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I know there are a lot of Libre threads already. I have a few bits to condense into a single post in the hope that it will help someone considering their options for the first time. I'd looked at the FreeStyle Libre write-ups about how you can use the Libre with your phone and monitor your...

I've attached a chart of my Waking Blood Glucose (SD Codefree Meter) since I bought one a week after T2 diagnosis. The dip at the right of the plot coincides exactly, start to finish, with my week break into a holiday apartment to escape last week's freeze. All the rest of the chart was spent...

All the advice I've seen says lance different fingers each time. This seems to imply that repeated lancing of the same place on the same finger will result in a damaged finger eventually. Is this an urban myth, or has anyone ever come across a damaged finger from lancing?

I've googled but nothing has struck me so far. I thought I'd ask. After a "you're now diabetic" 76mmol/L HbA1c warning at an annual checkup I'm two weeks into 800cal;20g carbs a day with a vitamin and mineral supplement and it's fine so far. Once I get my BMI down from 30 to 23 I'm not sure how...

I've looked through Michael Mosely's blood sugar diet book, as advised by the diabetes nurse. I've started logging on a website, the screendump is from there. What I've started eating is mushroom or cheese omelette, broccoli celery tomato soup and occasional ham or chicken bits. And 500ml 1%...