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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2121583" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I had been low carbing for years beforehand, but the Libre helped me bring my HbA1c down by about 7 points. From around 42 to around 35 which delighted me, considering my ongoing insulin resistance.</p><p>But honestly, that was minor in comparison to the other things it gave me.</p><p></p><p>I had always had a nagging feeling that I was missing important peaks with my prick testing. There was an ongoing guilt that I should be trying harder, doing better, being stricter... my occasional ‘discrepencies’ were horrific crimes dooming me to failure... you know the kind of head games? All blown out of proportion by an active imagination. Lol.</p><p></p><p>By getting the Libre, I actually saw what was really going on. I saw that my ‘crimes’ for what they were (occasional glitches of very minor impact overall), and I learned how my personal endocrine and digestive system deal with foods. I spotted the interaction/connection between my occasional wild dream life and my nightly bg fluctuations. And my dawn phenomenon was less dawn than ‘foot on floor’.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, I spent some time last week with some other people all eating the same things and same portions as me, and also wearing Libres.</p><p>What a revelation!!!</p><p>We each had quite different digestive times for the same foods. And we each had different peaks (duration, height of peak)</p><p></p><p>The Libre was the reason I rarely prick test any more. I would rather spend £200 a year on 4 Libre sensors, and not test the other 10 months, than pay £7 a week on 50 prick tests (£364 a year) using my glucometer. </p><p></p><p>I get more useful info that way.</p><p></p><p>Then I spend the other 10 months doing what seems to work. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2121583, member: 41816"] I had been low carbing for years beforehand, but the Libre helped me bring my HbA1c down by about 7 points. From around 42 to around 35 which delighted me, considering my ongoing insulin resistance. But honestly, that was minor in comparison to the other things it gave me. I had always had a nagging feeling that I was missing important peaks with my prick testing. There was an ongoing guilt that I should be trying harder, doing better, being stricter... my occasional ‘discrepencies’ were horrific crimes dooming me to failure... you know the kind of head games? All blown out of proportion by an active imagination. Lol. By getting the Libre, I actually saw what was really going on. I saw that my ‘crimes’ for what they were (occasional glitches of very minor impact overall), and I learned how my personal endocrine and digestive system deal with foods. I spotted the interaction/connection between my occasional wild dream life and my nightly bg fluctuations. And my dawn phenomenon was less dawn than ‘foot on floor’. Incidentally, I spent some time last week with some other people all eating the same things and same portions as me, and also wearing Libres. What a revelation!!! We each had quite different digestive times for the same foods. And we each had different peaks (duration, height of peak) The Libre was the reason I rarely prick test any more. I would rather spend £200 a year on 4 Libre sensors, and not test the other 10 months, than pay £7 a week on 50 prick tests (£364 a year) using my glucometer. I get more useful info that way. Then I spend the other 10 months doing what seems to work. :D [/QUOTE]
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