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    Freestyle Libre II and sleeping.

    Am I ok to lie on my freestyle libre II at night, as I sleep on my right side, and at the moment the sensor is on my right arm, is there any way I can do it gently? Sorry if i'm asking a lot of questions, but I am totally blind, and I want to get the maximum use out of my sensor I can.
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    Freestyle Libre II Problems.

    I get mine through prescription at the moment. We’ve just been re-ordering them. Should I ring Libra when it happens again next time? I mean freestyle?
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    Freestyle Libre II Problems.

    I have a freestyle libre II, but, after only three days it is starting to come off. I protected it with clingfilm for my shower, as I always do. The sensor is on the back of my arm close to my underarm, so that it doesn't catch on things, what am I doing wrong?
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    Hi, my name is Lindsay.

    Hi, my name is Lindsay. I am 48 years old, and a type 2 diabetic. I use tujeo insulin, and a forxiga tablet. I have a libre 2 glucose checking sensor. I am also totally blind, and use anIPhone with a screen reader called voiceover which reads what is on the screen. I have been blind since birth.
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    New to insulin

    I mean the insulin isn’t working my blood sugars in the morning or around about between 10 and 15 and at bedtime they can be 15 or over.
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    New to insulin

    I am also totally blind, so insulin has to be injected into me by either a family member or the district nurse.
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    New to insulin

    I can’t have that sort of thing because I live in a care home and they can’t do that sort of thing as they have to see to other residents. I take my steroids at breakfast time and at lunch time.
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    Type 2 Diabetic type 2 and on steroids forever

    My pituitary gland doesn’t make enough cortisol for my body, so I am on one and a half tablets a day, equivalent to 15mg a day.
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    New to insulin

    Hi all, I’ve been on insulin for a couple of months now, and am finding it really hard. I have 10 units of long-acting insulin first thing after breakfast. I have binge eating disorder too, which doesn’t help. I binge on things that are sweet which isn’t good. Today I found out that my favourite...
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    Type 2 Diabetic type 2 and on steroids forever

    Hi all, I am diabetic type 2 and on steroids since I was very young, and been type 2 for a few years now, how can I manage my blood sugars if I am on steroids? The medication I am on can make my blood sugars go higher.
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    Hi

    So what types of things could I have for breakfast? It’s very difficult because I am totally blind as well as being typed to so my family have to do a lot of cooking and preparing of meals for me.
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    Hi

    I’m on hydrocortisone medication I’m on high blood pressure medication I’m on statins for cholesterol and I also take a tablet to help me with depression and I also take another tablet called desmopressin which is to stop me going to the toilet a lot and losing body fluids I’m on so many I can’t...
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    Hi

    Hi my name is Lindsay and I am 43 years old and I’m Type II diabetic and I’m also totally blind.
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    Hi

    Hi, my name is Lindsay, I am a Type II diabetic and have been for several years. I have recently been put on insulin to supplement my other medications but I am finding my blood sugars are still very high is this normal, I’m only on day two of taking insulin? I am on long acting insulin and only...
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