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<blockquote data-quote="jackois" data-source="post: 1687083" data-attributes="member: 99684"><p>Lucky you. I don't see a consultant or diabetic team. I have an annual HB1AC, followed by a diabetic nurse check for weight, feet and so on. Then I have a ten minute appointment with my GP. As my numbers are generally in the low 50'she usually declares himself quite happy and chases me out of the door. I did bring up changing from Novorapid to Fiasp, this year as I felt I could lower the peaks after meals but he wasn't having any as he couldn't see any benefit as my current medication was doing fine.</p><p></p><p>Onto to CGM. I've used both, self funded, Libre and Dexcom 5. </p><p></p><p>The libre was fine other than the skin reactions I got from the adhesive which were horrible. readings were generally in line with blood testing, it was easy to apply and the scanner was super easy to use. At around £100 a month is was affordable for the info it gives back.</p><p></p><p>The dexcom was better for my skin with no reaction in the 6 months I used it. Again readings generally close to blood tsting. A bit more complicated to fit but a bigger choice of places to stick it. Price is the stumbling point. I'm currently having a couple of months off as I can't justify the £425 cost for 4 sensors and a transmitter, especially as the sensors are only guaranteed for a week, even though they can be restarted and I was getting them to last for almost 3 weeks. Another plus with the dexcom is the phone app that takes readings automatically via bluetooth and will alarm if you go low or high.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jackois, post: 1687083, member: 99684"] Lucky you. I don't see a consultant or diabetic team. I have an annual HB1AC, followed by a diabetic nurse check for weight, feet and so on. Then I have a ten minute appointment with my GP. As my numbers are generally in the low 50'she usually declares himself quite happy and chases me out of the door. I did bring up changing from Novorapid to Fiasp, this year as I felt I could lower the peaks after meals but he wasn't having any as he couldn't see any benefit as my current medication was doing fine. Onto to CGM. I've used both, self funded, Libre and Dexcom 5. The libre was fine other than the skin reactions I got from the adhesive which were horrible. readings were generally in line with blood testing, it was easy to apply and the scanner was super easy to use. At around £100 a month is was affordable for the info it gives back. The dexcom was better for my skin with no reaction in the 6 months I used it. Again readings generally close to blood tsting. A bit more complicated to fit but a bigger choice of places to stick it. Price is the stumbling point. I'm currently having a couple of months off as I can't justify the £425 cost for 4 sensors and a transmitter, especially as the sensors are only guaranteed for a week, even though they can be restarted and I was getting them to last for almost 3 weeks. Another plus with the dexcom is the phone app that takes readings automatically via bluetooth and will alarm if you go low or high. Hope that helps you. [/QUOTE]
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