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I did my usual trick of posting the question and then Googling anyway. It seems getting a bit of blood through the vent is common. Some people seem to believe that you get better readings from a sensor that hits blood vessels, though others dispute that. After an initial slight spike for an...

I've put it on my right arm again, slightly lower and further round to the front than last time, so there's no overlap. I do have a tiny bit of blood coming out of the vent, this time round (just a smear - no actual flow.) Is that normal?

6.2 blood at 9am. No Libre reading because I just put on a new sensor. I'm slightly miffed with the Libre in that it's just told me that the sensor has expired, and won't read at all. I was expecting to get complete data until exactly 336 hours after activation, but it seems it deactivates...

The theory is that they irritate the test site for a while, causing a local spike in glucose and high readings until your body adapts to it being there. My first sensor gave very high readings for about the first 3 days, then settled down for a couple, but started producing some unbelievable...

I suppose this is as good a thread as any to ask this question, rather than starting a new one. I'm about to move onto my 3rd Libre sensor. First went on my left arm, and I got crazy readings from it. It was replaced by Abbott with a second one that's behaving much more sensibly, which I put on...

Given 15% tolerance on the blood test and 20% on the Libre, it's quite possible the true reading is somewhere between the two, or even above or below both. I've seen the finger prick swing both ways, giving a fairly small window of overlap between the lowest reading +15% and the highest reading...

6.1 blood, 6.8 Libre at 9am. So this sensor seems to be fairly consistently overreading by 0.5-1 mmol/L

No stabby today, and it looks like I forgot to even scan after getting up this morning, so it's a 6.2 at 5am according to Libre, with blood likely between 0.5 and 1 mmol/L lower.

6.6 blood or 7.4 Libre at 9am.

That was a very interesting read, and certainly improved my understanding. Thank you.

@Brunneria My experience was similar after a curry and cocktails night with a friend. I ate just after 5pm, peaked at 13.8 around 6, and things didn't really settle down to normal until around midnight. If I were doing that every day, then obviously I'd be killing myself. But that's the worst...

Thanks. And I probably overreacted, if I'm honest. You touched a nerve with the NHS thing. Years of listening to fatphobes say "But I'm only concerned with the burden that obesity places on the NHS" when what they really mean is "Your body shape disgusts me, and I don't think I should have to...

I'm really not sure where this has come from. I have completely given up (normal) bread. I have given up on potatoes, rice and pasta, except as occasional treats in limited quantities. The NHS has advised me to try to stay below 9 (not 8.5) and as a general rule of thumb, I'm staying below 7...

7.8 is fairly realistic for me, at the moment. Having adjusted my settings in the app to 4-0-7.8 mmol/L, I was still 94% in target for the last 24 hours, though that's dropped to 86% having just gone out (driving seems to spike me, as does exercise.) The Libre also seems to be fairly...

Finally got around to playing with the Libre web portal, rather than just the phone app. It seems to do a fair bit more with the data. One thing I'm curious about is the wording "Each 5% increase in time in range (3.9-10.0 mmol/L) is clinically beneficial." This limit seems to be hard-coded into...

8:45am. 6.6 blood, 7.6 Libre.

6.8 Libre at 8am 6.2 blood / 8.2 Libre at 10:45am.

That's very interesting with respect to the breathalyser. I've had some unbelievably high readings a few times now, and thought that the sensor might need replacing, even though it's only half way to its life expectancy. Perhaps I've achieved ketosis, and that's triggered the high readings, then...

I've had an AlcoDigital AL7000 breathalyser for well over a year now. It's apparently the most reliable sub-£100 unit you can buy. I use it mostly for morning after testing, and won't drive unless it shows me less than half the legal limit (and preferably zero.) If it's a case of "you won't go...

I'm sure I'd read that, even only on Metformin, hypos were a risk up to 24 hours after consuming alcohol. Googling suggests that Metformin "doesn't usually" result in hypos unless combined with other medication, but "doesn't usually" doesn't fill me with confidence. I'm mostly concerned from a...