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My new Freestyle Libre - My findings...

Madusmacus - didn't you have all manner of problems with every finger prick meter under the sun a short while back? If that was you, you're not having much good fortune.
 
Wow! them sensors are hard to get off :¬) good sticky stuff

The faulty one came off in the end no blood under and no bent needle
new one went on this time no pain :¬)

Ill wait 12 hours before activating as you all suggested :¬)
 
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AndBreathe said:
Madusmacus - didn't you have all manner of problems with every finger prick meter under the sun a short while back? If that was you, you're not having much good fortune.
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yes you have a good memory!
this is why I jumped at the opportunity to use these expensive things :¬)

and yes I am the most unluckiest person I know in lots of ways
hehe :¬)
 
I'm surprised they replaced it so quick, they made me wait 3 days
 
Emmotha said:
I'm surprised they replaced it so quick, they made me wait 3 days
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It took 4 phone calls and I got lucky talked to the same guy 3 times
he realised a straight line from 6mmol to 1.9mmol over 2 hours was obviously wrong

they want the old one back (paid for biohazard container) hehe
guess to see what went wrong :¬)

Inserted my last sensor just below the last one "1 inch away"
this one NO PAIN at all :¬)

Leaving it in overnight before activation (as some peeps suggested)

Night all :¬)
 
This sensor is spot on :¬)
no pain and values match the freestyle lite +/- 0.5 mmol
(given there is a built in error factor of +/- 15% in all this tech - I am happy bunny)

this is the way to go (if the sensors are all like this one)
:¬)
 
Interesting fact 1 (well for me anyways)

Just climbing 2 flights of stairs and making a cup of tea raises my BS 1.0 mmol (10 minute lag)
As much as my LCHF breakfast does - hehe - seems reproducible with me

And its not a problem its just a finding... :¬)
 
This is so useful :¬)

3 tins of Coors lite (I believed to be ok) shoots me up 2 mmol and climbing
1 "BOTTLE" (hic!!) of red wine shoots me down 2 mmol

He this gadget is such an eye opener
 
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Since using the Freestyle Libre I have seen that If I am horizontal (Resting I guess) my BS are low - On becoming vertical (getting up having a shave etc.) my BS rise by as much as 2.0 mmol

this seems to be backed up by blood glucose tests too

Might all be more smoke and mirrors but now I can see A reason for my waking High BS readings I got before
Glad I can see now im not getting a BS rise whilst asleep (according to sensor)
 
This sounds more like dawn phenomenon. After being asleep, your liver dumps glucose into your system to fuel you. People find it occurs at different times - some get it when the alarm wakes them up, others get it at a consistent time daily regardless.
 

Yes it does but I tested this :¬)

I stayed lying down after waking watched some tv for 1-2 hours (lazy easter) and..

As soon as I got up and washed,shaved made a cuppa tea...
ONLY then do I get a rise - not at all during sleep

very strange :¬) but kind of reassuring
 
I am the same - I should probably stay in bed all day
 
I am also doubting if I am diabetic at all now after 16 months of LCHF and loosing 15Kilos
But that's for my Doctor and me to argue about :¬)

Seems I have not gone over 7.4 MMOL or under 3.9 MMOL in the last 12 days of the sensor useage

 
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I'm sure you and your doctor will have an interesting discussion.

Are you familiar with Professor Taylor's Newcastle Study work, and his hypothesis on the Personal Fat Threashold (PFT)? You 15kg weight loss may have breached that, which could be helpful, but certainly, if you are averaging 23gr of carb a day, you are eating a very low carb diet.

Your discussion with your Doc may be whether you are nin-diabetic, or extremely well controlled. It appears there is no official definition for reversed diabetes.
 
I forgot to enter some carbs but it was mainly wine and beer
wine can push it an extra 20 an evening :¬)

now I found the Libre can tag one glucose reading with multiple things
Food + Wine + Total Carbs for example and you can even add your own tags.
These are uploaded to the scanner from PC
This will mean better carb tracking.

I substitute a lot of protein and fat instead of carbs
most meals its 4-8 carbs most meals
I have got used to no pizza rice bread cookies sweets etc etc now :¬)
well I have a bit of 90% chocky once in a while with a cuppa tea

I do eat a few protein replacements from ciaocarb products like bread and cookies
http://www.avidlite.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?page=search&SS=ciaocarb&PR=-1&TB=O
CiaoCarb Loaf of Bread, 300g is 16 carbs a loaf (2 slices with scambled eggs type thing)
CiaoCarb ProtoMax Maxi Form Cookiea are 4 carbs a bar
tried and tested no reaction on me - and I like em :¬)
as its a lot of protein you need to drink liquid a lot but I am always drinking HIC!!!! :¬)

"hypothesis on the Personal Fat Threshold"
very interesting I will read up about this
I am still 103KG though I just don't seem to be able to loose it the way I did 12 months ago
Not to fussed TBH

"I am also doubting if I am diabetic"
Yep I should have been more care full in my words - I think my life changes have controlled it and I have no willing to go back to all the horrid stuff I used to eat :¬)

Thanks :¬)
 
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Interesting the way my weight and glucose has gone here is image from my spread sheet charting what happened sicne I went LCHF



I know its not for everyone and I have stalled with weight loss now but interesting how it got under control ish :¬)
 
Interesting thing I just saw...
I had highish readings all day and I though maybe its not working as its on last day of sensor so I had 2 jelly babies
I don't recommend doing that but its my body and its my test - now the funny thing

I got the usual rises in recorded glucose followed by the dip but it didn't stop going down
Its like the babies reset my bodies high readings and now im back to normal and its getting lower

Strange

It could be a myriad of other reasons but still its funny
 

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It'll be interesting to see if you get a car, or jelly bean craving later on, from any rebounding dip. Let us know, please.

I thought you had thrown this away a couple of weeks ago, or was that merely figurative?
 
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