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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1909336" data-attributes="member: 374531">If I remember correctly, smc, you've been using libre for a few months?I was pretty much the same with it in the early days - I had plenty of yikes!!! moments. The amount of extra data we get can put people off it.But over time (been using it for about 2 yrs now), I  started to see little adjustments I could make here and there from the additional information I was getting from it, and the whole show just gets smoother as time goes by because I have a clearer idea in advance of how I'm going to deal with the situation.Some of it has been getting more clued up on pre-bolusing times in certain situations, some of it has been being more aware of whether there's been any basal issues going on, and some of it has been learning more about which food combos work for me and which don't.Potatoes, for example. I'm not a huge fan of spuds, really unpredictable on when or if they're going to spike. But, I decided I quite fancied a baked potato a few weeks ago, had it with some prawns and egg mayo. No spike to speak of - the fibre in the skin and the fat from the mayo likely slowed absorption down to match the insulin timing.Libre's a bit like learning to drive a car. It takes time. You could read a dozen books on how to drive, but you'll still not know how to drive until you've had lessons, been out on your own for a while, and then you get to that point where you love racing across Rannoch Moor in the dark down into Glencoe!</blockquote>

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