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  1. corbanwolf

    Some background retinopathy after 7 years

    Hi all I have been diagnosed 7 years ago in December. I had my ups and downs with managing blood glucose levels. Generally I would say they were quite ok. I never ended up in hospital in coma because of mismanagement. But today I have received a result of latest eye screening and I am shocked...
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    Going to swimming pool with diabetes T1

    Hey After successfully becoming more physically active, I decided to try swimming pool. As with running, I noticed that best way to run and avoid hypos is wait at least 4h30min since last insulin injection. Otherwise, the insulin in my body will gain boost and result in hypo, even if I start...
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    Easier and trickier carbs

    For me good carbs are kinder Bueno bars (I got a sweet tooth ), potatoes, pizza. My glucose hardly ever rises and usually automatically synchronizes with my insulin. No matter if I prebolus or not. They are almost always right. Bad carbs. Porridge. A BIG NO NO for me. No matter how much I...
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    Freestyle Libre medi swap problem

    They are available online for half free. Go to eBay and search alcohol pads or wipes
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    Probiotics for gut health

    I have taken few cuz I always had problems with my bowels, and guess what, nothing helped. Yoghurt is advised to improve gut bacteria, however for me it has completely opposite effect, when I started eating yoghurts daily, I ended up with 4 visits in the bathroom to do some "business". I tried...
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    Why is Libre1 so inaccurate?

    Thank you all for the replies. Just a little update. I called my gp and was on the phone with my doctor. He sent prescription for mobile cassette (my test strips, cassette rocher), but when I asked if my allowance for test strips could be increased. He said no because they are too expensive and...
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    Why is Libre1 so inaccurate?

    I am using online repeat prescription system from my GP and an option to request test strips (test cassette) is greyed out. It says next available request is at date xxxx. " Last Issued: 11 Jan 2021 Cannot order medication until 14 Apr 21" I think I can order 100test every 3 months or so, which...
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    Why is Libre1 so inaccurate?

    After some time I noticed my allowance for repeat prescriptions for strips is limited. I will contact my GP to increase it. Because since my libre is not accurate. I will get back to daily bg test. And in my case is similar to yours. I am using accu check, and on average they want me to do 1...
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    Why is Libre1 so inaccurate?

    Hey, I been using freestyle libre 1 for a year now and I haven't been doing glucose blood test, I was solely relying on libre so I wasn't double checking with glucose blood test. However, last 3 sensors were inaccurate as hell. This happened 5 min ago. I am just lying in bed browsing internet...
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    Free style libre sensor

    It depends on the area you live in. I used to live in Surrey and didn't even know what freestyle libre is until they told me. And my diabetic nurse asked me if I wanna join a trial for freestyle libre and I said why not, so that's how I got my libre on prescription. But when I moved to west...
  11. corbanwolf

    Confused about speed insulin and carbs speed

    Hey Recently I found myself spiking quite often, even after probolusing A LOT. The food I eat causes me to spike a lot and very quickly. I eat on breakfast, for example one crumpet 16g carbs, 250g yoghurt 12g carbs, and one medium apple 20g carbs, so in total it is 50g carbs so it is 5units of...
  12. corbanwolf

    Needles

    These are lancets, and you should always change them. It is advised. However I change them every 5 pricks or sometimes 10 pricks if I feel lazy. Needles for insulin injection are advised to be changed each time. However I don't think everyone does. I change them at the end of the day.
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    Do you ALWAYS carry your diabetes gear? (insulin and glucose meter)

    Hey. Even since I was diagnosed with diabetes I started carrying a backpack with me. I started carrying my insulin and my blood glucose meter with me everywhere. Even to the local shop which is 5 minutes away. And since I started carrying a backpack, I also filled it with unnecessary items like...
  14. corbanwolf

    Jogging and having a snack

    Hey. Recently I started jogging. Online I read they advise a little snack before or during a run. And I did it, and it actually helped me to balance my sugar so it doesn't go down while running. (I also carry with me glucotabs for safety just in case). And I started tracking my route through an...
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    Lockdown appetite and uncontrollable hunger

    Hey Did anyone else find themselves more hungry than usual? For last few weeks I found myself ordering Deliveroo on a daily basis. Just because staying home made me too lazy to go out to the fridge and make some food or going out to the groceries because it's too cold. How do you manage your...
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    How dangerous are short term hypos?

    Thanks everyone for contributing <3
  17. corbanwolf

    How dangerous are short term hypos?

    Ok I understand that I noticed myself but, the question prevails. Even if the hypo is real.
  18. corbanwolf

    How dangerous are short term hypos?

    Sometimes and most of time they are correct however I noticed the libre tends to guess. As it checks glucose from some other liquid than blood it shows with delay so I think it guesses current glucose by checking whether it was raising or going down in last few mins. Anyway sometimes it shows...
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    How dangerous are short term hypos?

    My last hemoglobin test was 47mmol and my target back then was around 6-8ml and around, anything above required correction. But also had episodes of very high sugar levels due to staying home and low physical activity. I checked the glucose levels for healthy people and wanted to adjust mine to...
  20. corbanwolf

    How dangerous are short term hypos?

    Hey My target for sugar was somewhere between 6 and 7. But I recently wanted to try to aim for 4.7-5.5mmol and noticed that this is much closer to the hypo border and anything below 5 is close to hypo too. So on daily basis, once a day, sometimes once in 2 days I got a mild hypo 3.8mmol for like...