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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1615019" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Exactly! Avoiding hypos is the first thing it's good for - unlike strips, you get advance warning of a hypo coming and take 5g or so to steer away from it, because you can see what's happened in the last 8 hours, see the way the arrow is pointing, and then pin it. Levels the game a lot when you're dealing with a moving target.</p><p></p><p>Getting a heads up on hypos is the obvious one, but after a few weeks of getting used to it, you'll start seeing things in the graphs which let you look at your overall T1 day and see things which makes the whole show much easier. </p><p></p><p>For example, getting up in the morning often raises bg just by getting up - I'll easily go from 5 to 9 just by getting up and going to work, so I'm already heading into lunch at noon out of range and it's all an uphill struggle from there. Libre helped me see that 9am rise - I could see it on the graph - so I learned to pin it as soon as I got up with 2 or 3u, so I'd end up going into lunch at a reasonable 5. </p><p></p><p>Also helps with figuring out how far in advance to pre-bolus.</p><p></p><p>Wouldn't worry about people seeing it - just tell them you're T1 and this little bit of plastic stuck on your arm makes your life much easier. Some of them will start asking questions, like, why, how, so tell them - random people know F all about T1, I've had a few people at work asking me about mine and they've actually been interested in it (well, up to a point!).</p><p></p><p>Taking it off after the 14 day time out - tease the disc slowly off the plaster first, then roll the plaster off. You'll only occasionally get a huge splurt of blood from an open vein - just kidding, that never happens!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1615019, member: 374531"] Exactly! Avoiding hypos is the first thing it's good for - unlike strips, you get advance warning of a hypo coming and take 5g or so to steer away from it, because you can see what's happened in the last 8 hours, see the way the arrow is pointing, and then pin it. Levels the game a lot when you're dealing with a moving target. Getting a heads up on hypos is the obvious one, but after a few weeks of getting used to it, you'll start seeing things in the graphs which let you look at your overall T1 day and see things which makes the whole show much easier. For example, getting up in the morning often raises bg just by getting up - I'll easily go from 5 to 9 just by getting up and going to work, so I'm already heading into lunch at noon out of range and it's all an uphill struggle from there. Libre helped me see that 9am rise - I could see it on the graph - so I learned to pin it as soon as I got up with 2 or 3u, so I'd end up going into lunch at a reasonable 5. Also helps with figuring out how far in advance to pre-bolus. Wouldn't worry about people seeing it - just tell them you're T1 and this little bit of plastic stuck on your arm makes your life much easier. Some of them will start asking questions, like, why, how, so tell them - random people know F all about T1, I've had a few people at work asking me about mine and they've actually been interested in it (well, up to a point!). Taking it off after the 14 day time out - tease the disc slowly off the plaster first, then roll the plaster off. You'll only occasionally get a huge splurt of blood from an open vein - just kidding, that never happens! [/QUOTE]
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