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My Libre 2 plus sensor is giving wildly inaccurate low results - I've finally turned off the low alarm as it was going off regularly. For instance a reading of 3.3 on the sensor was 5.8 on a fingerstick. I'm not sure what to do next as Abbott don't seem to be addressing the issue.

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I now have five days of once daily Lantus under my belt! I didn’t realise that dosage is now a DIY process. My practice has no dsn, just an overworked GP trying to fit diabetics in to the workload. However I’ve done lots of reading and probably don’t need to have my hand held. This forum is...

Thanks Jaylee That’s very helpful. The problem with the Ménières is that there is sometimes a kind of spaced out aura before the vertigo - but I guess that it would quickly be clear that it wasn’t a hypo. I will seriously consider the Libre2, but would struggle to self fund.

Thanks EllieM. My GP says that he will up the dosage very slowly. I also suffer from Ménière’s disease, so I’m hoping that I can tell the difference between a Ménières attack and a hypo! Some literature seems to say that you only need to test BG once a day when using Lantus, but elsewhere...

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Posting here because I can’t quite to grips with how to use the forum! I was diagnosed with steroid induced t2 some years ago and managed it with diet only. My hba1c is now going up, and my GP is starting me on Lantus next week (gliclazide exacerbates my IBS). I’m hoping all will go...