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Have had similar problems on holiday in warm places… have purchased large plasters for wounds to hold a Libre 2 in place. My DN at home gave me some wonderful see Through sticky patches I used to use when swimming , but have not been able to track them down anywhere. before you apply the new CGM...

I was diagnosed at age 68. Was told in the Emergency room I would be on insulin for the rest of my life……and I just assumed I had developed Type 2 diabetes. Asked pathetically if I could quit the insulin if I lost some more weight, ate better and exercised more…was told … No! Spent 5 days in...

It’s good the consultant understood your travel issues and is trying to fix an overnight and early morning appointment for you. I too live a ferry ride away from the hospital, or a 10 minute air ambulance ride in extremis! Had to have a colonoscopy a few years ago, which is restricted diet for...

Hei Grant, hope things are better for you this morning. Can see you don’t like medics, especially ones brandishing needles at you.. but I think losing blood needs to be investigated ASAP. Have you got a friend or family member can go with you to an A&E or whatever the local emergency care...

Hei, I am using Libre 3+ and generally rely on its readings. Fit the new one about 24 hours before the old one is due to expire. Can feel my blood sugar levels changing, but not always sure if they are going up or down. A couple of weeks ago my sensor was about 10:days in and started showing...

CGM’s are often unreliable for the first 24 hours of being started up, and they can also give a false low if you are sleeping or resting on the side of the body to which they are attached. called compression low. Also not everything is diabetes related. Is there any way you can get a blood...

My understanding is that there are more types of diabetes apart from 1 and 2. Have you come across something called MODY? Think it is an acronym for something like Mature Onset of Diabetes in the young. Can’t remember off the top of my head what the parameters are for it presenting..how young...

I bought one from a little stand in the middle of the shopping centre where my family live in the UK. It is a stainless steel strip on an adjustable rubber bracelet, I have tiny wrists. I gather replacement straps are available on Amazon. Was advised to have my name on it, evidently if you pass...

Was so happy with my novopen echo pluses, but then the health authority switched my CGMs to Libre 3 and then Libre 3 plus and the app for those does not work with the Novo pens! The pens still ‘remember’ when and what dose I took, but I have to enter the data manually in the Libre 3 app. Some...

Wow guys, what an incredible humbling thread. Hats off to all of you. Very grateful to only have been diagnosed 3 years ago, and can recall at the time thinking I was lucky to have been diagnosed so late in life. I decided on diagnosis I would never eat anything labelled diabetic or inject...

Congratulations on your new job. have you discovered the delights of lentils? Was served a dinner of them this week, with some good old English sausages in, but they did wonders for my blood sugar. They maybe need some work with the herbs and spices. I remember they were served when I was in...

Hei, welcome to the forums. Don’t think we are allowed to offer ‘medical’ advice.. and I think changing your basal insulin would come under that. But if you have gone from sofa surfing to gym bunny, then yes you are probably going to need less insulin. When I noticed my waking blood sugar...

If you’re making it yourself you can cut down on the bread, sugar and dried fruit and step up the egg mixture, to cut down the carbs. Maybe consider making an individual portion? If somebody else is making it/has made it, then a small portion? Well that’s this evening’s pudding sorted out!

Don’t have type 3 but wondering, as a type 1, if your long acting insulin dose is set correctly? Am assuming you have a CGM? I was advised what my waking CGM reading should be and adjusted my dose accordingly. But we’re not allowed to advise medicine doses here, so maybe discuss with your endo...

Just been switched to Libre 3+ and very seldom finger prick. Keep my glucometer with me when I go out, in case the CGM stops working.. or falls off, and to do a more accurate glucose reading when driving. Used to finger prick at the swimming pool, but just rely on the CGM reading when I do...

Hei @lizcoop , agree with what others have said that you need to prioritise yourself for at least part of your days, or maybe weeks at the moment. A diagnosis of Type 1 is a lot to get your head round , all by itself. On diagnosis, nearly 3 years ago at age 68, I was fortunate enough to have...

Just switched from Android, Huawei P60, which I had a love hate relationship with, but it was no bother running the Libre Freestyle app for the Libre 2. Had to remember to put it on charge every night, and thought it might be on its last legs, it is over 5 years old. We actually bought a Samsung...

First of all a big fat virtual hug. I use tresiba and novorapid. You need to be patient with the tresiba. Don’t know how you think about your insulins and food and exercise. Insulin and exercise bring sugar level down, food, especially carbs push it up. For me tresiba is my ‘background’ insulin...

hei @Carpe Diem , I too am on Tresiba and novo rapid. Was only diagnosed 2 and a half years ago and amongst all the advice I was given in hospital was to make sure my bs was 6 before I went to bed, and 8 if I had taken alcohol. Used finger sticks for first few weeks and was aiming to have bs...

Another vote here for Tresiba. Can’t remember which long acting I was on at first diagnosis, 2 and half years ago, but various nurses and doctors kept saying I would be put on something more steady acting. The one I was on , I took it in the mornings, would only start to work at lunch time and...