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Many thanks, @AndBreathe! That was very helpful!

Thanks, @Bluetit1802! I didn't actually do that, but the 8 hour readings with the reader showed around 3.0 mmol, throughout the night. The morning measurement was 5.4 BG and reader still 3-ish. It definitely is lagging, but the first one lagged too, so I am hoping it will improve. In fact, my...

Thanks, @Claire007! The first sensor was always showing between 1 and 2 mmol less than the BG meter. The second sensor started off with 3 mmol less than the BG meter. Will check progress later today, hopefully it settles and returns similar values to the first sensor, which we all got used to.

@AndBreathe, I am in the Balkans. Making best use of friends and colleagues who live in countries with Abbott representative offices to get me the sensors. Abbott and Abbott offices worldwide only sell to residents of countries with Abbott offices. This is why it is harder to get any advice from...

Thanks @AndBreathe! The sensor constantly shows some 3 mmol less than the meter. My lady panicked when she saw 2.1 on her glimp in the middle of the night. The libre reader was showing 3-ish. Blood test returned 5.4.My son still feels some discomfort caused by the sensor, but not too much...

Thanks, everyone! You have been extremely helpful!

Thanks @tim2000s. That was super fast. I checked a minute ago, pain is gone and no fresh blood visible from the sensor hole. My only concern is if there is any health risk with this. Now, the first readings are inaccurate, I know that. But it showed 3, whereas the bg meter showed 5.9. Might this...

Hi, I just inserted my son's second libre sensor. He felt a bit of pain, which I ignored, thinking that he was exaggerating, as he normally does. By the time I removed his old sensor I saw a smudge of blood that had come through the hole in the centre of the sensor. Should I do anything about this?

Hi, Bought the libre for my son few days ago. Libre reader reads lower values than the conventional BG meter. I was unable to install librelink due to unavailability in my country. APK option did not work either. Installed glimp instead and it reads in between the libre reader and the BG meter...

Thank you, @novorapidboi26! I will give that a try.

Hello everyone, My son started using his libre sensor just two days ago. He started taking antibiotics a day before that. The leaflet that comes along with the antibiotics said that the antibiotics might cause false, increased, urine and blood glucose readings. The libre constantly suggests...

Thanx a million!

Thanx, @Bluetit1802! Is the filament flexible? The videos I've seen show an inch long filament. It is the length that made me concerned, plus a video I saw with a kid that age and size, who felt some pain while applying the sensor.

Hi, rather than creating a new thread... I am expecting my son's first libre starter kit next week. I've watched a number of video tutorials about the actual application of the sensor. I see that everyone opts for the back of the arm. Now, my son is fairly skinny and I am afraid we might hit the...

Hi @IslesCass. Thank you for being a great mum and for sharing your experience. I have learnt quite a lot here, on this forum, by reading about what others have done/seen/experienced. My son just turned 11, diagnosed T1D 2 months ago. His classmates were curious, but never bullied him. Or not...

Yes, @azure, we did carb count, same amount of carbs as usual, no idea why the spike...

Could it be the food he ate that made him go high? I mean something new, something you might have overlooked? My son tested 16 the other night, couple of hours after a sweet potato dinner. That was his first sweet potato ever, and somewhere I had read it was good for diabetics. By the morning...

Has he felt any pain caused by the needles? Which needles are you using? My son occasionally feels some mild pain when using the needles provided by the pharmacy 31g 6mm. Decided to buy the nanopass 34g 4 mm needles. He says they are not painless, but far better than the regular ones.

Hopes die last! Five days of fasting seems a reasonable price to pay for a new set of beta cells. This study looks to good too be true. I've tried to read about different studies re diabetes management or reversability. Sadly, the ones I came across are small in size, time span, funding etc. I...