Recent Content by Diabetic Diatribe

Thanks! I was beginning to feel like a Hillary supporter at a Trump rally there......

Just to save anyone else posting their story of how long their sensor stayed on for or how and where they put it, please read the previous posts first. I've already more than refuted all the points made in all of today's posts, re: Abbotts lack of business savvy, the design fault and how to fix...

Design improvements are all over this very thread. Neither you nor they, especially after their expensive years of R and D, could miss the tubiflex / tape addition that has been suggested to me on this and every other forum I posted on, surely? It's the amount of users who state that this...

Gpad - Just to clarify, I have no grudge against any pharma companies, not sure where you got that idea from? and if it's patronising to spell out the horrific mark up, where does that leave telling us all 'you can use it or not, up to you'? lol... Their R and D costs are very much their...

I owned and ran a medical supply business for 10 years, selling mainly online, with a miniscule turnover compared to multi-million pound multinational pharmaceutical company Abbott, that you all seem so keen to defend. God knows they need all the help that they can get, these multimillion pound...

There are a lot of unlucky Zafira drivers in the world You can't have fewer than one problem. I've only had one sensor, one problem, badly handled. I've shared that with people who, like me, may come to these sites to research before they buy. They are now aware that Abbott won't replace the...

The simple fact that it came off so quickly and easily just walking in my house and cannot be re-applied, at £50 a go, no matter what anyone says, no matter if you've all used them for six lifetimes without issue, a fault of the design - not the user. Vauxhall sell many thousands more...

Common sense, even your own, stated that it needs tape to stay on. Did yours come with tape?

In what way is it the wearers fault in 99% of the cases? (and how could you possibly know?) If it needs tape over the sensor and arm to function as intended, then it's a design fault - by your own words. As in "When they designed it they forgot the tape that everyone says you need" Having...

I have all of the experience of CGMs that I need thanks. It's sad that you think they because they haven't, as an industry, solved the problem of sensors being too easy to detach, that this automatically makes it the consumers fault. It does not. At the horrendous mark up that they apply, they...

I'm not sure why you bothered replying with that, TBH? "Different people have different experiences" Was that your point? I thought this was a forum, not a fan club. Is it only positive reviews allowed? My experience with the sensors has been they do not stay attached when I am going about my...

My experience of the Freestyle Libre sensors, used with my Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo and the Abbott Industries App, has been very negative - although the first few hours were fun and gave me some great insight. The problem is that the sensors are just too easy to dislodge and they CANNOT BE...