diet is partially the culprit. I need to do better. Thank you catinahat, I will schedule the tests and post the results here
You can use your Libre to help you with your diet, generally speaking someone who doesn't have diabetes will see their blood sugar rise after eating and fall back to around their pre meal level within 2hrs of their first mouthful.
So we try to do the same by noting what we eat, how many carbs are in the meal and giving ourselves the same 2hrs.
Now because we're diabetic and our testing methods are not exactly 100% accurate we give ourselves a 2mmol leeway (that's 36 mg/dl)
So make a note of the time you start eating, your blood sugar level, the food you ate and the amount of carbs in that food.
2hrs later check your blood sugar levels again , now don't get too hung up on the actual numbers because it's the difference between the pre meal level and the 2hr level that's important.
If your 2hrs results is around the same or no more than 36 mg/dl higher then that meal was perfect, your body handled the carbs as it should.
If on the other hand the difference is more than 36 mg/dl then you know that meal had too many carbs for you to handle. Now you can take a look at what you ate, see where maybe you can make some substitutions to lower the carb total or perhaps a smaller portion of the carbage and add more good stuff.
It takes time and a lot of experimenting using yourself as the lab rat, eventually though you will have a diet specifically designed for you, by you.