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Hello I like my Libre but need a bit advice please. I cannot unscrew the two pieces that contain the sensor, I need to get my husband to do this. Maybe my hands arent as strong as they used to be, I'm OAP. Any tips?

i shall speak to Dr on the phone next week in lieu of face to face, so can I ask this group to answer a question? I take my own HBP readings at home. This morning, the first one was 185\65, the second 183/65 and the third was 151/89. I usually take the best of three. When the top one has...

Through my own careless fault, my reading at 1pm was 24. I took 12 units of insulin and its now, 2 hours later, showing 22.3 - hardly down at all. I feel spacey and dizzy, feeling odd. How can I bring it down, I feel its too soon for more insulin. Ideas please!!

I am T2, on Metformin and insulin. I have some bad days where I struggle to eat, due to nausea. Other days, I am OK. I am trying to figure what triggers the nausea, which starts up around 3pm-ish onwards. For breakfast I always have tea and toast. A cup of tea and plain biscuit at 11.15am...

I have gone off food in the past couple of years. Sometimes if I look at a recipe in a magazine, I can feel my stomach rising. I really only eat to stop my readings going too low, so its a continual fight to eat something. It has to be bland, maybe a baked potato. Any tips? PS I am 77.

Can anyone please suggest a substitute for a slice of toast and marmalade for my breakfast?

I am 77, been T2 on insulin for 15 years. I've recently ( couple of years) noticed I have gone off food. I used to love Italian, but no more. I manage a bit chicken but there is no pleasure in eating anymore. I do suffer from nausea in the evenings ( occasionally) and struggle to eat. This...

I take novorapid during the day and 16 units of Lantus at bedtime. What makes my readings jump up to 20 about mid morning? I usually take around 8 units novorapid before breakfast ( tea and toast) and can't fathom out how it then jumps so high sortly afterwards? Do I need more Lantus?

I occasionally get hypos, in the wee small hours, and am interested in what other people go through the following day. I was up at 4am with a hypo of 3.4, had a weetabix, 2 oatcakes and a cup of tea. I fell back to sleep immediately. Its now 10am, had tea and toast, reading on meter is 20.2 so...

I'm a T2 on metformin and two types of insulin. I take other tablets too for HBP, cholesterol and angina. This has been the case for more than 10 years now. Since about 3 years ago, every day, I wake up feeling mildly nauseous which builds up as the day goes on. I take a spoon of Gaviscon...

Earlier this afternoon, I decided to have 4 measures of insulin, as I was going to have a plate of soup and small piece of bread. By mistake, I injected 12 in error. I quickly had the soup, bread, tea and chocolate biscuit and I feel OK, although a bit angry at myself. Did I do the right thing?

I am T2 on Novorapid and Lantus insulin and tablets. I have had 2 hypos in the past 12 hours, I really seem to be getting worse at working out how much insulin I need to inject. Is there any chance I could have the small container that Theresa has on her arm, which feeds her insulin as and...

I am T2, on 5 insulin injections per day. I am 75 and female. I have been injecting for 12 years approx. and am finding it harder to get the needle into my body. Its too tricky in my legs, not enough flesh I think, and my midriff and stomach are almost impossible to puncture. Any tips?

Last night a hypo woke me at 1.30AM. It was a bad one and my reading was 2.2, my lowest ever. I take insulin and metformin. However, I had eaten a good evening meal so took no supper. I'm usually good about eating at suppertime but slipped up here. How low could my reading go? Is there a...

After 10 years as T2, met and insulin, I have been diagnosed as having gastric erosion with acid in my stomach. What should I be aware of diet wise? I found a web page telling me to cut out all cereals and eat white ( not brown!) bread. Is there a book that will help me with meal choices? I...

I have been T2 on insulin for 10 years and am finding it very hard to get my needle fully through my skin. If I push it in too soon, I can see the mixture dribble down my stomach. I don't have a lot of loose flesh on my legs. Can anyone offer hints please about getting insulin inside me, and...

I have been poorly all day and eaten very little. My readings have been in the low teens all day and is now 14. Should I have a small insulin injection? I am T2 on Lantus and Novorapid. metformin 4 per day.

I have been on Novorapid for approx. 10 years. Before injecting, I always expel 2 before injecting my dosage. Yet even after expelling the small amount I can see bubbles inside the pen, in the clear solution. I thought these were air bubbles and dangerous. Are they?

Are T2s being considered for the trials going on with Flash?

In this current 'Balance' there are rubber bracelets to alert health professionals and others what your state of health is. There are various choices. I am Type two but also take insulin. Should I wear a T2 bracelet or am I Insulin Dependant? I'm never too sure what that means. Would I...