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Food for thought

rustee2011

rustee2011

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Relationship to Diabetes
Type 2
Hi Guys,

Sometimes, it can and does feel like information overload. Learning ways to monitor my blood sugar with patches, and an app. It would help me realise what foods can cause BG spikes, and what doesn't. It would give me a sense of power. I do feel that a part of me doesn't want to do this. It looks like a turn for the worse. I know it isn't.

One of my colleagues at work uses one, and he is only on Metformin like myself. I am aware BG fluctuates during the day.

There is just in me a sense of "no Roy, you don't need it". Because of the things I do for self healing but it would give me Knowledge which is power.
 
Only you can decide as only know you know what you will do with the data a Libre will give you.
I intentionally used the word "data" because that is what it will give you. It is up to you whether you translate that data into knowledge and how you react to that data.
Some people love numbers and more numbers are great. Some people find the continuous data stressful - it's like always being told whether you are right or wrong (and rarely feel that we are right). And some people become obsessed.
You don't have to decide now and you never have to decide.
You could apply for a free trial and leave it in the drawer until you decide.
 
If it will give you a sense of power then I say "go for it". As Helli has posted above me, get a free trial Libra and try it out when you're ready.
 
If you do trial Libre then it is very important to understand it's quirks and limitations. I know from some of your other posts that you are prone to health anxiety and one of the things with Libre is that it can exaggerate the highs and the lows and can cause some people to panic, especially if they experience what we call "compression lows" where lying on the sensor in your sleep for more than about 20 mins causes it to give a false low (hypo) reading setting the low alarm off and often waking you up in a panic. This can cause people to assume they are hypo and eat fast acting carbs that they don't need and are bad for their diabetes and or seek medical advice and since many medical professionals don't know about compression lows, they can change medication which can again be detrimental, so it is really important, if you use Libre to double check any high or low readings with a finger prick to assess if they are genuine and then take action as appropriate. If you don't have a finger prick meter and are competent using it, then I would advise against using Libre, particularly if you have health anxiety..

You have already demonstrated in previous posts that you don't have enough understanding of diabetes to know that you are not at risk of hypos, so Libre could very easily reignite that concern.
 
rebrascora said:
If you do trial Libre then it is very important to understand it's quirks and limitations. I know from some of your other posts that you are prone to health anxiety and one of the things with Libre is that it can exaggerate the highs and the lows and can cause some people to panic, especially if they experience what we call "compression lows" where lying on the sensor in your sleep for more than about 20 mins causes it to give a false low (hypo) reading setting the low alarm off and often waking you up in a panic. This can cause people to assume they are hypo and eat fast acting carbs that they don't need and are bad for their diabetes and or seek medical advice and since many medical professionals don't know about compression lows, they can change medication which can again be detrimental, so it is really important, if you use Libre to double check any high or low readings with a finger prick to assess if they are genuine and then take action as appropriate. If you don't have a finger prick meter and are competent using it, then I would advise against using Libre, particularly if you have health anxiety..

You have already demonstrated in previous posts that you don't have enough understanding of diabetes to know that you are not at risk of hypos, so Libre could very easily reignite that concern.
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Hi Thanks for this - it make sense
 
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