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markyj

markyj

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Location
Bentham Lancaster Lancashire
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Insulin
I'm struggling to stabilise my blood sugar. I feel sleepy hot sweaty headache checked my blood sugar with my Libra 2 sensor it says 2 mmol been trying for past hour to increase blood sugar level but according to the sensor it's still around 2 mmol but I tested on my old meter and that said 8 mmol which is correct hope I make it through night I live alone
 
markyj said:
I'm struggling to stabilise my blood sugar. I feel sleepy hot sweaty headache checked my blood sugar with my Libra 2 sensor it says 2 mmol been trying for past hour to increase blood sugar level but according to the sensor it's still around 2 mmol but I tested on my old meter and that said 8 mmol which is correct hope I make it through night I live alone
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Hi @markyj are your testing strips within date? I would normally 100% believe a glucometer over a flash reader/cgm but am concerned about your symptoms.. Do you feel hypo?

(At 2mmol/L I would be feeling really shaky/hungry and mildly confused).

How are you doing now?
 
Hello again @markyj

I see from your previous posts that you are on tresiba?

If you are struggling to get your bgs up to normal I would call an ambulance.
 
My libre 2 was hopelessly inaccurate. Triple check with a blood prick. If unsure please go to a facility that can double check for you
 
Got through the night stabilised my blood sugar awoke to find it at 13.1mmol I've started a new libre 2 sensor now the other one wasn't working properly hope I don't go through that sgain.
 
markyj said:
Got through the night stabilised my blood sugar awoke to find it at 13.1mmol I've started a new libre 2 sensor now the other one wasn't working properly hope I don't go through that sgain.
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Yes, I've done that too with a sensor. I kept treating a supposed hypo and when I finally checked with my glucometer I had gone up to nearly 20. It's always worth checking extreme highs and lowd from a sensor with a meter, because sometimes the sensors are off. (Having said that, if it;s a hypo I usually scoff some sugar before checking my meter, just to be on the safe side.)

I don't know if you are self funding your libre or not, but it's worth contacting Abbott to get a replacement if you've had to end it early because it has become inaccurate.
 
markyj said:
Hi I thought about contacting abbot so I'm going to speaking to diabetic specialist nurse later too
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At one time Abbott used to ask for the used sensor when they were replacing it, so may be worth not chucking it out till you've contacted them....
 
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