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Ok so how is one supposed to know when the reader is reading incorrectly? It sounds like you're saying every higj or low reading should be confirmed with a blood test- negating the point of it anyway. No. It is totally unacceptable to have a reader which gives a reading 10x higher than the true...

I have never been prescribed blood sugar sticks once I got a libre sensor- saves money I guess?

That's no excuse at all and complete nonsense. I don't even have sticks to measure my blood sugar. I haven't had them prescribed since I started using the libre. A device should never tell you that blood sugar is too high, especially 10x too high. It happened to me and I am lucky to be alive. If...

Ok. I had spent four days travelling from Vancouver to Scotland and then to Australia so my body clock was totally messed up- I use Lantis and Novorapid. My blood sugars were all over the place, not helped by extensive periods when the sensor gave error warnings- "try again in ten minutes" which...

Ok. This is pretty **** serious. Family found me in a coma last night. Scanned my sensor. 22mM. So they thought it was something else. I'm exhausted and incredibly lucky to be alive. Too tired to write up fully but I wonder how many people have died through faulty readings?