Has anyone that has been on the waiting list received the Libre yet? I just want to get an idea for how long I'm likely to be on it for.
I've been on the waiting list since late July, some people here have been waiting over 6 months. I got impatient and got a reader and a few sensors off eBay (at super inflated prices). It sounds like Abbott are ramping up production so hopefully supply will get better soon. They're dropping hints that they're coming to Australia as well:
http://revolutioninaflash.com.au/
For me the it's been great, 3 sensors have worked well and I've learnt more about what my body does with carbs, exercise and insulin in the last month and a half than I have in the 17 years since I was diagnosed with type 1. I was getting fairly good A1Cs but with too many hypos, now I can spot lows before they become hypos and correct highs before they get too high. I've gone from graphs you could go skiing on to something more controlled looking though I've put on a little weight working it all out and tending to over correct when I see that vertical arrow and my blood sugar going up.
Comparing the interstitial readings from the Libre with blood glucose readings and my old Accu-Chek Mobile has been a little maddening, they can all disagree with each other by a mmol/L at times but I'm learning more as I go. I've not had a bad skin reaction but none of the sensors have stuck that well to me, as soon as I exercise and get a little sweaty the adhesive starts to give, I've been using Tegaderm patches to hold them on, too expensive to risk them falling off.
Sorry that turned into a bit of a review! I hope they're more readily available soon, I'm on my last sensor and not sure how i'm going to go without it.. might have to hit eBay again in the mean time :-/