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Hi. I‘ve had type 1 for 13 years. My retinopathy screening results have always been ok, until my recent one, which just says “changes”, but what does this actually mean? I’m also concerned as to how long these changes have arisen, as my last screening was in 2018 (they missed me in 2019, and...

Can anyone help me understand the libre lag please? I understand that the sensor reading lags 15 mins behind the blood test reading. I understand the ‘train analogy’ given by Abbott. But in real terms it doesn’t make sense. For example, my blood reading says 6.5, whilst my sensor reading will...

I’ve been told that Abbott are not issuing any readers/scanners for the Libre, and I’d need to use an up to date phone My diabetes nurse suggested I ring them to ask about the A5X reader, which I plan to do.

Thanks for that. I am in the UK and I’m in the process of thinking about the libre actually - am undecided as I don’t want to have to rely on my phone for the app (which I’ve been told I would need to do). Thanks again for your reply.

Hi. Can I ask what others do at night? Sometimes my bedtime glucose reading is fine, or even a little low for bed, yet I ‘know’ it’s going to rise (due to what I’d eaten, hours ago) - I don’t give a correction dose as it’s too low at the time (for bed), but hate the fact that I’m very high in...