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Shorty17 - as long as you follow the recommended application procedure (shave, wash, alcohol wipe then apply) you should find, like me, that they are difficult to remove after 14 days. I've never had one try to fall off on it's own! The only factor that might cause a problem is if you sweat at...

Asyarlk - further to my last post, my Libre has been giving fairly low readings all day. I felt hypo this morning as well, while doing some work in the garden, so I've eaten some extra carbs. Still only showing 4.0 I decided to check with a blood test using an Optium test strip. That showed...

Asyarlk - I know it can be annoying but remember that, each time you do a blood test or scan, the number given is not an absolute value. It is only accurate to plus or minus 20%. Your actual blood glucose value could be 5.0 for example, while a blood test could give 4.0 and the Libre scan 6.0 (...

Step - Pump? Pen? No I'm still using syringes. Actrapid and Insulatard mix twice a day. It's worked well for nearly thirty years and I've never asked or been invited to change to one of these 'er new fangled systems. The Libre has been a bit of an eye opener regarding BG patterns though...

Step - as you'll see from Abbott's demo video, the Libre comes in two parts. The sensor is stuck to the skin and has a probe underneath. It measures the glucose in the interstitial fluid (the wet stuff between the lower skin cells, not blood) continuously. It records up to 8 hours of data. The...

Step - I've been using the Abbott Freestyle Libre since it came on the market last October. It has it's faults and is expensive but it's much better than lots of blood tests, and just as accurate, when working correctly. See the thread Freestyle Libre On Sale started by Emotha. More info at...

Tim - yes, I find huge variations in the time that my insulin takes to kick in. I've been taking Actrapid/Insulatard twice a day since Monotard was withdrawn, Actrapid/Monotard twice a day before that. 27 years in total. I've always suspected these variations but have now confirmed it using...

Buckley8219 - Shaving and washing the sensor site before application is to improve the adhesion. Also, after application of my first sensor, when I didn't do this, I had several long hairs trapped under the sensor, which I believe caused the itching and some mild pain, as I haven't had those...

Smidge - yes I agree with you about the sensors being inconsistent, it's something that Abbott must address or explain. Just a thought but if you had a blood reading of 10.1 and a sensor reading of 8.1 it could be that the actual amount of glucose in your blood was somewhere in between e.g 9.1...

Smidge - 1 to 2 mmol/L "out" is actually well within tolerance. One of my two faulty sensors read between 160% and 200% above blood strip tests. Also, are you allowing for the time lag between blood and sensor? I've had a delay of between 5 minutes (which is what Abbott say is normal) and 20...

A Freestyle Libre starter pack sold on EBAY yesterday for £660. Abbott's price doesn't seem too bad now. Graeme

I fitted a new sensor yesterday, after a gap of a couple of weeks. I had been hoping for some info. from Abbott re. the faulty pair that I returned, but haven't heard anything. This one is accurate compared with blood tests (Abbott's own Optium using the Libre reader and Pura X). Trouble is I...

Robert72 - those are all blood tests. I've now got a replacement sensor and two I had ordered, but haven't fitted one yet pending some advice from my DSN about the results and problems so far. A reply from Abbott might be useful too. Tim2000s - I had blood like that when I applied sensor number...

Because I reported a faulty sensor, reading between 60% and 100% high compared to blood tests using my old meter, Abbott sent me a pack of Optium test strips to directly compare sensor and blood results. I haven't received a replacement sensor yet but I have compared blood tests using my old...

Just spoken to the nice people at Abbott about my latest faulty sensor. Explained the problem with readings being too high by up to 100% and they have agreed to replace it FOC. They will also send a pack of blood test strips FOC so that I can check with those if (when?) I have another sensor...

Robert72 - yes, I just tried that and was told to 'phone back Monday as they don't answer technical queries on a Saturday. I've now taken the faulty sensor off as it was getting worse, reading more than double the figure shown on blood test. Something I've noticed which might or might not be...

Robert72 - No, I haven't been at home during the help line open hours, so I emailed them instead. If I don't have a reply by 12:00 Monday I'll 'phone, but on past experience the help desk staff aren't experts on the Libre system, they just pass technical queries on to other staff. I base this on...

No reply from Abbott yet re. faulty sensor. It's even worse today, showing twice as much as blood test e.g. 13.0 against 6.7!!!!!! Graeme

I'm fairly new to this forum and haven't time to read all 115 pages, so apologies if this point has been covered already. The datasheet that Abbott send with the reader says that "72 subjects with diabetes...........wore 2 sensors for 14 days". That's a total of 144 sensors, so did they have...

Started using my Libre 29/10/14. First 3 sensors worked fine, number 4 didn't work at all and was replaced FOC by Abbott. Sensors 5 and 6 also worked fine. Readings were accurate compared to blood tests with two different makes of meter and hypos became a thing of the past. Had no problems...