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  1. JonWel86

    Hey Everyone.

    Hello Everyone, new to the Forum. I hope this is allowed. On 15th September myself and my family are doing the Edinburgh Kiltwalk, nearly 4 weeks time ouch all us are doing this in aid of Diabetes UK. I myself am doing the larger 24 mile walk whilst my Fiance and the kids are doing the 5 mile...
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  2. C

    Viewpoint letter reply

    Hi, I'm new to the forum but have been part of the Diabetes UK family for many years. I'm a type 1 diabetic with several other endocrine diseases which also impact on my control. But enough about me I'm posting about the 'Red letter days' letter in the latest Balance. Penny from Peckham I also...
  3. Uller

    Libre Trial

    Hello folks, At my last review I asked about the availability of the Libre, there was some oh’s and erm’s because I!m LADA, but they finally gave in because I argued I’m still insulin dependant. So come next Monday (13th), I’m going along to Hairmyres in East Kilbride to get my new Libre kit...
  4. A

    Freestyle Libre

    I had been told that the Libre Sensor readers and sensor pads were available now on prescription. My GP gave me a prescription for 1 kit but since discovered she shouldn’t have and only certain Type 1 diabetics can get one. . I offered to buy reader myself and change prescription from test...
  5. jordmagx

    Freestyle Libre stopped working!

    Hi guys, I’m such a forum noob, and yet this is my second post within 48 hours! Basically, I got a Libre sensor fitted two days ago and all seemed to be fine. Until yesterday morning I got a bath and it started giving ‘HI’ readings where the graph showed my BG was 30+. In a panic I got out my...
  6. A

    Hints for putting wetsuit on with Freestyle Libre sensor

    Hi everyone, my partner does a lot of wild swimming....yes even in winter!!! We have sorted out the extra waterproofing as a ‘just in case’ using the tegaderm but we were just after some hints for getting the wetsuit on and off without dislodging the Freestyle Libre sensor which has just been...
  7. T

    Flying with a Flash monitor

    Hi, My husband has a Flash Libre glucose monitor and we are due to fly to Portugal in October. Just wondered if these devices go through airport x-ray security ok? Do we need a doctors letter? I've contacted the airline but they do not currently seem to know what I'm talking about as they...
  8. Northerner

    Abbott FreeStyle Libre prescribing around Scotland

    From iPag Scotland :) https://www.ipag.co.uk/abbott-freestyle-libre-prescribing-around-scotland/
  9. Northerner

    Theresa May's Libre...

    Noticed it on prominent display last night as she greeted Trump at Blenheim Palace and I got to a-wondering... Does she wait 24 hours before activating a new sensor, or does she wait the suggested Abbott hour? Has she ever had a duff sensor, and if so has she called Abbott for a replacement...
  10. K

    C Peptide Test worry

    Hi everyone, I am wondering what people's experience has been with the C peptide test, and if anyone has had their diagnosis changed from Type 1 to Type 2? I have been Type 1 for 20 years now, I was diagnosed at 14 with the usual symptoms. My type has never been questioned. I took a while to...
  11. R

    Libre pop socket

    My latest Freestyle Libre sensor delivery contained something called a pop socket. Apart from the suggestion to stick it on my phone, there were no instructions with it. It looked a bit like a sensor and I wondered whether it was a device to turn my iPhone into a reader. Imagine my...
  12. Alba37

    Looking for a child about using the Libre in Scotland

    Scotland - The Type 1 in Scotland Facebook Group is looking for a child case study for possible media coverage on the Libre, so if you have tried it and feel it would benefit to have funding of it and are happy to help please join the campaign group. Another option would be if you feel it could...
  13. khskel

    Freestyle Libre free postage

    Abbott are currently offering free postage to all existing customers which is applied automatically to your order. Customers are limited to ordering 2 sensors every 25 days. The shop is currently closed to new customers.
  14. A

    Promotion code Freestyle Libre

    hi all last prom code ended on the 6th Dec. New code advised today BCC6FT27. Hope this helps
  15. R

    Worth a try! Libre request

    Hello to fellow libre users, I have a really big favour to ask and wonder if anyone would be willing to help me. I have been self-funding the libre for a long while now but to my horror have found there is a two week delay on sensors (presumably because of them being made available on...
  16. khskel

    Review Yesterday

    Very good review yesterday Hba1c 47 and consultant most impressed with the libre info I'd downloaded to my laptop. He was very pleased with my BG levels generally especially the low number of spikes and hypos. It would appear that our area are pretty certain that they will fund the libre on...
  17. M

    New and Libre obsessed...

    Hi, Diabetic type 1 for 25 years but life has been changed by the Freestyle Libre I am trialling. Am anxiously awaiting whether the local authority will be prescribing it from 1st Nov. Wonder if you are allowed to register with a doctor in an authority that WILL prescribe it just in case mine...
  18. TheClockworkDodo

    Questions About Libre

    I know there have been several threads about Libres, but I thought it would be useful to have a general thread for questions for Libre users from those of us who are thinking of getting one, or have recently got one - please feel free to chip in with different questions! My first one is - do...
  19. Sharon Barker

    FREESTYLE LIBRE SENSOR APPLICATION

    My diabetes team recently gave me the option of a libre machine for free with a free sensor and I love it! However, when it came to putting the second sensor on (my nurse did the first) it didn't stay for more that a few days. I think I may have done a couple of things wrong but would love...
  20. Northerner

    Resistance is futile!

    OK, I give in, I have got fed up of reading everyone else's Libre posts so have taken the plunge and will be voluntarily connecting myself on a (semi)permanent basis to a biometric scanning device in the next 5-7 days :o Had a right palaver trying to buy the darned thing though - website...
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