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  1. Colliewobbles

    libra 2 v finger pricking on normal blood glucose strips - is the sensor faulty

    Thanks for your info, its been fine up until 1.24 am this morning and according to this libre i have had6 hypos, fingerpricked and all my levels on normal fingerpricking have been 7 and above.. am absolutely shattered after last night.. and its starting to go off again... thin i will ring abbott...
  2. Colliewobbles

    libra 2 v finger pricking on normal blood glucose strips - is the sensor faulty

    i have a complex medical and part of it is adrenal insufficiency and diabetes 2... This year have been in hospital twice and i find that with the adrenal insufficiency one sign i am going to crash out is i go into a series of hypos and no matter what i eat etc i will go back really low again...
  3. Colliewobbles

    Ketones .4 Levels were 16.1 BS and rising am steroid induced diabetic on insulin and take steroids every day..

    Just had a shock that my levels were 16.1 before bed, only eaten sandwhich and drink, but ketones are ..4 ... now this is complicated as i am T2 Diabetic steroid induced... sadly last year was a nightmare and in intensive care 4 times with allergic reactions, year before i went into a coma with...
  4. Colliewobbles

    Libre 2 Alarm and iPhones

    My last sensor didnt alarm, i rang up libre and they replaced and this was sent back.. tthey check everything and say if new one doesn work is your phone we check that.. but the new one arrived and it was the sensor, new one worked
  5. Colliewobbles

    Fed up with Libre2 sensing

    i recently has the same problem rang up abbot and they replaced..
  6. Colliewobbles

    Last Year went into coma and respitory arrest.. still cant have libre..

    Thanks i hope so because i am at the point of stopping using the insulin as i can alter anything if i dont know i am having a hypo so cant see the point of regulating with insulin if i am unaware i am in a hypo or hyper.. it doesnt make sense.. sad i got re admitted to hospital so next appt is...
  7. Colliewobbles

    Last Year went into coma and respitory arrest.. still cant have libre..

    Yes as my levels go through roof with steroids..
  8. Colliewobbles

    Libre2 trial

    i have also been trialling the libre after going unconscious and stopping breathing last year and its picked up lots of hypos and a couple of hypers but always check up on my normal monitor just in case.. i also found that after one week it lost signal and said put a new sensor on.. so i...
  9. Colliewobbles

    Last Year went into coma and respitory arrest.. still cant have libre..

    tyvm i noticed him other day will ask him if their is anything else we can do to get this sorted.
  10. Colliewobbles

    Last Year went into coma and respitory arrest.. still cant have libre..

    sadly my gp and diabetic nurse and specialist all say i should have it but its gone to pans mersey who will say yay or nay for type 2 in this area..
  11. Colliewobbles

    Last Year went into coma and respitory arrest.. still cant have libre..

    i have no choice but to buy them i managed to get a free trial one and will see my specialist tomorrow when the usual debate carrys on.. mine isnt to do with diet its steroid induced and as i have lots of allergies i am on steroids quite a lot.. but am more worried at the moment as my levels are...
  12. Colliewobbles

    Last Year went into coma and respitory arrest.. still cant have libre..

    i am type 2 on insulin steroid induced.. Last year.. i was in hospital for an allergic reaction.. but they didnt taper down the tablets and consequently went into overdrive and had lots of hypos.. and was admitted to hospital.. i was told to keep eating jam and bread and jelly babies god i hate...
  13. Colliewobbles

    Any t2 on libra?

    Yes i hope so, when i went unconscious last year i felt fine until the last seconds when i mumbled i need to sleep am tired.. and that was it out while they struggled to get me back..ended up drilling through my leg..
  14. Colliewobbles

    Struggling to get to grips with T2

    I am T2 as well and large woman however mine is t2 steroid induced.. my excercise is non existent as i am in wheelchair .. i love crisps and have cut down and dont really eat that many sweets.. my down fall is fruit as i eat tons of fruit.. so have had to cut down and i hate not eating fruit...
  15. Colliewobbles

    Type 1 High blood sugars on steroids

    i am t2 steroid induced and i have to taper off steroids as they had an argument with my body last year after having an allergic reaction went onto steroids as they normally do and didnt taper off and my bloods went over 40.. so was put on insulin and ended up unconscious a week later as my...
  16. Colliewobbles

    Fruit. Thoughts please..

    i am t2 steroid induced and really struggling with the fruit thing before i ate lots of fruit and i mean up to 7 8 or more in fact i ate more fruit then anything.. but have to curb it and really not happy about it, mind you used to love jelly babies up until last year and had mega hypos and they...
  17. Colliewobbles

    Any t2 on libra?

    Ty i am taking on my CCG, Because they would be better off putting me on Libra so they dont have to find budget unless its something more complicated but i suppose they have to swop it around a few departs before.. what i have learnt is t2 will probably done by gps as he said no way can we deal...
  18. Colliewobbles

    Any t2 on libra?

    I think i am seething to put it politely and have emailed my local CCG to ask for a reason why. I do not get warning signs when i go high or low.. i know when i go high as i am steroid induced t2, and even we i went into unconsciousness last year i felt fine till i got down to 2.1 .. was in...
  19. Colliewobbles

    Hypos or is it?

    I am steroid induced diabetes and went down to 2.3 last august and went unconscious and unresponsive and had to intubate me as couldnt get a line in, they tried glucogel which sat on my mouth and gluagon injections and nothing.. they rang my family but i could hear everything but just couldnt...
  20. Colliewobbles

    DKA in type 2

    That is what i thought when it said hi, thought how polite and it was over 40 lol
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