input. I am now eating three meals a day whereas I used to skip breakfast. I should have started that readings were at 1st bite then 1 hour and 2 hours. Interesting about changing the timing of certain meals. And I could certainly have split my lunch into two small...

Hello, after a long absence due to other health issues I'm now able to focus on my diabetes properly. My HbA1c is now 42 and I'm restarting my monitoring of my usual meals. A particular favourite lunch gave the following readings: 6.4, 9.5 (highest level of the day) and returning to 6.2 Would...

Thank you all so much. Sorry for the delay in reading and replying but it's been a wobbly couple of days to say the least. I am going to read up about the effect of illness on sugar levels - hadn't considered that as a stressor! Thanks again, Jay.

Hello, just looking for opinions here but I was unwell with norovirus over the weekend and ventured out for a walk for the first time yesterday. I started to feel a bit shaky and slightly spaced out so headed back home. My reading on returning was 8.5 which I couldn't understand as I'd only had...