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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 1568246"><p>I think of a Libre slightly differently to finger pricks.</p><p>The sensor on your arm is doing the equivalent of finger pricks every 5 minutes (I think). It stores the last 8 hours worth of BG readings on the sensor. When you scan the sensor you are downloading the last 8 hours of readings to your receiver (phone or monitor). You can do this download as many times as you want. But it is a good idea to do it at least every 8 hours if you do not want to miss any readings.</p><p>As a consequence, the Libre gives you much more than your BG at a given point in time. It can tell you the affect your last meal had over time, it can show you what happened to your BG whilst you were cycling this morning, for example, you can compare the impact of a stressful meeting with a relaxed meeting, and you can see whether your BG is rising or falling a the moment.</p><p>I feel if you are using a Libre only to replace finger pricks, you are missing out on 75% of its power. It's like having a Smart phone just to make calls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 1568246"] I think of a Libre slightly differently to finger pricks. The sensor on your arm is doing the equivalent of finger pricks every 5 minutes (I think). It stores the last 8 hours worth of BG readings on the sensor. When you scan the sensor you are downloading the last 8 hours of readings to your receiver (phone or monitor). You can do this download as many times as you want. But it is a good idea to do it at least every 8 hours if you do not want to miss any readings. As a consequence, the Libre gives you much more than your BG at a given point in time. It can tell you the affect your last meal had over time, it can show you what happened to your BG whilst you were cycling this morning, for example, you can compare the impact of a stressful meeting with a relaxed meeting, and you can see whether your BG is rising or falling a the moment. I feel if you are using a Libre only to replace finger pricks, you are missing out on 75% of its power. It's like having a Smart phone just to make calls. [/QUOTE]
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