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    Stopped statins to see effect on blood glucose and cholesterol

    Just come to the end of my first Libre sensor. I used to be on simvastatin with total cholesterol kept at about 5.5, but was changed to atorvastatin when I was diagnosed with Type II. Three months later, my total cholesterol was down to 3.9, but was that down to the new statin or to the low...
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    Spikes and averages

    Some contributors on this forum have clearly done quite a lot of research. I am just three days into my trial of the Libre, and fascinating it is. I have had a couple of days away from home and thought that for the first time since my diagnosis four months ago, I would eat rather irrationally...
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    Case for the Libre meter?

    Anyone looked to getting a protective case for the Libre meter? I imagine the touch screen to be suscetpible to damage from contact with other hard materials, in, for instance, one's bag.
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    Frequency of Freestyle Libre readings

    Just a few hours into the first use of this technology and I’m loving it. I have read the manual but cannot find an answer to this question: Does the sensor have the capability of recording glucose levels at set intervals which are then relayed to the meter when the meter is brought into close...
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    Freestyle Libre and Lycra!

    Received my Libre today and now up and running. I have taped over the sensor for security. A slightly trivial query but I am a keen cyclist who wears closely fitting Lycra tops and the sleeves often have to dragged up the arms when putting them on. Anyone out there come to grief dragging such...
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    Weight keeps going down

    A set of routine blood tests three months ago revealed that I was an asymptomatic type 2 diabetic with an Hba1c of 51. I put myself on a low carb diet with a maximum of 150 Gms/day, usually taking about 120 Gms. My Hba1c check 2 days ago shows a fall to 46 and I have fallen in weight from 11...