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    Newbie to forum but not to diabetes

    Hi Carl. Diagnosed in 1970. Been through everything from glass syringes and boiling needles up to the insulin pump and the freestyle libre. The pump and the libre are the best things that have happened to me. I use humalog in the pump and would recommend it to you. I have found with the Libre if...
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    Did you have good or bad experience with the Libre?

    I have been using the libre for over 2 years now. I paid for them for the first year or so now get them on perscription. After over 40 years as a type 1 my opinion is the insulin pump has been the best thing in treatment coming in second is the libre. I now have finger tips. Mike
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    Tired of type 1

    I understand you are finding things difficult. I have been there. I have been a type 1 diabetic for over 40 years now and if it is any help to you i can tell you it does get easier. That might now help a lot right now but do share how you feel with your family and with your close friends i know...
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    Getting hypo alerts with libre, blucon and xDrip+

    Hi Scott-C, Had another go at this today after I uninstalled the LinkBluCon from phone and with a bit of fiddling I got this to work have done the calibration and will be interested to see how it goes. Thanks for your help and advice it was greatly appreciated Mike
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    Getting hypo alerts with libre, blucon and xDrip+

    Thanks for your reply Scott-C I will have a go at that tomorrow and post how things went Mike
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    Getting hypo alerts with libre, blucon and xDrip+

    Hi all, I have had the ambrosia BluCon for a while and stopped using it as it was so unreliable so when I read this post I thought I would give this X drip a go. 2 1/2 hours later and I am ready to put it back in the box again I just can't get this X drip app to read the BluCon, I know the...
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    Life with Libre

    Hi all just coming to the end of a free style libre sensor, these things are addictive. Have been using the NightRider with it for last couple of days and got to say i am impressed this far by both the accuracy of my last sensor and the NightRider Last reading from NightRider was 12.1, my meter...
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    Life with Libre

    Thanks for the reply but from what i read they require you to use their meter and test strips to do the comparison i am not really interested in changing my meter at the moment. I suppose i will have to live with it. Having said that i started a new sensor yesterday and the readings have all...
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    Life with Libre

    Diabetic now for forty odd years, Coeliac for the last 4, currently on pump. I have been using the Libre for the last year and have had very varied results, from being spot on to quite inaccurate. The present one I am using has been out by at least 2.5 since I started it and as far off as 3.5...