igmr
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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I'm getting increasingly disappointed with the libre. That's two sensors stopped working now, waiting delivery of more but what is point if I can't rely on them? The meter itself goes off if I try to use a test strip then after about three attempts works but resets the clock on the meter by 12 hours, loses the previous twelve hours of information and makes the graphs unreliable. The touch screen works when it feels like it. In short, nothing works the way it should.
They are sending me a new meter but I'm dubious about the whole system after all the malfunctions.
My reader is a little flaky, not as bad as yours but erratic, loses data and I have now had 2 out of 3 sensors fail (sensor 2 fell off, sensor 3 tells m I'm not diabetic).
It looks to me like Abbot have cut every corner possible in the production of these devices. A great idea over hyped by marketing and reduced to second rate by the accountants.
This morning I phoned the number Abbot give on their Libre site, to ask why my current sensor is telling me I have been in permanent hypo since I slapped it on (finger pricks on the reader say very different). The lady told me that she could sell me product but not provide support.
Oh well, nice idea, I was absolutely in favour of the Libre a few days ago but 2 failed sensors, a poor quality reader and sales prioritised over support is rapidly changing my mind. I certainly cannot take current sensor results to my diabetic clinic and I cannot recommend the system to anyone..