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<blockquote data-quote="ECDRUM" data-source="post: 1750962" data-attributes="member: 467306"><p>For the avoidance of doubt I do believe Libre is accurate and in general I find pretty good agreement between finger prick and Libre readings. The only exception that I find is where I have been low to the extent of a LO reading on Libre and take corrective action it can take up to an hour for Libre to reflect the rising BG whereas finger prick shows rising BG within 15 mins or so. If I were to rely purely on Libre I would be likely to over correct and an hour or so later I would be reading 12 or higher. My original point was that once you are aware of the time lag this can be avoided and if necessary a finger prick test 15 mins after corrective carbs will show BG rising and give the confidence required to avoid over correction. It works for me - but each to their own.</p><p>Having self funded Libre for over a year I would not be without it as it has dramatically improved my HbA1c - but there are circumstances where an immediate BG reading is useful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ECDRUM, post: 1750962, member: 467306"] For the avoidance of doubt I do believe Libre is accurate and in general I find pretty good agreement between finger prick and Libre readings. The only exception that I find is where I have been low to the extent of a LO reading on Libre and take corrective action it can take up to an hour for Libre to reflect the rising BG whereas finger prick shows rising BG within 15 mins or so. If I were to rely purely on Libre I would be likely to over correct and an hour or so later I would be reading 12 or higher. My original point was that once you are aware of the time lag this can be avoided and if necessary a finger prick test 15 mins after corrective carbs will show BG rising and give the confidence required to avoid over correction. It works for me - but each to their own. Having self funded Libre for over a year I would not be without it as it has dramatically improved my HbA1c - but there are circumstances where an immediate BG reading is useful. [/QUOTE]
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