My first sensor was more to the side of my arm and would show my BGs dropping low during the night - showed 2.2 even when a blood test showed 5.1 but it was very accurate during the day. It was attached between the side and back of my arm and I felt that it was reading lo during the night because I was lying on it.Morning all!
I have a question re-my sensor readings - they're fine during the days and go inaccurate overnight for some reason. Now, I know it can happen if you're laying on it whilst sleeping (not sure how I can avoid it if that's what's causing the problem) or if you're dehydrated (but I don't really want to get up at night to drink).
I put my first sensor on Thursday night so just ignore the first 24hrs. As you can see in my attachment it got very accurate during Friday daytime already which I was very happy about.
These are the finger prick readings from my omnipod to compare starting on 15th at 7.40am:
7.40 7.1 / 8.40 6.8 / 10.12 8.4 / 11.00 7.6 / 13.38 7.9 / 14.36 6.6 / 16.51 7.1 / 17.40 9.9 / 18.35 9.3 / 19.23 9.0 / 20.46 5.2 / 21.55 5.0 / 22.34 5.1 / 23.11 4.5
16th
3.50 13.4 / 8.26 12.7 / 9.30 6.5
So, the latest was 4.3 on the libre and 4.7 on the omnipod which is obviously fine.
Has anyone any idea what to do about this? I initially ordered the libre to sort out my overnight levels but if I can't trust it overnight then I can obviously not make any basal adjustments based on its readings so I am really not sure.
Any help much appreciated!
Those are the scan readings. If there is an asterisk then it's a blood test using the Libre's built-in strip tester.Hi Robert,
Could you explain what the 3 rows of text below the graph refer to please.
Look like "fingerprick" BG tests to me @robert72 should be able to confirm laterHi Robert,
Could you explain what the 3 rows of text below the graph refer to please.
Yup. And the white blobs on the graph relate to the scans and the black blobs on the chart refer to finger prick testsLook like "fingerprick" BG tests to me @robert72 should be able to confirm later
Sorry @robert72 beat me to it
Hi Smidge, I have those same error messages on the same dates as you (but different times)
I wish my scans were tracking my BG readings as well as yours are. From the limited data it looks as though the higher your BG reading the greater the difference between it and a scan reading - however your are getting invaluable trend data even if the higher readings are not accurate.Morning all!
I have a question re-my sensor readings - they're fine during the days and go inaccurate overnight for some reason. Now, I know it can happen if you're laying on it whilst sleeping (not sure how I can avoid it if that's what's causing the problem) or if you're dehydrated (but I don't really want to get up at night to drink).
I put my first sensor on Thursday night so just ignore the first 24hrs. As you can see in my attachment it got very accurate during Friday daytime already which I was very happy about.
These are the finger prick readings from my omnipod to compare starting on 15th at 7.40am:
7.40 7.1 / 8.40 6.8 / 10.12 8.4 / 11.00 7.6 / 13.38 7.9 / 14.36 6.6 / 16.51 7.1 / 17.40 9.9 / 18.35 9.3 / 19.23 9.0 / 20.46 5.2 / 21.55 5.0 / 22.34 5.1 / 23.11 4.5
16th
3.50 13.4 / 8.26 12.7 / 9.30 6.5
So, the latest was 4.3 on the libre and 4.7 on the omnipod which is obviously fine.
Has anyone any idea what to do about this? I initially ordered the libre to sort out my overnight levels but if I can't trust it overnight then I can obviously not make any basal adjustments based on its readings so I am really not sure.
Any help much appreciated!
I like that piece. Apart from the headline it's quite fair. I just want Abbotts to iron out the bugs quickly. And put in calibration from fingersticks.Seen this in the Guardian about the Libre, saying that it ''could end the hypo'' is stretching things too far but thought I'd post it nonetheless:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/14/new-gadget-end-hypo-world-diabetes-day
I'm still carrying my Neo with me in mine in case the Libre gives up