Best to call them. Emails have a habit of not being answeredThanks tim I will email them right now .
After reading many posts about the Libre, I couldn't decide whether it would be suitable for me or not.
I have a very dry sensitive skin so was put off by the posts showing bad reactions to the sensors. I eventually decided to go on the "waiting list" and decide what to do when I got the long awaited e-mail. Then I decided I'd go for it and maybe I'd be lucky and not react to the sensor.
I was then put off by the posts about skin being torn off when removing the sensor. That just seemed too much . . . but it doesn't happen to everyone.
I've been waiting over 3 months now and expect to wait at least another month before I get the e-mail. I'll probably go ahead with it but it's a lot of money to waste if it's no use to me. Is there any problem passing on the Libre to someone else? Would they be able to order sensors even though they didn't buy the Libre themselves?
OK, I'm going to ask, what does it actually say?In Germany:
Warning abbott to freestyle-libre-users: http://www.apotheke-adhoc.de/nachri...bei-freestyle-libre-sensoren-abbott-diabetes/
Poll skin reaction: http://insulinclub.de/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=26477
63% of people have had a skin reaction...Abbott really need to hurry up with their investigations. It's not acceptable for so many people to be having issues.In Germany:
Warning abbott to freestyle-libre-users: http://www.apotheke-adhoc.de/nachri...bei-freestyle-libre-sensoren-abbott-diabetes/
Poll skin reaction: http://insulinclub.de/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=26477
For me this has happened when I've gone into muscle, not just subcutaneous fat.Not sure what I did this time but the area around the sensor is constantly aching and it feels like the skin is being "pulled", not sure I'll last the two weeks at this rate.
63% of those who have responded to the survey have had an issue. That's not the same as 63% have had an issue. If you look at the numbers on the various polls I've seen on Facebook and on here, the number of respondents is very small compared to the user population, so I suspect that that number is really fewer than 5% of the user population that have responded negatively to the poll. (The sample size is 88 and 55 have said they had a reaction).63% of people have had a skin reaction...Abbott really need to hurry up with their investigations. It's not acceptable for so many people to be having issues.
Yes; obviously. It's still indicative of a wider problem, though.63% of those who have responded to the survey have had an issue. That's not the same as 63% have had an issue. If you look at the numbers on the various polls I've seen on Facebook and on here, the number of respondents is very small compared to the user population, so I suspect that that number is really fewer than 5% of the user population that have responded negatively to the poll. (The sample size is 88 and 55 have said they had a reaction).
Unfortunately online polls such as this one and the one on the forum have a selection bias to those who have had a problem and are looking for an answer.
I wonder how the number compares to pump sets?Yes; obviously. It's still indicative of a wider problem, though.
A number of us have been using it for more than six months and are still going strong. The only times I've had issues with non-sticking sensors were:So on the whole would you recommend this product? I am thinking of trying it but obviously no point if it won't stay stuck during exercise. Are there people on here using it and not having problems?
My last three have definitely been less sticky. My current one is 2 days old and already lifting. They stuck so well before it was much betterI've put my replacement sensor on today and put Opsite tape over it.
When I went out running (again not very intense, not very sweaty) the sensor began to peel away. The only thing holding it on was the Opsite.
This is ridiculous - these things are not fit for purpose.
If you can't even do moderate exercise with it what is it good for?!
There has been some talk about Abott changing the stickiness of the sensor and if this is true they have just destroyed their product as far as I'm concerned.
Anyone else feeling this way?
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Dillinger
DittoMy last three have definitely been less sticky. My current one is 2 days old and already lifting. They stuck so well before it was much better