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Unwanted freestyle libra

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Lynn Davies said:
Just out of curiosity I googled the Libre gadget as I had no idea what it was or did - Why would you not want to wear it!!!! 🙄
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Well , each to their own ! Not everyone wants to use a pump or wear a CGMI I guess .
 
Very true Carol but the Libre seems to be such a great thing to help with control. *sigh*
 
Yeah but I can imagine some people might not like it. I mean, it is something attached to your arm, so then people say 'what's that' and then it opens up a whole discussion. If you're not comfortable talking to people about your diabetes, I can see it being an issue.

I love it but I can totally understand someone not wanting it
 
I mean, it is something attached to your arm, so then people say 'what's that' and then it opens up a whole discussion. If you're not comfortable talking to people about your diabetes, I can see it being an issue.
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Particularly if you are a man in your 20s who maybe wants to do the sort of things plenty of other men in their 20s are doing, and doesn't necessarily want a perpetual badge/reminder of having a chronic medical condition.
 
That's so true , maybe its men if that age ! I have daughters as well and think they would think differently . My sins friend , also 27 , is not interested in a pump . Maybe in a few years ?? Hopefully
 
CarolK said:
That's so true , maybe its men if that age ! I have daughters as well and think they would think differently . My sins friend , also 27 , is not interested in a pump . Maybe in a few years ?? Hopefully
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Few folks have asked me what it is, but those who have, I have told it's an electronic tag, and just smile.

Of course, they now think I am some serial shoplifter or the like, and probably think now I am overseas for a few months that I've gone to prison, but it made me smile. 🙂

Sometimes getting on a bit isn't such a bad thing. 🙂
 
My daughter absolutely hates to talk about her condition (it makes her cry if she tries!), she just hides pump and sensor under her clothes. Most of her school friends are now used to her having odd things about her person and have got the message that she doesn't like to talk about it.
 
I never used to like to talk about it, especially with all the misconceptions. I got very sick of constantly feeling like I had to defend myself.

Now I'm older, and I do talks for JDRF, and I'm doing a talk for Exeter University later this week about the science behind diabetes (I'll let you have the link to the video when it's up). I don't mind talking about it so much any more. But I used to feel embarrassed to have it, like it was somehow my own fault.
 
Amberzak said:
I never used to like to talk about it, especially with all the misconceptions. I got very sick of constantly feeling like I had to defend myself.

Now I'm older, and I do talks for JDRF, and I'm doing a talk for Exeter University later this week about the science behind diabetes (I'll let you have the link to the video when it's up). I don't mind talking about it so much any more. But I used to feel embarrassed to have it, like it was somehow my own fault.
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I'm the same and have always kept it to myself. Trying to explain the ins and outs of what is a complex condition in simple terms made it easier just to not say anything. It was never glamorous either (if having a medical condition can ever be described as such) with needles, syringes and blood involved. Modern pens, pumps and testing devices are much more discreet. It's crazy really as of course it wasn't my fault in getting it. I'm more relaxed about discussing it nowadays with people but am still not one of those 'look at me' types.
 
I have actually only told a handful of people, including my nearest and dearest. In my view the massive vast majority of people don't really care and most have their own issues to be concerned about. Clearly I'm at an advantage in that I'm not in danger of hypos or need to inject, so there is very little chance anyone really needs to know, so why burder/bore* (* delete as appropriate) them?
 
As without things in life , I think people deal with them in their own way , and I think DexusXM is spot on . In general maybe younger males font want a reminder of having this chronic condition attached to them 24/7 . My son doesn't even tell anyone he is diabetic , prefers not to . As people get older , your outlook changes , you care less what people think , and also your own mortality smacks you in the face at times and makes you realise you have to look after yourself . That's the frustration of being a parent !!
 
Welcome to the forum Jonathan Stone. What is your connection to diabetes?
 
What a nice present. How is she getting on with it?
 
SB2015 said:
What a nice present. How is she getting on with it?
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Hi sb2015
TBH it's amazing how more controlled her blood has become in a short space of time. The data you get is so much more then just a glucose reading. Once you plug the reader into your computer with there software it enabled us to look at it after the first week and made some changes to how long before food she injects and keeping to a plan. Her bloods on a line graph go from a squiggle to a wave line between 4 and 10. She's nearly halved the amount of times she goes low and lowered the amount of time she goes over. We have had irregular days but wow what a change. But we just put the second sensor on and it's not reading properly hopefully it will sort itself by the morning. Jon
 
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Hi an2015
TBH it's amazing how more controlled her blood has become in a short space of time. The data you get is so much more then just a glucose reading. Once you plug the reader into your computer with there software it enabled us to look at it after the first week and made some changes to how long before food she injects and keeping to a plan. Her bloods on a line graph go from a squiggle to a wave line between 4 and 10. She's nearly halved the amount of times she goes low and lowered the amount of time she goes over. We have had irregular days but wow what a change. But we just put the second sensor on and it's not reading properly hopefully it will sort itself by the morning. Jon
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Hi Jonathan. I find my Libre great as well. I think the most useful thing I've taken from it so far is the timing of the Bolus before meals.
I have found the sensors take 24 hours to 'bed in' before the readings become accurate. I have started to insert my new sensor 24 hours before activating it, and find this helps to get truer readings faster.
 
Robin said:
Hi Jonathan. I find my Libre great as well. I think the most useful thing I've taken from it so far is the timing of the Bolus before meals.
I have found the sensors take 24 hours to 'bed in' before the readings become accurate. I have started to insert my new sensor 24 hours before activating it, and find this helps to get truer readings faster.
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Hi Robin
Yes the sensor is still out but I'm glad someone else has had this so we didn't take it off thinking its faulty or that the sensor is in the wrong place. Yes my partner would always go quite high after eating then drop low after but now it doesn't have a peak or such a drop. She has the fast and long in one and was told she didn't need to do it a certain time before. Now she does it depending on her blood 15-25 mins before. I think its crazy they aren't on the nhs yet the cost of the sensor really is the same as test strips. In the short space they've made such a difference.
 
That is a fantastic success with the Libre Jonathan

I am having a bit of bother, as at present as each time I intend to do a fasting test I have a hypo. However i am getting feedback on patterns. I was amazed at my spike after breakfast. I had delivered early, but obviously not early enough, or I just need less carbs. My Libre told me I was 16 by 30 min after the meal, handset told me 12, but that was a surprise. However I then went hypo 4 hours later! The ups and downs of Diabetes.
 
SB2015 said:
That is a fantastic success with the Libre Jonathan

I am having a bit of bother, as at present as each time I intend to do a fasting test I have a hypo. However i am getting feedback on patterns. I was amazed at my spike after breakfast. I had delivered early, but obviously not early enough, or I just need less carbs. My Libre told me I was 16 by 30 min after the meal, handset told me 12, but that was a surprise. However I then went hypo 4 hours later! The ups and downs of Diabetes.
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I'm no professional but I have looked and researched to try and help my partner manage her diabetes. She now has oats with honey on as the oats are a nice long lasting care and the honey is natural sugar. We have made a set plan for how much to inject for levels of glucose and it's difference for each meal. Your spike maybe the fact that your eating something with a lot of sugar carbs that act quickly but soon get used so then that's why your going low. But she does have a break at work about 3 hours after breakfast where she'll have a banana or small snack which keeps her going through to lunch. My partner used to peak high straight after eating but this has calmed down now. As boring as it is having set food what you eat every day does help manage it. For a snack boost she will have digestives as these have a perfect amount of sugar carbs just to pick the blood sugar up a few units with out causing a big spike. The picture shows the whole 2 weeks there are some highs and lows but over all I'm so proud of her that the times she's awake it's really been manage. Any help I can give I'm willing to share. Just remember that one thing we learned is not drinking enough water being ill even a cold or being stressed can raise your blood sugar level quite a lot.
 

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