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Since the latest update of MySugr on my iPhone my estimated HbA1c has disappeared from near the top of the screen! Have they hidden it somewhere? I can’t find it!

I use the Libre with my iPhone and on the home page I have a scan icon in the top right hand corner (circled in red), which I rarely use now it’s a cgm. However I do use it on the odd occasion when I’ve been away from my phone and there’s a gap in my graph. Recently I helped a type 2 friend...

I met some friends for a Christmas drink at lunchtime, I don’t drink alcohol so ordered a Pepsi Max. My request got lost in translation as one barman asked another in a foreign language to get my order. I suspected nothing as I sipped my drink which with two slices of lemon and loads of ice put...

Since starting on Victoza early this year, I have managed to get my prescriptions filled all apart from one week in the autumn despite the shortages. I switched from a small independent pharmacy to a big Boots store who seemed to be getting more reliable supplies. However I put in a prescription...

I have to have an operation coming up in the next few weeks, requiring a stay of two or three nights. From previous experience it is very difficult to pick low carb meals from the hospital menu. I am pretty ok with snack foods, plenty of ideas there. it’s more the meals, breakfast and dinner, I...

I use the Freestyle Libre 2 and have had a few fail, Abbott have quickly sent replacements, so all good there. However the failures all seem to have been on my right arm. I do sleep on my right side so prefer the Libre on my left arm for comfort and to avoid compression lows. Would it therefore...

Is there anyone more techie than me that knows how the new features of iOS 17 might impact the Libre Link app? Or are Abbott pre-empting trouble following the app update fiasco a month or so ago?

Over the last six years since my type 2 diagnosis I have had it very well controlled on LC diet and Metformin. I lost six stone initially too. I have recently emerged from three years of hell. Various health issues, mostly resolved now, the death of both my parents which ended with the sale of...

Following on from shortages of Ozempic, I received this text msg from my surgery this morning about supplies of Victoza. Not entirely unexpected but disappointing all the same :( Keep an eye on your in boxes.

For reasons which I won’t go into now, last week I changed meds from Metformin tablets 1.5g daily, to daily Victoza injections. I started last week on 0.6mg then this morning a week later I doubled the dose to 1.2mg as instructed. I am wearing a Libre and decided it might be wise to set a low...

Ok, I’m a bit of a nerd when it comes to statistics and graphs, so being diabetic and self monitoring for the six years since diagnosis feeds my, maybe not too strong a word, obsession. I had surgery on my foot yesterday and was allowed to keep my Freestyle Libre on throughout my hospital stay...

I’ve been using the Libre 2 for a few months now. Swapping to a new one always falls at the weekend. I am away for a weekend in March and that weekend will be when I would be switching. I don’t want to be faffing about applying a new one while I’m away, so if I apply a new one two days early...

I don’t usually drink alcohol (generally just some bubbly to toast in the New Year) but hubby got some espresso creme liqueur for Xmas, last night I had a sip and it was delicious, so I went on to have a small glassful. This is my last 24 hours read out from my Libre! A small low just before...

I have successfully been using the Freestyle Libre 2 glucose sensors for over three months without any problem (apart from one which stopped a couple of days early). Knowing my sensor would run out this morning I applied a new one to my other arm yesterday. I tried to activate it this morning...

I am now in a position to be able to self find the Libre. I am on my second sensor and have noticed that the arrow is always horizontal regardless of the reading! An hour after dinner this evening it read 3.4 which I suspect is a compression low as the back of my arm was resting against a...

I had my annual diabetic bloods taken on Monday, exactly 5 years after my type 2 diagnosis. Just saw my results on line, everything is in normal ranges and my HbA1c, despite the death of my mother 9 weeks ago, an attack of shingles at Easter and a broken toe last weekend, is…….. drum roll……..37...

Just logged into my Tesco account to look for something and found this page! Dread to think what choices Tesco would deem suitable for diabetics?! :wideyed: I daren’t check the box!

Just planned my Christmas Day menus, still under my daily limit of 45g of carbs, just! Of course I may stray off the plan, but will still be way less than the average carboholic! :joyful: And yes I am a numbers geek! :D Edit for typo

Just a reminder to all members on repeat medication, to check you’ll have enough supplies over Christmas and New Year well before Health Centres and Pharmacies close for the festive season. If you order on line there will usually be a comments box to explain why you need to order early or...

About a year after my type 2 diagnosis I started taking cinnamon supplements for two reasons. Firstly to help stabilise blood sugars and secondly to ease the symptoms of my arthritis, both characteristics which many agree are benefits of taking cinnamon. Wind the clock forward to this year, and...