Hello, yes you can, you just need to call up in advance and ask around for prices and availability. If you're a diabetic, some pharmacies need to see your medical exemption card to get VAT exempt. Sensors are anything between £46-52 from pharmacies. If you don't have a reader, you can use your phone with NFC
I thought sensor can't be activated with a phone, I thought reader has to be used for that and than I can see the bg values on both reader and phone?Hello, yes you can, you just need to call up in advance and ask around for prices and availability. If you're a diabetic, some pharmacies need to see your medical exemption card to get VAT exempt. Sensors are anything between £46-52 from pharmacies. If you don't have a reader, you can use your phone with NFC
Works fine without the reader. I've used them for a couple of years now and have never owned a reader
. But if you have a reader, you can use both if you just scan with your reader first.
It can be activated with your phone, but once you do that you can't activate it with your reader. But you can use your phone for the sensor if it has NFC. The app is much better, extra information than the reader.
Well now that you've mentioned that...Works fine without the reader. I've used them for a couple of years now and have never owned a reader
Just to make sure, you are in the UK, righ? Otherwise things may be different with buying in pharmacies.
Possibilities are:
Full price for sensors is around £60 or so.Well now that you've mentioned that...
When I first read your comment I thought "That's odd...I was sure there's something problematic with sensor activation via app" and then I read the rest of the comment.
I'm not in the UK, but my sister lives there. I suppose this means I would have to pay the higher price ( I wouldn't get the reduction you've all mentioned), but I'm fine with that since I can't buy libre at all in my country (not online, not in pharmacy).
As for the sensor activation, I'm sure there's some problem with apps I would use, but honestly - I'm not sure what the exact problem is and I would have to look into it again in order to find out.Possibilities are:
1. Libre link app isn't available in my country and that's the only app that can be used for sensor activation.
2. I would need to set up a new kind of bank account in order to be able to pay for the app online and I just don't have time in my life for that right now (maybe later).
3. Libre link app isn't available for the phone I currently have (and this I know for sure because I looked at the lists of phones that are compatible). I could buy a new phone, but not immediately.
4. It's possible that I only considered using the apps that work with nightrider and miao miao (because if I'm satisfied with libre, I'll try to get one of these) and it's possible that libre link app isn't one of them.
Anyway, I think that's where the problem is - the difference between official app and similar ones.
Well now that you've mentioned that...
When I first read your comment I thought "That's odd...I was sure there's something problematic with sensor activation via app" and then I read the rest of the comment.
I'm not in the UK, but my sister lives there. I suppose this means I would have to pay the higher price ( I wouldn't get the reduction you've all mentioned), but I'm fine with that since I can't buy libre at all in my country (not online, not in pharmacy).
As for the sensor activation, I'm sure there's some problem with apps I would use, but honestly - I'm not sure what the exact problem is and I would have to look into it again in order to find out.
1. Libre link app isn't available in my country and that's the only app that can be used for sensor activation.
2. I would need to set up a new kind of bank account in order to be able to pay for the app online and I just don't have time in my life for that right now (maybe later).
3. Libre link app isn't available for the phone I currently have (and this I know for sure because I looked at the lists of phones that are compatible). I could buy a new phone, but not immediately.
4. It's possible that I only considered using the apps that work with nightrider and miao miao (because if I'm satisfied with libre, I'll try to get one of these) and it's possible that libre link app isn't one of them.
Anyway, I think that's where the problem is - the difference between official app and similar ones.
Full price is for those who aren't VAT exempt which is £55-60. I was self funding since December 2018 - May 2019, so prices for me were anywhere between £45-46. I've had one faulty sensor out the entire time I was self funding and Abbott CS have been amazing and replaced it quickly, that applied to buying it from a pharmacy or from their website. (I bought them from ASDA and called Abbott for replacement).
Well now that you've mentioned that...
When I first read your comment I thought "That's odd...I was sure there's something problematic with sensor activation via app" and then I read the rest of the comment.
I'm not in the UK, but my sister lives there. I suppose this means I would have to pay the higher price ( I wouldn't get the reduction you've all mentioned), but I'm fine with that since I can't buy libre at all in my country (not online, not in pharmacy).
As for the sensor activation, I'm sure there's some problem with apps I would use, but honestly - I'm not sure what the exact problem is and I would have to look into it again in order to find out.
1. Libre link app isn't available in my country and that's the only app that can be used for sensor activation.
2. I would need to set up a new kind of bank account in order to be able to pay for the app online and I just don't have time in my life for that right now (maybe later).
3. Libre link app isn't available for the phone I currently have (and this I know for sure because I looked at the lists of phones that are compatible). I could buy a new phone, but not immediately.
4. It's possible that I only considered using the apps that work with nightrider and miao miao (because if I'm satisfied with libre, I'll try to get one of these) and it's possible that libre link app isn't one of them.
Anyway, I think that's where the problem is - the difference between official app and similar ones.
Love the app just a pity it can't show how much insulin you have remaining in use and for how long like the reader can.Critical for adjusting next dose if any insulin still active which is why I usually carry my phone AND the reader (in its new pouch thanks to Abbott for the freebie!)
I only use the app but this looks like a useful feature!
