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I’m in Ireland, too, and on Trulicity for about 3 years now. The first couple of weeks can be notoriously rough, but hang in there - I had constant nausea and feeling like I was going to throw up, but I never actually did and it wore off. I’m very happy with the Trulicity now, as I’m much more...

I’ve had very similar issues since being diagnosed a few years ago - my sugars were sky high on diagnosis and I was getting false hypos with readings under about 8 for a good long time. I was on Metformin to start with and then Trulicity, which has suited me much better, but the point where I...

Ah, it looks like a needle when you take the sensor off, and I can feel it pinching if I wobble the sensor too much out of true when I’m taking it off, so was assuming it was one (new user here, am on sensor #5 today). I had to take off two today, the expired one and a faulty one (see other...

Thanks all, I managed it get both this one and the recently expired one off, and was able to read the number off the side of the faulty one. I emailed Abbott instead of phoning because I’m in Dublin and it’s an international phone call, but they have all the details now and I’ve hung onto both...

Nope, it tried to initialise, but is getting no data, so it looks like the needle/filament isn’t stuck into me. Thankfully I have my second one here, so can put that on instead- hopefully this one behaves properly! I’ll get the serial number off this one once I manage to unstick it (it is of...

Okay, thanks, both, we’ll see when I initialise it in a few hours, I guess. I can cope with scanning my armpit for two weeks, if I have to! I didn’t do anything different to normal when I applied it, and it was definitely well stuck on in the right place when I got dressed. No knocks or snags...

Okay, this is a weird one, because I didn’t think the Libre could move once it was glued on and the needle inserted. I put on a new Libre sensor this morning before work, in the normal area, just below the triceps muscle at the top of the ‘flabby’ bit of the arm. I go off to a day’s work and...

I’ll get some baby wipes and have a go with them tomorrow, as I’m due to take the current one off then. I didn’t know you could take the sensor off first - what happens with the needle then, I presume it comes with it? That’s the main reason I’m being so careful with the whole process, because...

I’m sorry to hear you had such a rough ride with this, it really varies in how we react to it. I have IBS and was pretty doubtful about the digestive side effects, but in my case I was mildly nauseous for 2-3 weeks when I started it, but haven’t had any problems after that. It’s much better for...

I’m on my fifth Libre and am also having terrible trouble getting them off after the two weeks. I have really, really dry skin and they seem to stick like limpets - I tried to yank the first one off and ended up with a crescent shaped bruise for several days, and I could feel the needle going...

My last box of Trulicity two weeks ago came in a different (smaller!) packaging, which may be a coincidence. Maybe they were repackaging and there was a temporary glitch in supply? Nakka, you should always consult your doctor before altering your medication regimen in any way - were you able to...

I got my booster two weeks ago today, and thankfully didn’t notice any change in my blood sugar afterwards, although I was prepared for it to happen. I had a Pfizer booster after Moderna, and the only side effect I had was a headache, similar to the first jab, and my arm was actually less sore...

I’ve been on Trulicity for two years now, because Metformin wasn’t playing well with my IBS, and I’ve found it brilliant overall. I was a bit squeamish about the injections at first, but the pen is very fast and it’s a lot easier to remember something once a week, rather than every meal. I was a...

Same, I apparently have tiny, tiny veins, as do my entire paternal family and I’ve been advised by various medical people to drink loads of water and be really well hydrated and warm before getting blood taken, which really does work. For FBG, the diabetic nurse also recommended drinking lots of...

Laxatives tend to be contraindicated in IBS, depending on whether you’re D, C or A, so I would check with your doctor before trying any. I used to use Fybogel and ended up asking for an alternative because it was just so messy, especially when out and about, so have been using Normacol instead...

Just had the first Moderna jab on Saturday - had a headache and a sore arm, only. I’m T2 and my blood sugar has been entirely normal. The headache was medium bad on Saturday and has tailed off slowly yesterday and today. The arm is still sore when I do anything with it, but I can cope with that...

I’ve been on Trulicity weekly for about a year now, because I also have digestive issues which Metformin was exacerbating. I was told 20 years ago that I had IBS, but when I was diagnosed T2, my endocrinologist disagreed - we were discussing doing some in-patient investigations when the pandemic...

Thanks so much for this info, ert, that’s really useful to know, even if incomplete. I’m in Ireland and we’re in line to get the Pfizer one first, so I’m particularly interested in that, but I guess we will get more info the closer it gets.

Has anyone seen any research on the three main coronavirus vaccines in the pipeline and their effectiveness in diabetic populations? I’ve been able to find specifics about their effectiveness in elders, but not any other group - I’d be really interested in hearing whether any of the trials have...

An update from me - the good news is that my pseudo hypo symptoms basically just stopped one day a couple of weeks ago. I was expecting a slow tail off, but I literally had three pseudo hypos one day, and none the next, which I find totally weird, but I’m not objecting! I’m now starting work to...