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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mrs HJG" data-source="post: 2631107" data-attributes="member: 552087">[USER=577808]@Icthus[/USER] If you are the UK you should be able to see all your test results on Patients Know Best, and your (I assume) GAD etc might well already be there - they do take a bit of time to come back, but should be within 8 weeks, if not call the diabetes team, not the GP as they can't see hospital-orders test results.Like [USER=372207]@Antje77[/USER] says, don't trust the Libre for the actual numbers, especially at the bottom of the scale, just use the broad range and curves, I find some sensors read high and others low, so, as I am not on insulin, I know any readings in the 3s are not actually hypos and don't worry about it.If you are ill or taking any medication, or have recently had covid etc it will affect and raise your HbA1c, so maybe something in the previous 3 months could have lead to a temporarily high result?Using the Libre so early on should give the diabetes clinic something really useful to go on, finger-pricking really can't do that - if Libre was more reliable I think all newly diagnosed diabetics should wear one for a couple of months to ensure the right diagnosis and treatment.I hope you get some answers on your abdominal pain soon too.</blockquote>

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