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I am NOT a diabetic ...

@HSS, [in response to I have never been treated different] You have never been told that "diabetes is a progressive disease, and that that your...

Post by: mattrix, Apr 15, 2021 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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I am NOT a diabetic ...

I thought this thread had died. When I made the original post I was refering to in a medical environment. Sure people use labels for themselves....

Post by: mattrix, Apr 14, 2021 in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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How to destroy caresens glucometers WARNING

I have been through several Caresens N meters. I find the weak point in the design is that the fingers that touch the contacts lose their tension...

Post by: mattrix, Apr 13, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Just been woken by Libre 2 alarm - low glucose

On the occaisions I have woken in the middle of the night when I am hypo, I feel terribly hot and am restless and can't get back to sleep. I don't...

Post by: mattrix, Apr 1, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Libre 2 - dumb questions

@LittleGreyCat According to nutribolts blog, the data is available over the Libre2s blue tooth. It is just the Abbott LibreLink app that does not...

Post by: mattrix, Mar 20, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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A lot of questions about Xdrip+

Thank you so much @nutribolt, Edit: apparantly it is just the Abbott LibreLink app that requires the data over NFC. pity xdrips NFC is flakey....

Post by: mattrix, Mar 20, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Libre 2 - dumb questions

That is truly disappointing.

Post by: mattrix, Mar 20, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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A lot of questions about Xdrip+

Bump. @nutribolt or others who have used Xdrip, would you care to comment on the original post?

Post by: mattrix, Mar 20, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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Libre 2 - dumb questions

The scanning every 8 hours is a bugbear of mine. With my last sensor (Lire1) on day 14 I overslept and lost 8 hours of data. I would hope that...

Post by: mattrix, Mar 18, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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A lot of questions about Xdrip+

I guess it would be academic if the Libre and my finger-stick meter had closer agreement with each other, but the Libre reads far lower than my...

Post by: mattrix, Mar 13, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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A lot of questions about Xdrip+

No I am not using LibreLink. I am using the stand alone Libre Reader/meter. But it has limitations, it won't tell you what your PG is if it is...

Post by: mattrix, Mar 12, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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A lot of questions about Xdrip+

Thankyou @sgm14, Perhaps it is not for me. I just wanted to get more/better data than the Libre reader gives me. So I won't have a MiaoMiao, or a...

Post by: mattrix, Mar 12, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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A lot of questions about Xdrip+

I was concentrating on the questions so much that I forgot to mention what I wanted to use it for and with. Fixed now. I have never actually used...

Post by: mattrix, Mar 12, 2021 in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring
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A lot of questions about Xdrip+

Edit: Forgot to say I want to use xdrip with the Freestyle Libre1, on an android handheld computer/phone that I don't have yet. I just want to get...

Thread by: mattrix, Mar 12, 2021, 15 replies, in forum: Blood Glucose Monitoring