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FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

LucySW said:
There's nothing like it is there, when they work.
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But Oh Dear, when they don't .. This one looks like a bad un: after 15h to settle down before activating, 3 mmol out and constantly saying low glucose alert .. Falsely. Oh sad. Hope it changes.
 
It's been quite interesting seeing the graphs on Facebook that others have posted.

You can see the difference between honeymooners and longer term t1s no longer producing insulin in the smoothness of the graph. I compare mine to someone who was diagnosed 6-8 months ago and mine is essentially a smooth line while there's has lots of minor peaks and troughs along the line, whilst the trend is driven by the additional insulin. You may be able to use the libre to determine, as a newly diagnosed diabetic, when your honeymoon is truly over!

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I'd be interested to see what the software graphs look like for a recently diagnosed t1, when compared to that from the scanner!
 
tim2000s said:
It's been quite interesting seeing the graphs on Facebook that others have posted.

You can see the difference between honeymooners and longer term t1s no longer producing insulin in the smoothness of the graph. I compare mine to someone who was diagnosed 6-8 months ago and mine is essentially a smooth line while there's has lots of minor peaks and troughs along the line, whilst the trend is driven by the additional insulin. You may be able to use the libre to determine, as a newly diagnosed diabetic, when your honeymoon is truly over!

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Is the top one me from facebook? Hehe. That is interesting, I did think mine would be smoother tbh but u're prob right about the honeymoon.

I'll load my computer ones from work tomorrow
 
Haha I did actually have a dream that is eaten loads of chocolate but then couldn't find my insulin pen
 
Still loving my Libre - however, haven't had a faulty one, yet!! Had my 3 month follow up appointment yesterday since diagnosis changed to T1/LADA, and my HBA1c down to 6.5 from 9.9. I somehow don't think I would have achieved this without the Libre, it has taught me so much in a short space of time.

Oh, and well done everyone on those flat lines, that's my next challenge, to get rid of those pesky peaks.
 
badbrogs21 said:
Its getting popular I see just can't afford one atm
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There seem to be enough of the Diabetic clinics testing them to gather information for NICE that it will take less time than we thought to get them onto prescriptions. The feedback I got from the clinic yesterday was that they think they are a great idea and welcome being able to provide them to more people.
 
@tim2000s My consultant said exactly the same thing on Tuesday. He said each of the consultants had been given one to trial and the feedback was good from the patients. Thinks they maybe be available on the NHS sometime this year. Fingers crossed :)
 
The nice folks at Abbott are replacing my no.6 sensor as it's too erratic

Coasting along in the mid fours when I felt a bit low and blood test showed 2.9 :eek:

Happened a few other times too, so got to a point were I can't trust it.

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robert72 said:
The nice folks at Abbott are replacing my no.6 sensor as it's too erratic

Coasting along in the mid fours when I felt a bit low and blood test showed 2.9 :eek:

Happened a few other times too, so got to a point were I can't trust it.

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I have had the same experience. The trend data is great, but not catching the lows (and I mean the 1.5 - 2.5 lows) when the libre is reading higher is a huge no no. Especially since it only takes 2 or 3 bad lows within a not so small timespan to become hypo unaware. Which somewhat compounds the issue and makes the situation more dangerous. I'll be using the Freestyle while driving for example. I'll always finger stick before I drive, but coasting along on my journey at 2 mmol when I'm reading in the 4's is seriously dangerous.
 
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