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  1. igmr

    eye tests glucose levels

    Optician, for new glasses. I need a different lens prescription at 4 to what i need at 12, the lower my bg the sharper my sight.
  2. igmr

    eye tests glucose levels

    What finger prick values do you guys target when getting your sight tested. My eye sight varies quite a lot depending on my glucose level and so far I've always got my eyes tested with my figure prick values about 6.5 but I'm now wondering whether that is too low and maybe I should go for 8.5.
  3. igmr

    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Wow. Moronically ignorant as well as rude. Guess you haven't even informed DVLA that you are using insulin as they send out a leaflet detailing exactly what you are legally required to do in regard to testing. Not guidelines. Sounds like you think this is all about your convenience and not the...
  4. igmr

    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    I find your comment offensive. You say "not true" then follow up confirming everything I said. You would be mad to use a Libre scanner for driving.
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    No one in their right mind would use Libre scans for driving. Scans do not comply with DVLA specific requirements and you'd be mad to want to appear in court with a meter than runs 2 different systems giving wildly different results .
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Thanks, fascinating. I got really excited when I saw the pic with a Contour with an android phone but soon realised this was all beyond my comprehension / budget so didn't look too deeply. Libre with a Bluetooth link to an Android or Linux app would certainly bring me back into using it.
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    I've not heard of this xDrip, just looking it up now - do you have any interesting links for it? I need a cgm for overnight. As I drive a lot I finger prick regularly anyway. As an aside, when my licence came up for its 3 year renewal it took them 4 months to get it through.
  8. igmr

    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Yep, nearly a year since it first appeared. Not many still using it then - or have people simple posted here for a few weeks when they start and then drifted away after 4 or 5 sensors. Hah, must admit the novelty of the Libre wore off for me the month I had to decide between more sensors and...
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    How many of us people who started with the libre when it first came out are still using it? I gave up after 5 sensors but must admit I miss having the overnight graphs. Has the NHS approved of the system yet? Or the DVLA?
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    My last sensor timed out this afternoon but it did last it's allotted life. I've still not received a replacement for the previous one that died so I guess that's the end of my experiments with the Libre for a while. Stats are out of 6 sensors, 3 lasted the 14 days, 3 died (1 fell off, 1...
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    I listened politely and decided to go back to hand written log books, its all the NHS seem to want. I've been telling Abbott about the low and erratic readings for months, I've sent them proof and they've refused to explain the errors. Their rep had the gall to explain away low results as a...
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Mine have gone worse with the Libre, the constant low readings are making me munch more glucose. HbA1c of 6.9 this morning with the Libre telling me it is 5.5 - so the Libre is 25% low. I've already given up with it for driving, not just the low readings but also I really do not want to...
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    They I just filled in the complaint form and they told me that they'd launched an investigation. As far as I aware they have now invited involved parties to submit reports and have approached medical authorities for independent advice.
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    These people have an investigation running about the advertising ... http://www.asa.org.uk/ Dead easy let them know your own views if you want, just fill in the on line form.
  15. igmr

    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    As some will remeber I started with the Libre when it first came out. Not impressed with it for a number reasons but lack of accuracy and 50% sensor failure meant I stopped using it. Not helped by Abbot still not answering my written questions and a saleswoman taking an invite to a meeting with...
  16. igmr

    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    You guys are right, you cannot link a new reader to an activated sensor. Abbot suggested that I throw away a 3 day old sensor and start up a new one at my own cost. .
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Day 3, the 3.6, 4.3 and 4.1* were taken 30 seconds apart. Absolutely no reason for the 3.6 and 4.3 scans to be so far apart. Then the 8s an hour after - I over did it with 4 glucose tabs at 6:20 so that I could drive legally. Must solve that overnight drop somehow,
  18. igmr

    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    Thanks, good to know that. I'll try going straight onto the new reader then, I need the insulin / glucose recording functions.
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    Only one way to find out:) I can see no functional need to write back to the sensor, all the life line data is on the reader data file. skin irritation and effective life of the filament is an issue of course but I do wonder how much the 14 day time limit is a commercial consideration. Abbott...
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    FREESTYLE LIBRE ON SALE!!!!

    You've tried? You are sure that the reader writes to the sensor? I'll try anyway. .