Ok, this is a problem that should be fixed

[plantae]

I've just looked at my Libre2 graphs for the last 24 hours and I've been below 5.5 for the majority of the time except for after breakfast. I'm using the reader not Android because I got an email from Abbot. The "problem" is that the alarm went off about 1.5 hours after breakfast because I dropped below 5.5. That's fine. But I just randomly checked myself because I feel sick and I'm 3.4 (edit: 2.9 via finger prick. This is ridiculous). No alarms went off because I've been below 5.5 all this time. Surely there has to be a way to make an alarm go off if I drop below, say, 4. Can't it check every 15 minutes or something instead of this threshold thing?! I don't know what to set the alarm to because no matter what number I choose I think it'll miss a low because I've stayed below a random number. This doesn't seem to be the best design

 

[barrym]

I agree totally.

I use an app on my phone (alongside LibreLink) called Juggluco which does exactly that. In fact the repeat frequency is customisable, both high and low independently. I have mine both at 30 mins which works for me.

The developer is a diabetic himself I think which is why I suspect has influenced the features in the app. I suspect that may not be quite so obvious at Abbot's developers.

Another glaring omission from the LL app is 'Search'! Whoever designed a database without a search? The easiest is to go into LV, produce a report and search the PDF, or download the complete data in CSV and search that in raw form. ****.

 

[becca59]

I think to be fair we choose the number ourselves that we don’t wish to dip below. For me it is 4.4. You could then do a blood test if you wished. I personally very rarely do as Libre for me is pretty bang on accurate. However there is an alarm you can then set to remind you to recheck in 15 minutes. Useful if in bed. In the days pre Libre we would have needed to be pro active with finger testing and it is the same with scanning a Libre. When it gets into the lower readings drops can happen quickly and so an alarm would be going constantly. Another way to do it would be once it is below the initial low alarm level, alter it to a new low level. It would then obviously alert you again. Takes seconds to do and would give piece of mind.

 

[daytimereader]

I've just looked at my Libre2 graphs for the last 24 hours and I've been below 5.5 for the majority of the time except for after breakfast. I'm using the reader not Android because I got an email from Abbot. The "problem" is that the alarm went off about 1.5 hours after breakfast because I dropped below 5.5. That's fine. But I just randomly checked myself because I feel sick and I'm 3.4 (edit: 2.9 via finger prick. This is ridiculous). No alarms went off because I've been below 5.5 all this time. Surely there has to be a way to make an alarm go off if I drop below, say, 4. Can't it check every 15 minutes or something instead of this threshold thing?! I don't know what to set the alarm to because no matter what number I choose I think it'll miss a low because I've stayed below a random number. This doesn't seem to be the best design

You can change the level that the alarm goes off. I have my low alarm at 4.40, so that I have more time to deal with a low, and my high is at 11.00, so that I can inject more insulin (which always acts too slowly).