I have placed the sensor on the inner thigh near the groin area, works for Karate. I think if you do grappling there is little chance of using a Libre; I asked my wife a former GB team member, she says a sensor would not last a "proper" session.Hi
Iv been thinking of trying Libre but I do martial arts and not sure how the sensor would hold up against strikes both structurally and the adhesive?
Does anybody have any experience?
I have been doing the same thing since January, 2 on/2 off because of the cost. I am trying to get my health plan to pay for them and waiting to hear back. I suspect the answer will be no because the public health plan does not accept them in the area I live. Pushing them as well. This is the price of success.Hi I was wondering if anyone else has same problem as me I have been on libre trial and done education programme and finally okayed to receive libre on prescription. However 1st prescription went in on January 9th and still waiting for my libre. the pharmacy say manufacturing problems. have tried all local chemists to buy to no avail. I used to self fund and I am back doing that straight from libre wich is a pain they r expensive so I try for 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off cant afford continual Is anyone else in same boat ??? I guess all areeas r different and is a lottery postcode.
Dear Copernicus ,sorry But I think you are going in the wrong direction by blaming Abbott .I had a discussion with Abbott following a delay of 12 days in delivery of an order .It was explained that ,due to the UKs Brexit uncertainty,Abbott were having to reassess their priorities on Libre deliveries .It appears that yet another untruth regarding this governments statements on health ,and we diabetics are again at the suffering end .WjohnHi all, went to my local Asda this morning to purchase a couple of sensors, to be told by the pharmacist that they were out off stock and he didn't know when he could get any more. He blamed the high numbers of sensors being prescribed by some Doctors/Consultants, who were prescribing as many as 24 sensors at a time for some patients ! He said Abbott had informed him that he had exceeded his monthly allocation and that he should consider stopping selling the sensors and just supply NHS prescriptions. When I told him that one would do to keep me going, he managed to "find" one in a drawer that he let me buy.
It looks like Abbott are having real problems maintaining the demand for these, who knows what will happen after April 1st although both my G.P. and Consultant believe that prescribing will tightened up rather than more people being allowed them on the NHS.
Whist the cost to the NHS for diabetes is about 10% of its budget, most of that is in treating type 2 Diabetes not type 1. I quote
- The current cost of direct patient care (treatment, intervention and complications) for those living with diabetes is estimated at £9.8 billion (£1 billion for type 1 diabetes and £8.8 billion for type 2 diabetes). So we poor type 1's cost a hell of a lot less than type 2's who could actually in most cases prevent themselves ever getting diabetes.