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That’s interesting, would you mind me asking which insulin you have changed onto and whether it has helped with your weight please?

That’s interesting, thank you. It’s hard not to get frustrated when you’re putting the effort in but not seeing the results!

Thank you - my doctor has mentioned insulin resistance but I didn’t appreciate that it could affect weight loss. Do you happen to know if I need to take a different approach in that case please?

I’m having fewer than I was now that I’ve got my basal at a better rate, but totally agree that correcting them was contributing to weight gain. It’s catch 22 isn’t it!

Hello - I hope this is the right place to ask! I’ve gained a couple of stone since starting on Tresiba & Novorapid and I’m really struggling to lose it and it’s starting to get me down. I eat really low carb to keep my insulin needs as low as possible - no bread / pasta / potato etc, I...

Hello, please could someone describe what happens when you get to the end of the honeymoon period? I’ve been on insulin for 9months now and I’m suddenly finding that my usual doses of novorapid are having little effect, could this be the honeymoon period coming to an end? Do I just increase my...

Thank you both, unfortunately I can be hypo-unaware so I’m nervous of relying on me knowing that my sugars are dropping without my Libre. Just before I got my Libre I ended up on the floor on the road side with my 2 very young children with my bloods below 2 and me not being able to think...

Hello! I’m looking to start swimming and have bought some waterproof patches to wear over my Libre 2 sensor. However I’m nervous of having a hypo in the pool and not getting an alarm from my Libre because my phone would be in my locker. I’m looking for advice about what other people do to give...

Thank you - I’ll give that a try! [emoji106]

Hello! I’ve been given a Libre2 with a Nuu A5X reader. The nurse set everything up for me and after my appointment I waited the hour or so before scanning the sensor. The reader is working perfectly when I hold it over my sensor, but I can’t set up any alarms and I keep getting a ‘signal loss’...

Hello! Does anybody just use bolus insulin, or do you have to use basal as well? Thanks [emoji4]