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I have had a few Beko fridges over the years and have found their temperature control to be very poor. I usually go for cheap fridges so maybe that is the reason!

Perhaps we expect too much of our new toy. I guess we are use to the strip meters and who is to say how accurate they are? You are right about the delay of 10 to 15 minutes. I still love my Libre!

My gp said he would prescribe the sensors if I bought the reader so I did and he has. I am living in Southend-on-Sea Essex and I hear that there is a post code lottery about availability over the country. I am not sure about the criteria applied but my gp is sympathetic to my looking after my...

I relate to your experiences - they sound terrifying. The aggression seems to be a common trait of hypos. I have to watch it when I am still thinking but have been told that I am very Terry difficult to help during a severe hypo. The real point I was making was that I recovered unaided from a...

As a T1.5 on insulin for the past 20 years I think I would be remiss if I did not test my blood 4 or 5 times a day and certainly before getting into the car. Maybe your gp does not know enough about diabetes. I have found over the years a lot of health care professionals do not have the expected...

T2 on insulin for 20 years. Since my wife's dementia became severe she no longer catches my hypos. The good news (at least to me) is that I can have a severe hypo and recover without assistance. The last one I don't remember anything after 9 pm and came to enough to self medicate at 2 am - mind...

11.4 My fasting bg is usually in the low teens.

What sort of insulins do you take? If it is a fast acting dose which you missed I would "shoot up" with your 7 ml normal dose after testing your blood (which should show high count). If not as expected, wait till next normal time to take insulin and adjust to compensate if high (if you self...

Porridge for breakfast – no sugar but a few ounces of currents. Very expensive roll (100g, french) from Waitrose filled with ham, my own giant radish and lettuce. Plus a medium apple and a banana (I have had problems with low potassium – take this seriously if your blood test show low potassium)...