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I called the freestyle libre number and they are sending me two new monitors and taking both back as they said it does seem there’s a fault the only thing that I worry about is the serial numbers are completely different so if they’re not from the same batch how many people could possibly be in...

Hey no the strips are new I got four boxes and tried strips out them all. I have keytone strips too but it seems accurate with them

Thanks for your reply, I thought this too but they ( the diabetes nurse) told me I can use it to check my glucose levels and also check for Keytones on it by finger pricks. The strips are correct also for it but no I don't have the sensor just the testing strips.

Hello, I'm just wondering if anybody else has experienced the same ... I was diagnosed in may and they started me with a contour plus blood glucose checker, this was all okay but then they upgraded me to the libre to check my bloods the same was with the finger prick however this is constantly...

I think so I tend to eat the same every day I always have eggs and cheese for breakfast with a half of an avocado & it doesn't spike me, then lunch sometimes i have it which would be a chicken salad no dressing. Dinner I always have meat or fish & carbs which would be like potatoes or sweet...

Hello, I was diagnosed with type one in may and since then I think I've dealt with it quite well I do low carb and my levels are always between 5-7.5 I'm most probably still in the honeymoon period, however Im getting concerned as my weight hasn't changed I'm still the same as I've always been...

Hello, So I am newly diagnosed ( last month) & I know everybody is different but how many grams of carbs do you have a day? When I was first diagnosed early May I was told to take 4 units of fast acting every time I ate now I’ve been told to do the 1 unit per 10grams Of carbs & it’s making me...

Thank you very much that’s really helpful

Thank you I've cut out sugar a lot and listened to my nurses advice currently keeping my levels under 10 which I don't think is too bad as was only diagnosed Tuesday at 30.3 levels I'm keeping drinking water a lot and actually enjoying eating healthy and cutting out the rubbish so fingers...

hello, I'm newly diagnosed this week with type 1 and I can't stop thinking about the possible vision effects, I've read up about how you can go blind if you have type 1, is this if you don't listen to advice and just eat what you want or could this just happen anyway? I hope I don't sound silly...

Thank you for your replies, they haven't told me anything about the carb ratio they've given me levemir 12 units every evening and then 4 units of fiasp after every meal x3 a day I've been injecting into my stomach isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Do you still eat what ever you want? I...

hello, I've just joined looking for any kind of advice I guess, I've just been diagnosed with type 1 my Hbac1 was 113 and bloods when tested were 30.3 I've been told this is extremely high so I started insulin yesterday evening they've started me on 12 units and night and 4 units every time I...